Washington: The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on...
Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government Thursday said it has asked its key missions in India, including at New Delhi, to suspend visa services over security concerns. Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain told a media briefing at his office that Bangladesh has also sought reversal of...
New Delhi: India will continue to work with member countries of the International Solar Alliance, one of the 66 international organisations from which the US announced its withdrawal Thursday. The government has noted media reports citing US withdrawal from 66 international organisations, including the International...
Washington: President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from over 60 international organisations, including UN bodies and the India-France-led International Solar Alliance, calling the institutions "redundant" and "contrary" to America's interests. Trump Wednesday signed a memorandum titled ‘Withdrawing the United States from International Organisations, Conventions,...
Katra/Jammu: Clouds of uncertainty hung over the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra after the National Medical Commission abruptly withdrew its letter of permission to the institute, stalling it just months after its inaugural session commenced. While the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea of Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma challenging the legality of the parliamentary panel probing corruption charges against him. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and SC Sharma reserved its decision after hearing...
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Since the capture of...
New Delhi: A day after a court-ordered anti-encroachment drive triggered clashes and stone-pelting in central Delhi's Turkman Gate area, six more arrests have been made in connection with the violence, which left police personnel injured. The total number of arrests made in the matter now...
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted searches on the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its director, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. Jain is the co-founder of the Indian Political Action Committee, or I-PAC,...
Tehran: Iran’s top judicial authority, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, has warned that there will be “no leniency” for anyone accused of aiding what he described as the “enemy against the Islamic Republic”, as nationwide protests intensify across the country. He alleged that the United States and...
By Aakar Patel There is much to admire about America, and quite a lot to dislike. The thing to admire...
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By Dilip Cherian Forget the slogans. The story isn’t about “opening the doors” to experts so much as about how...
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Appeasement or tacit approval of invasion and capture of foreign land helped the rise of Adolf Hitler and the formation...
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently, at a gathering at Udaipur’s Bhupal Nobles’ University, sought to brand the ‘educated’ citizens...
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