Marking an buoyant tone, Trump declared: “The time for small thinking is over.” Proclaiming a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump hoisted before Congress for the first time on Tuesday night and dispensed a broad call for creating new jobs, renovating the nation’s health care system and significantly boosting military spending.
Though His opening weeks in office have been consumed by interruptions and self-inflicted wounds, including the inferior squash of a sweeping immigration and refugee executive order that was obstructed by the courts. Trump’s address came at a crucial moment for a new president elected on initiates to promptly wobble up Washington and follow through on the failed promises of career politicians.
Ahead of his signing of a revamped order, Trump said, “Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.” Trump sent unexpectedly mixed messages on immigration, one of his signature campaign issues. Trump swore to robustly target people living in the US illegally who “threaten our communities and prey on our citizens.”
India: Bank unions on strike, want government to take ultimate combat against Vijay Mallya
Nine unions from public sector banks went on a day-long strike today insisting proximate steps to bring dodgers to the limelight.
As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sent a tough message in London to the liquor baron Vijay Mallya , back home public sector banks are demanding definitive action against the ‘international’ businessman.
“We are in a tough spot, out of Rs 82 lakh crore is the advances, Rs 22 lakh crore is the burden on state-run banks. Roughly 26 per cent of loans granted by banking sector cannot be recovered. Industrialists like Vijay Mallya was granted over Rs 9000 crore loan from the public banks and government should take steps to recover money from borrowers,” S Rangarajan, General Secretary, All India Bank Officers Union told India Today.
Composure by Arun Jaitley
“Many thought that when you take loan from the banks, the money need not be re-paid and you can come to London and stay out here and democracy is liberal enough to permit defaulters to stay here. That normal needs to be cracked,” Arun Jaitley said during a session at London School of Economics. Jaitley has assured that India is no longer willing to let defaulters escape the law.
The finance minister has already announced in his Budget that the government is gearing up to introduce a new law to enable confiscation of assets of economic offenders who leave the country.
Vijay Mallya descendants on catalogue, British PM Theresa May dribs by Arun Jaitley meeting
British Prime Minister Theresa May today dropped in on a meeting between Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his UK counterpart during which the issue issue of “certain individuals who have overstayed” here figured, official sources told PTI.
