New Delhi: The bilateral trade between India and China has been growing at a healthy rate, but the trade gap remains sharply tilted in Beijing's favour. India has time and again flagged its concern over the ballooning trade deficit and the non-trade barriers faced by...
New Delhi: Opposition-ruled states have extended their support to cut the number of GST rate slabs and the rates for mass consumption items, while demanding a mechanism to ensure the benefits get passed on to consumers, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Saturday. He also said...
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday left for China to attend the SCO summit after wrapping up a two-day visit to Japan. During his visit, India and Japan firmed up 13 key agreements and declarations and announced the launch of several transformative initiatives. "This visit...
Jammu: Ten people were killed and three went missing in the landslide and cloudburst that hit Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi and Ramban districts overnight. State government officials said that seven people died in a landslide that flattened a residential house in the Mahore area of...
Mumbai: The rupee breached the 88-mark for the first time and closed at an all-time low of 88.09 against the US dollar Friday, registering a sharp decline of 51 paise amid a massive outflow of foreign funds and heightened tensions over a trade deal between...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Union government to file its reply within a week on a plea seeking to restrain cross-border deportation of Bengali-speaking migrants without prior citizenship verification. A bench, headed by Justice Surya Kant, was hearing a public interest litigation...
Tokyo: India and Japan Saturday signed the implementing arrangement for the Chandrayaan-5 mission, a joint exploration of the polar region of the moon by the space agencies of the two countries. The Implementing Arrangement between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
Washington: President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a senior White House officialFriday. Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But another person...
New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have issued notices to nearly three lakh electors with "doubtful citizenship", officials said Friday. The three lakh electors are among the 7.24 crore people who have found their names in the draft electoral rolls published August 1 as part...
Dehradun: Five people were killed and eleven others went missing as heavy rains and a series of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various districts of Uttarakhand early Friday, triggering landslides that damaged houses and left people buried under mounds of rubble, officials said. Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri,...
The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several...
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Violence erupted in Kathmandu 8 September as thousands of young Nepalese took to the streets and clashed with security forces,...
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on 7 September announced his resignation, a move that could usher in a period of...
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As someone who prefers India as a pluralist and secular society, I have my problems with this government as many...
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