Politics

Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Wednesday urged the creation of an industry body to determine best practices to help keep young people safe online, as he was grilled by lawmakers in his first appearance before Congress.

Democrats on a U.S. House committee pushed Wednesday for reducing the financial secrecy that has allowed many of the world's richest and most powerful to hide their assets in South Dakota and other trustfriendly states.

Washington, Dec 8 (AP) The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has no choice but to move forward with contempt charges against former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows now that he is no longer complying with a subp...

U.S. officials have told members of Congress they have an understanding with Germany about shutting down the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine, a senior congressional aide told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the West would impose "strong economic and other measures" on Russia if it invades Ukraine, while Putin demanded guarantees NATO would not expand further eastward.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday failed to get enough support in Parliament to pass a controversial bill which would allow government to expropriate land without compensation. The ANC had hoped to get the required two thir...

The move comes after the central government sent a written draft to the SKM's five-member committee about the issues raised by protesting farmers.

The body of the late Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday as congressional leaders honor the former Republican presidential candidate and World War II veteran who served in Congress for 36 years.

Senior party leader Ambika Soni will chair the party's coordination committee and another former state unit chief and Rajya Sabha member, Partap Singh Bajwa, will be the chairman of the manifesto committee.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Friday it was committed to legislation strengthening the domestic electric vehicle industry despite objections from Mexico and Canada over a proposed tax credit for electric vehicles built by U.S. union worke...

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Thakor, a popular OBC leader from north Gujarat, as new state unit chief in place of Amit Chavda.

Last November, CPIM politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had stepped down from the post citing health issues.

Moose Wala was booked by the Punjab police last year under the Arms Act on charges of promoting violence and gun culture in one of his songs.

The Mathura district administration on November 28 imposed prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 following an announcement by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to install a Lord Krishna idol.

The Congress is aware of the larger plan; that between AAP and TMC ambitions, there may be little space left for it.