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United Nations: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday described US President Donald Trump as “a man of peace” and said Pakistan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “outstanding contribution” in promoting peace in South Asia following the conflict with India. In his...

United Nations: Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders Friday that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the...

United Nations: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said his country was ready for a "composite, comprehensive and result-oriented" dialogue with India on all outstanding issues, as he criticised New Delhi over the situation in Kashmir. In his address to the General Debate of the...

New Delhi: India Friday reacted strongly to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte's comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue of tariffs imposed by the United States, terming the statement as "factually incorrect" and "entirely baseless". "We have seen...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent Friday, marking their sixth consecutive day of decline, following heavy selling in pharma and IT shares as US President Donald Trump announced 100 per cent duties on pharmaceutical drugs from next month. The...

New Delhi: India and US have discussed various aspects of the proposed trade agreement, and both sides have decided to continue their engagements to achieve early conclusion of a mutually beneficial trade pact, the Commerce Ministry said Friday. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal had...

Chandigarh: The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday -- its final adieu threaded through history and many a remembrance. The sun shone...

New York: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte claimed that the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on India over Russian oil imports are having a major impact on Moscow. The NATO chief claimed that, amid 50 per cent tariffs on India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Leh: A home ministry team held a series of meetings in Leh to review the overall security situation as curfew remained in force for the third consecutive day in Leh town Friday, officials said. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere, officials said. The curfew...

New Delhi: Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) Friday said US President Donald Trump's move to impose 100 per cent import tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs from October 1 will impact only patented and branded products, not generic medicines. Reacting to the development, IPA Secretary General Sudarshan Jain...