Search For "house of representatives"
Nepal to elect new House speaker next week
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nepal's newly elected House of Representatives will choose its House speaker on January 19, the parliament secretariat announced as it called off the house meeting for the week.
Read More
Our very first bill will repeal funding for 87,000 new IRS agents: Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Saturday announced that bill for funding 87000 new Internal Revenue Service agents will be repealed when his party comes back to power, CNN reported.
Read More
Republican Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker after 15 rounds of voti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
McCarthy, who now becomes second in line for the presidency, clinched victory following the longest speakership election in 160 years as the establishment Republicans took 15 rounds of voting over a span of four days to fend off a right-wing, anti-McCarthy rebellion.
Read More
Biden slams Republicans as they fail to elect Speaker, calls "embarrassing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While talking with the reporters, Biden said, "That's not my problem. I just think it's a little embarrassing it's taking so long and the way they're dealing with one another,"
Read More
Uncertainty grows over McCarthy's fate as US House adjourns after 3 failed
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The adjournment of the US House of Representatives after it failed to elect a speaker despite three attempts to obtain the required support in three rounds of voting on Tuesday has resulted in growing uncertainty over Kevin McCarthy's fate who was regarded as the Republican Party's favourite
Read More
TikTok is "digital fentanyl", says incoming GOP China committee chair
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance has been banned from electronic devices managed by the US House of Representatives, according to an internal notice sent to House staff.
Read More
India is home to world's largest start-up ecosystem: Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday said that reforms measures taken by the Modi government during the peak of the COVID pandemic have resulted in the highest-ever FDI flows in the country's history and the creation of the largest start-up ecosystem in the world.
Read More
Greater appetite in world for investing in India: Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing the Business Event in Cyprus, Jaishankar said the technological and infrastructure progress that India has made in the last few years, has clearly created a "greater appetite in the world for investing in India."
Read More
Jaishankar discusses Ukraine conflict with House of Representatives Presid
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister is in Cyprus for a three-day visit to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. He will address Cyprus's business and investment community, apart from interacting with the Indian Diaspora.
Read More
EAM S Jaishankar to travel to Cyprus, Austria from December 29 to January
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaishankar is scheduled to remain in Cyprus from December 29 to 31 and hold meetings with Cyprus counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides and House of Representatives President Annita Demetriou.
Read More
US House approves USD 45 bn aid package for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the US House of Representatives passed a USD 1.7 trillion spending Bill to aid devastated Ukraine, a USD 45 billion aid package was also given a green flag on Saturday.
Read More
Nepal president calls for govt formation within a week
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, Bhandari asked the newly-elected members of the House of Representatives to stake a claim for the post of Prime Minister with the support of two or more political parties in the parliament by December 25, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Read More