US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid more than $81,000 in taxes last year on reported adjusted gross income of $436,065, for an effective tax rate of 18.7 percent. ...
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Jay Bhatt, Chief Health Officer of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association. The Master of Ceremony for the evening is Mr. Ravi Baichwal of ABC Channel 7 Chicago and live entertainment provided by Malhar Orchestra of Rohit Parekh and Group....
Republican front-runner Donald Trump met with protests in New York where he continues with his campaign for the primaries scheduled for April 19....
Columbia University's Harish Krishnaswamy, an electrical engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras, has for the first time integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip to create the breakthrough system. ...
We feel that the efficacy of monetary policy instruments has reached its limits and that its pass-through has not been seamless. The time is ripe for a re-evaluation of the fiscal policy space, with a greater focus placed on public investment," the minister said here....
In "First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies", best-selling author Kate Andersen Brower delves into the intricate relationships between the nation's first ladies, New York Daily News reported on Wednesday....
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a charge of misdemeanour battery over allegations he grabbed the arm of a reporter....
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the TIME 100 reader poll, topping not just rival Hillary Clinton but also a host of world leaders that include US President Barack Obama and Myanmarese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as other eminent personalities....
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has raised the issue of hike in the US visa fee for Indian technology professionals, which he said was targeted largely at the Indian IT (information technology) companies....
As the UN celebrated B.R. Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary by examining the relevance of his legacy to its global development goals, the world body heard a plea to declare April 14, the birthday of the crusader against discrimination, as "International Equality Day"....