Senate

As stablecoins gets greenlit in the US, India’s chance to lead this fintech space

July 15, 2025 4:51 pm

India can craft a framework that reflects its values — trust, transparency, and stability — while embracing the potential of fintech to create jobs, strengthen the rupee, and modernise our economy

Fate of Trump's Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

December 25, 2024 8:45 pm

The outcome of the confirmation process, and the level of dissent in the Senate, will likely set the tone for Donald Trump's presidency and his relationship with the US Congress.

Boeing CEO to face harsh Senate questions, new whistleblower claims

June 18, 2024 5:08 pm

Since the Jan. 5 mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet, scrutiny of the planemaker by regulators and airlines has intensified.

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in US history

June 16, 2023 10:36 pm

The confirmation drew praise from the American Civil Liberties Union, where she is the legal director of the ACLU of Illinois. Prior to that post, she served from 2008 to 2020 at the national ACLU office, including seven years as deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Programme.

US Senate confirms Indian American Shefali Razdan Duggal as Ambassador to the Netherlands

September 15, 2022 1:38 pm

A Kashmiri Pandit, Razdan Duggal was born in Haridwar and moved with her family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of two. Thereafter she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of five, where she grew up. She graduated from Miami University and earned her master’s from New York University.

Senate Republicans call for hearing on Scott Pruitt scandals

June 14, 2018 7:34 am

On Ingraham's radio show on Wednesday, fellow Oklahoman and Pruitt ally Republican Senator James Inhofe stopped short of calling for his resignation but said if the stream of scandals does not stop, he would be forced to ask him to step down.

Polish Senate backs controversial Holocaust speech law

February 01, 2018 9:09 pm

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert voiced concern about the "repercussions this draft legislation, if enacted, could have on Poland's strategic interests and relationships including with the United States and Israel."

After election defeat, Barack Obama says ready to work with Republicans; 'could bypass Congress on some issues'

November 06, 2014 1:43 pm

"I'm eager to work with the new Congress to make the next two years as productive as possible," he said.

PU moots 5-20 pc fee hike for college students of BA, BCom, MA, MSc first year

April 29, 2014 3:05 am

World's first nationalised marijuana market

December 15, 2013 5:06 am

Everyone involved must be licensed and registered

All the Senate's men empowering women, since 1991

June 22, 2020 6:14 pm

From Anita Hill to Dr Christine Blasey Ford, the video spotlights the Senate’s strides in gender sensitivity and female representation.