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New Delhi: India is well-positioned to deal with the negative effects of US tariffs and global trade disruptions as domestic growth drivers and low dependence on exports anchor the economy, Moody's Ratings said Wednesday. In a note on India, the agency said government initiatives to...

London: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Tuesday that Britain has suspended trade negotiations with Israel over its Gaza blockade. Lammy also said the Israeli ambassador had been summoned. Earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza on Tuesday, describing...

Moscow: Moscow is ready to continue contacts with Kyiv and will propose to work on a memorandum about a potential peace deal, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday. Zakharova said Russia has "once again affirmed its desire to achieve a final, fair settlement...

Kolkata: A report by a committee set up by the Calcutta High Court for identification and rehabilitation of victims of anti-Waqf protests-related violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district said that the local police were "inactive and absent" during the incidents at Dhulian April 11. It...

New Delhi: In what is being described as Pakistan's most ambitious promotional stunt, General Asim Munir has now been elevated to the rank of Field Marshal -- the highest military title in Pakistan, previously held only by Ayub Khan, who famously lost the 1965 war...

New Delhi: Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad Tuesday was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Haryana court in connection with FIRs registered against him for his allegedly objectionable remarks on Operation Sindoor. The police had sought an extension of his remand by seven...

Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir was Tuesday promoted as the Field Marshal for "successfully" leading the armed forces in the recent conflict with India, state-run TV reported. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The state-run...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday directed all the states and union territories to identify officers in the Department of Women and Child Development at the district and taluka levels and designate them as protection officers. A protection officer is an appointed individual tasked with ensuring...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to confine the hearing on pleas challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act for passing interim orders to three issues, including the power to denotify properties declared as “waqf by courts, waqf-by-user or waqf by...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee will represent the party in the multi-party delegations that would visit different countries to convey India's stand post Operation Sindoor, sources said Tuesday. The decision came after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju...