[ad_1] White Press Secretary after press briefing on Tariffs. Berlin: Germany warned Wednesday that trade wars hurt “both sides” as Europe’s biggest economy braces for US President Donald Trump to announce wide-ranging new “Liberation Day” tariffs. “The costs of a trade war do not fall on one side but can become expensive for both sides,”…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah, speaking at the debate over the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha this evening, presented a long list of properties that he said were given for Waqf. The list included land belonging to temples, other religions, the government and others. His point: “You cannot donate someone else’s…
[ad_1] Ms Gupta is a member of the Advisory Council of the 16th Finance Commission. The Centre has appointed Poonam Gupta, Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a three-year term. Her appointment comes ahead of the crucial Monetary…
[ad_1] Karachi: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation, his physician said on Wednesday. Asif Ali Zardari, 69, was flown from Nawabshah to Karachi and admitted to a private hospital on Tuesday, following complaints of respiratory issues and fever. Dr Asim Hussain, the President’s physician, told the…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Lok Sabha is set to witness a marathon debate today as Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has introduced the Waqf Amendment Bill, which has sparked heated political exchanges over the past few weeks Here’s your 10-point cheat sheet to this big story The legislation aims to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf…
[ad_1] Paso Canoas: Marwa fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan because she wanted to study, work, and wear jeans. Now, thanks to Donald Trump’s deportations, she’s detained in the Costa Rican jungle, her life in limbo. The 27-year-old is one of hundreds of migrants from all over the world who have been expelled by the United…
[ad_1] The border skirmishes in Galwan in 2020 led to the death of soldiers for the first time in several decades and seriously affected India-China bilateral ties. India conveyed that normal relations were not possible when the borders faced aggression, while China viewed it from the context of overall bilateral relations. The stalemate continued for…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his personal intervention to withdrawal of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which was introduced in parliament today for debate and passing. All the non-NDA parties, including Mr Stalin’s DMK, have united to block the bill, which proposes changes to…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has secured the 700th spot on the 2025 Forbes Billionaires List. Once facing a precarious future with mounting legal troubles and financial setbacks, Trump has more than doubled his net worth in just a year, surging from $2.3 billion to $5.1 billion. The 78-year-old first appeared on the inaugural Forbes…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi launched a fierce counterattack Wednesday – after Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the Waqf Amendment Bill – accusing the BJP-led government of trying to “defame (and) disenfranchise minorities” and staging an “4D assault on the Constitution”. Mr Gogoi also questioned the government over a contentious provision –…
