Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to US
US President Donald Trump has announced new import taxes of 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US in a move that threatens to widen the global trade war, BBC reported.
Trump said the latest tariffs would come into effect on 2 April, with charges on businesses importing vehicles starting the next day. Charges on parts are set to start in May or later.
The president claimed the measure would lead to "tremendous growth" for the car industry, promising it would spur jobs and investment in the US.
But analysts have said the move is likely to lead to the temporary shutdown of significant car production in the US, increase prices, and strain relations with allies, according to BBC.
Mike Waltz takes 'full responsibility' for Signal group chat leak
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has taken responsibility for a group chat in which high-ranking officials planned military strikes in Yemen in the company of a journalist who was inadvertently added, BBC reported.
"I accept full responsibility. "I built the group," Waltz told Fox News on Tuesday, adding that it was "embarrassing."
President Donald Trump and US intelligence leaders have played down the security threats, claiming no confidential information was provided.
However, Democrats and some Republicans have called for an investigation into what several senators have described as a significant breach, according to BBC.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of Atlantic magazine, stated that he was unintentionally joined to the Signal chat by a user named Mike Waltz.
No one has power to usurp the rights of Nepali people: PM Oli
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that no one has the power to usurp the rights achieved through the struggles of Nepali people.
Addressing the National Volunteers Gathering organized by the National Youth Federation Nepal here today, PM and CPN-UML Chair Oli said that if the people have not assessed the strength with the Youth Federation, it should demonstrate its capability for the country and the people even by taking on the regressive forces if need be.
"No one has the power to take away the rights we fought for. The youths can tell this better. If anyone tries to trouble the country, the Youth Federation will pounce like a tiger," he said, adding that this activity of volunteerism is a good beginning. The PM urged the Federation to mobilize this power in an organized and dignified manner like the previous Youth Force.
"Let it be an unarmed permanent team; if any regressive force comes to fight head on or if the anti-development force obstructs our work, then let us strongly resist that,” he exhorted the youth volunteers on the occasion.
Prime Minister Oli said that some people are making a hue and cry when the government removed an employee and clarified that the Prime Minister need not give an explanation about it.
"The Prime Minister has already replied. An employee was removed and another was appointed in his place. It's over. This is the reply. It is not our job to appoint whoever they want and who is of service to them," the PM said.
Prime Minister Oli expressed concern over the opposition parties obstructing the House to stop the passage of the bill to replace the ordinances by March 31.
UML General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel, Chief of People's Organization Coordination Mechanism Bhanubhakta Dhakal, Politburo member Mahesh Basnet, Federation Chair Kshitij Thebe, among others, expressed their views on the need for the National Volunteer Campaign.
Opposition parties disrupts NA meeting
Opposition parties have disrupted the meeting of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament today.
Opposition lawmakers disrupted the meeting protesting the dismissal of Kulman Ghising, Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
They demanded that the Prime Minister should inform the Assembly about the reasons for removing Ghising from his post.
"Kulman Ghising's remaining service period in NEA was only four months. What was the compulsion of removing Ghising when only four months before the termination of his term," wondered lawmaker Gopi Bahadur Sarki Achhami while speaking at the outset of the meeting.
Achhami accused the government of removing Ghising from his post as a 'reward' for his contribution to removing endless load shedding from the country.
