Canadian Senators and MPs get a hefty pay hike; here's the whopping salary Prime Minister Mark Carney will pocketCanadian Prime Minister salary 2025 has become a hot topic after Mark Carney took office. Earning CAD $406,200 annually, Carney's pay refle...
13 May, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
Italy's scandal-hit Berlusconi dies at 86Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul, businessman and former prime minister of Italy, passed away at the age of 86. Berlusconi wa...
12 Jun, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Big Tech to face higher scrutiny as they may be tagged as publishersGlobal scrutiny of 'Big Tech' firms is likely to increase as countries including India and Australia look to classify social media firms as...
11 Dec, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
17 Indo-Canadians triumph in Canada's snap elections as Justin Trudeau fails to win majorityIn the elections held on Monday, Trudeau's ruling Liberal Party again ended up 14 seats short of the 170-mark in the 338-member House of Co...
21 Sep, 2021, 06.39 PM IST
Control, Alter, Delete: The dystopian new ‘hacking law’Our main story today is about government surveillance and begins with a whodunnit. So in the interest of avoiding spoilers, let’s get right...
04 Sep, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Day 1 of lockdown: More and more factories shut shop; India's count crosses 600With most businesses having to work from home or with minimal personnel, many have temporarily shut shop.
25 Mar, 2020, 11.54 PM IST
Australia shows the way in controlling foreign funding of political partiesLast December an Australian MP from the Labour Party had to quit following a scandal linked to growing Chinese influence in Canberra.
01 Apr, 2018, 10.09 AM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
India describes transatlantic slave trade as 'abhorrent'Ashwani Kumar is part of a delegation of visiting Parliamentarians from India participating in various UN sessions.
22 Oct, 2013, 12.50 PM IST
Eight ways to tweet without landing in a soupHere are 8 tips for movie stars, politicians, sportspersons and CEOs to keep in mind when on the microblogging site:
19 May, 2013, 05.29 AM IST
- Ranbaxy shares fall by 8.7% after report of $1 billion US FDA fine
The proposed penalty on Ranbaxy reported by Fortune magazine is more than double of what the industry has been speculating.
06 May, 2011, 01.12 AM IST
- After hike, Indian MPs still get a thirteenth of US lawmakers
Even after a 3-fold pay hike, Indian MPs still rank much below their fellow parliamentarians in US.
21 Aug, 2010, 01.35 AM IST
- China, Canada among top five on US piracy watch list
US legislators have accused Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain of 'robbing Americans' by failing to crack down on piracy of movies, mu...
20 May, 2010, 12.20 PM IST
- Pervez Musharraf embezzled $700m of anti-terror US aid, says Zardari
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday faced mounting pressure from friends and foes to quit as the ruling coalition prepared a “com...
11 Aug, 2008, 02.58 AM IST
- Globally, life is good for politics
When it comes to pay hikes, are Indian politicians really all that bad? Well, if you go by global standards, apparently not.
27 Aug, 2006, 09.54 AM IST