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Don't mess up US defence budget, Congressmen told

Top Pentagon leaders have warned US lawmakers against including their "pet projects" in the annual defence budget, particularly at a time when it is struggling to save money in view of the tough......

Chinese military buildup cause of concern: US commander

Chinese military build up is a cause of concern for the countries in the region, a top American commander said on Tuesday after China announced a 10 per cent increase in its defence budget.......

India has never pursued an offensive bio weapons programme

In 2003, the United States Congressional Research Service asserted that there is a danger that India may develop a bio weapons programme. It claimed that 'India is believed to have an active......

Republicans retain majority in House, Democrats in Senate

Democrats narrowly won majority in the United States Senate while Republicans retained the control of the House of Representatives, leaving newly-elected President Barack Obama to deal with a......

An endorsement by Clinton is a big deal for this desi

Dr Ami Bera, California physician, who according to conventional wisdom is the only Indian American congressional candidate this time around among all of the community's aspirants who has a good......

White House, Congress at loggerheads over Budget

The US appeared to be headed for the first government shut down in 15 years, as the White House and the Congress remained at loggerheads on the annual budget for the year 2011, even as President......

Citigroup elated over WEF honour for Shamina Singh

The World Economic Forum last week named former Clinton Administration official, erstwhile Congressional staffer and longtime Democratic Party activist Shamina Singh, 41, as one of its Young Global......

US needs to bring India closer to Asia-Pacific

US Congressman Ed Royce, California Republican, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee and for years was the GOP co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, has......

Obama signs executive order on cyber security

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order and announced a slew of measures to protect America's critical infrastructure from cyber threats from foreign countries, hackers and......

US poised for self-sustaining growth: Brainard

Confident of improving the job prospects for rising middle-class in the country, the US has said it will continue to push for stronger job creation as it is poised for self-sustaining, broad-based......

Bobby Bedi takes piracy issue to Congress

Bobby Bedi, the Indian filmmaker who is currently producing a three-film series on the epic Mahabharat, at an estimated $70 billion budget, has complained to the United States Congress that......

Looking For comedy not funny enough

Albert Brooks has surely found a beguiling title for his newest film, but Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, the sixth the actor and writer has directed, is no laugh riot. It still has a......

Former US politician, football star Jack Kemp dies

Jack Kemp, a star football quarterback who became a congressman, US Cabinet secretary and Republican vice-presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 73. Kemp died of cancer at his home in......

People speak for congressional budget office

QNA

Q. Expand GNP and its meaning?
: A. Gross National Product Measures of national income and output are used in economics to estimate the value of goods and services produced in an...... more

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Hard of hearings

Before Congress is finished with the , there's a serious danger some of us are going to wind up feeling sorry for the auditors. And, honestly, that... ...

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Obama's budget would cut $1 trillion from US deficit

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's budget proposal, if enacted into law, would cut more than $1.1 trillion from the government's projected... ...

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Zee Media BureauNew York/New Delhi: A non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Friday said that President Barack Obama's 2014 budget would... ...

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US proposes USD 75.4 million aid to Myanmar

To encourage the Myanmar government to continue with its reforms, US has proposed USD 75.4 million for fiscal 2014 in aid to the South East Asian... ...

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US Treasury to free up $260 billion to avoid debt cap

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can... ...

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