White House breaks tradition of Diwali celebrations amid midterms
IANS | November 07, 2018 14:07 ISTThe Diwali celebration was started by former President George W. Bush in 2003 and was carried on by his successor Barack Obama.
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The Diwali celebration was started by former President George W. Bush in 2003 and was carried on by his successor Barack Obama.
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Trump, who will complete his second year in the White House in January 2019, campaigned non-stop in the midterm elections, focusing on states where his Republican Party has a chance to pick up seats, especially in the US Senate.
Since the US is known to be very restrictive in giving exemptions, the move is to exempt India is seen as a recognition by Washington of New Dekhi's role in development of the port on the Gulf of Oman, which is of immense strategic importance for the development of war-torn Afghanistan.
Data of over 8,000 account holders of about 10 Pakistani banks was sold in a market of hackers, reports said.
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US House of Representatives - similar to India's Lok Sabha - has 435 seats, of which the Republicans in the current Congress has 235 seats and the Democrats have 193.
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"Data from the black box showed that two flights before Denpasar-Jakarta also experienced the same problem," he said. "In the black box there were four flights that experienced problems with the airspeed indicator."
The exercise focused on counter terrorism training of the Special Operation Forces of Pakistan and Ground Forces of Russian Federation while exchanging mutual counter terrorism experiences, an Army statement cited by Xinhua news agency said.
The tough statement from Jayasuriya came after Sirisena announced on Sunday that parliament would reconvene on November 14, a week later than he had promised.
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The emergence of a large number of young Indian-Americans reflects the growing desire of this small ethnic community comprising just one per cent of the US population of 32.57 crores.
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The measures are the concrete result of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 multi-nation nuclear deal signed with Tehran signed during the tenure of former President Barack Obama.
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Rajapaksa, who was the president at the time, has repeatedly said that the war was against the LTTE and not against the Tamil community.
A joint statement, issued here after Prime Minister Imran Khan's talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, said that China backed Pakistan's efforts to improve ties with India to settle "outstanding disputes", without directly mentioning the Kashmir issue.
A day after striking a deal with the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the government swung into action as it started a crackdown against the people who vandalised public properties during the protests.
Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement.
Addressing a press conference, National Transportation Safety Committee deputy chairman Haryo Satmiko said that 69 hours of flight data was downloaded from the recorder including its fatal flight.
The island nation was plunged into a constitutional crisis on October 26 when President a Sirisena fired his former ally Wickremesinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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