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Washington: US Federal Reserve Wednesday lowered its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing the target range to 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent, as policymakers grapple with limited economic data due to a federal government shutdown. The rate cut marks the...

Washington: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he is directing the state’s Board of Governors to end the use of H-1B visas across state universities, saying that positions currently held by visa holders should be filled by Florida residents. Speaking at a press conference...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo, on Wednesday claimed her husband was detained following the violent Ladakh protests because the government did not want him to be involved in statehood talks with Kargil and Leh organisations as it felt he was a...

Patna: As Bihar gears up for the Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed a massive public meeting in Sakra constituency of Muzaffarpur Wednesday, where he launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling NDA government, alleging that PM Modi “cares...

Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will visit India next week to meet with the country's top leadership and discuss bilateral initiatives and regional developments. "Sa'ar will be on a two-day visit to New Delhi, November 4 and 5, and will be meeting Prime Minister...

Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu, who undertook a half-hour sortie in a Rafale fighter jet Wednesday from here, posed with Squadron leader Shivangi Singh, just before she took to the skies. Singh, the country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot, was claimed to have been captured...

United Nations: India has strongly denounced as biased and communal a human rights report on Myanmar that claims the Pahalgam terrorist massacre in April affected the treatment of Rohingya migrants. “I strongly denounce the biased approach adopted by the SR of the innocent civilian victims...

New Delhi: The cloud-seeding operation planned for Wednesday in Delhi has been put on hold due to insufficient moisture in the clouds, the IIT Kanpur said. It is also informed that the process remains highly dependent on favourable atmospheric conditions; another attempt to induce artificial...

Los Angeles: A federal judge disqualified acting US Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law. US District Judge J Michael Seabright disqualified Essayli from supervising...

Deir al-Balah: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said Wednesday. The strikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to conduct “powerful strikes” over Gaza after Hamas had violated the fragile...