[ad_1] New Delhi: The Waqf bill, after a smooth passage through Lok Sabha, breezed through the Rajya Sabha 24 hours later, after yet another marathon debate. On its way, it exposed a chink in the armour of the parties opposing the bill. The voting was 128 votes in favour of the bill and 95 against. …
[ad_1] Washington: Â President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would consider a deal for TikTok where China approves the sale of the short video app in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok, with multiple investors involved. TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to…
[ad_1] New York: The sell-off in Wall Street stocks deepened in mid-morning trading Thursday, with the S&P 500 losing more than four percent following US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement. Trump’s broadly crafted new levies battered leading names in banking, technology, apparel and most other areas. Among the S&P 500’s 11 sectors, only consumer…
[ad_1] Washington: President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that stocks and the US economy would “boom” despite a rout on global markets sparked by his worldwide tariffs. “The markets are going to boom,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Florida, when asked about the chaos on Wall Street and other markets….
[ad_1] Srinagar: The initial bonhomie between the Omar Abdullah government and the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir appears to be fizzling out. It has been replaced by simmering tension over the transfer of 48 Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service officers by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The Chief Minister has called an emergency meeting of his…
[ad_1] Nagpur: A 28-year-old woman software engineer allegedly took her own life in Nagpur after leaving behind a purported suicide note, claiming she was the victim of a conspiracy involving a fake video and threats to her life, police said on Thursday. The engineer, who worked for a company in Pune, had returned to her…
[ad_1] Washington: The Pentagon inspector general’s office will investigate Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, a memo released Thursday said. President Donald Trump’s administration is facing a scandal over the accidental leak of a group chat by senior security officials on the strikes, which targeted…
[ad_1] Dhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, sat side by side during the official dinner hosted by the Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for the visiting Heads of States and Head of Governments on Thursday attending the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok. The official X…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariff salvo could lead to an overall contraction of around 1 percent in global merchandise trade volumes this year, the WTO chief warned Thursday. After Trump on Wednesday unveiled a blitz of harsher-than-expected levies aimed at countries around the globe, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned the measures would “have substantial implications…
[ad_1] Jamnagar: In a remarkable act of bravery, Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav saved countless lives during the tragic crash of a Jaguar fighter jet in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Amid a critical technical malfunction, Siddharth displayed extraordinary courage by steering the crashing aircraft away from a densely populated area. In his final moments, he also ejected his…
