New Delhi: In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that ‘Made in India’ products will now have a reduced tariff of 18 per cent, as US President Donald Trump said India and the United States had reached a trade deal. PM Modi...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday, apparently in an attempt to address the sharp downturn in the relations between the two countries. US ambassador to India Sergio Gor confirmed the phone conversation in a brief social media post....
New York: Describing the India Gate in New Delhi as "India's beautiful Triumphal Arch", US President Donald Trump said a similar monument in America will be "the greatest of them all." The 42 metre high India Gate, an "Arc-de-Triomphe", honours the memory of the 70,000...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's fisheries minister Ramalingam Chandrasekeran Monday accused the Indian coast guards of assaulting the fishermen from the island nation within its waters. While addressing the media over the incident, Ramalingam, Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources, said that the Indian High Commission...
IMF lowers Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast to 3 per cent New Delhi: The IMF has lowered Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast to 3 per cent from 3.2 per cent, which is worrying news for a country with a rapidly expanding population, according to an article in...
Victoria/New Delhi: Seychelles President Patrick Herminie will travel to India for a State Visit from February 5-10 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will be Herminie's first visit to India since assuming office in October last year, the Ministry of External Affairs...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will begin a three-day visit to the United States Monday to participate in the Critical Minerals Ministerial convened by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. According to the MEA, the...
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project. Dhaka's Special Judge's Court Handed 79-year-old Hasina 10 years of rigorous...
Beijing: China Monday deplored the Grammy Award given to the Dalai Lama, saying it "firmly opposes" the Tibetan spiritual leader using the recognition to carry out "anti-China activities". The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, won his first Grammy Sunday in the category of best audio book,...
Cairo: Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened Monday for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead, according to Egyptian and Israeli security officials. An Egyptian official said 50 Palestinians would cross in each direction on the first day of the...
The fresh Indo-US trade deal announced by US President Donald Trump 2 February will see American tariffs on Indian goods...
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China’s President Xi Jinping now finds himself in an enviable position enjoying kind of a special superpower status as countries,...
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For an economy plagued by multiple ailments – a daily depreciating currency, growing household debt, high unemployment and inequality, exodus...
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By Aakar Patel As a democratic society, it is expected that India’s authorities follow the rule of law. This includes...
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