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A new poll shows that President Joe Biden 's approval rating is double-digits higher than former President Donald Trump 's was at the same point shortly after he took office back in 2017. The latest survey carried out by Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shows 60 percent of Americans approve of the job Biden has done in just over a month as president, The Hill reported on Monday . Comparatively, just 48 percent of voters said they approved of the job Trump was doing back in February 2017. That puts Biden's early approval rating 12 points ahead of his Republican predecessor at the same point in his White House tenure. Not surprisingly, there was a significant partisan divide in the latest poll. But 31 percent of Republican voters said they approved of Biden's leadership thus far. Back in February 2017, 79 percent of Democrats said they disapproved of Trump, while 88 percent of Republicans approved. Notably, the poll also found a significant decline in the number of Americans who … [Read more...] about Biden Approval Rating Double-Digits Higher Than Trump’s Was in Early 2017: Poll

Modi spent 32 days out of the country in 2017. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi boards a flight to Kabul in 2015. That year, Modi traveled overseas 12 times. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail Prime Minister Narendra D Modi's foreign travel expenditure has been the lowest so far in 2017, according to the latest numbers made available by the government. The cost for chartered flights to overseas destinations in 2017 was Rs 765 million, which was even lower than the foreign travel expenditure during 2014 when Modi took over as the PM on May 26. For the seven months in 2014 (June to December), the PM's foreign travel expenditure was pegged at Rs 779 million. Last year's expenditure was half of that incurred in 2016 towards the PM's foreign travel at Rs 1.52 billion. The year before that, in 2015, Modi's foreign travel expenses were at Rs 1.34 billion. The PM went on seven overseas trips in 2017, compared with eight in 2016, 12 in 2015 and seven in 2014. So … [Read more...] about Modi’s 2017 travel bill: Rs 765 million

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s factories had a stuttering start to the year as manufacturing output turned in its first negative print since December 2017, amid uncertainties in US-China trade tensions. Industrial production declined 3.1 per cent in January from a year ago, mainly due to slumps in clusters such as electronics and precision engineering. This is the worst year-on-year performance since July 2016, when manufacturing output contracted 3.3 per cent, and the first decline since December 2017's -2.4 per cent. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output fell 5.9 per cent, according to data released by the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Tuesday (Feb 26). On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, manufacturing output increased 0.9 per cent, added EDB. Analysts have raised concerns that the situation is unlikely to improve in the short term, and could weigh on Singapore's economic growth. UOB economist Barnabas Gan said that the contraction was not surprising … [Read more...] about Singapore’s factory output posts 1st contraction since December 2017

Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss in 2017, even though President Joe Biden’s administration tried to cancel the children’s author in 2021. “Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!” Harris wrote on Twitter on March 2, 2017, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go”: Happy birthday, #DrSeuss ! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 2, 2017 The Harris post on Twitter was revisited after Vice President Joe Biden issued a statement on National Reading Day, but did not mention Dr. Seuss, who was enthusiastically celebrated on that day by previous presidents. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed the Department of Education for the statement issued under Biden’s signature Tuesday. “The proclamation was written by the Department of Education and you could certainly speak to … [Read more...] about In 2017, Kamala Harris Celebrated Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

SINGAPORE: There have been seven pollution incidents along the Johor River since 2017 that caused PUB's Johor River Waterworks to be temporarily shut down, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli on Monday (May 6). Mr Masagos said this in a written response to parliamentary questions by Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng on the impact that prolonged stoppage of the water treatment plant's operations had on Singapore, as well as Singapore's obligations to provide treated water to Johor under such a scenario. "PUB will shut down its Johor River Waterworks when the Johor River is affected by pollution upstream of our waterworks," said Mr Masagos. READ: Johor water treatment plant shut indefinitely due to high ammonia readings READ: Singapore raises concerns over Johor river, seeks sustainable water supply for both countries "Johor also has water treatment plants along the Johor River, upstream of the Johor River Waterworks, and will shut … [Read more...] about PUB’s Johor River Waterworks temporarily shut down in 7 pollution incidents since 2017: Masagos