New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will hold meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow Wednesday to discuss India-Russia defence and security cooperation. The visit comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has announced that he will announce "very substantial" increases...
Beijing: As US President Donald Trump has ramped up his country's ties with Pakistan, China's all-weather ally, Chinese strategic experts say Islamabad understands the limits given his strategy to contain Beijing's global influence. Last month, Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, made his first official...
Mumbai: After three successive interest cuts, the Reserve Bank Wednesday decided to keep policy rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and retained the neutral stance, weighed by concerns over tariff uncertainties. Announcing the third bi-monthly monetary policy of the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra...
Dehradun: Heavy rain continued to pound Uttarkashi as rescuers resumed their operations Wednesday in Dharali, searching for flash flood victims amid the rubble. Nearly half of the picturesque Dharali village was ravaged by the flash flood Tuesday afternoon. The village is the main stopover on...
New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he doesn't know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers and chemicals. Trump made the comments Tuesday while responding to a question on India's statement on American imports of these commodities. “I don't know anything...
Washington/New York: US President Donald Trump warned Tuesday morning that he will impose higher tariffs on India in the next 24 hours for buying Russian oil and reselling products abroad, even though he asserted New Delhi was going to offer zero tariffs. Trump, who announced...
Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday said that upcoming tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals could eventually rise as high as 250 per cent, as part of his push to bring drug manufacturing back to the United States. In an interview with CNBC, Trump said the tariffs...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday questioned Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani for around 10 hours in a money laundering case linked to alleged multiple bank loan fraud cases worth crores of rupees against his group companies. The businessman reached the office of the...
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday approved various proposals for buying military hardware at a total cost of about Rs 67,000 crore. Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) was accorded for the procurement of Thermal Imager-based Driver Night...
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday took a swipe at the government over US President Donald Trump's fresh trade threat against India with the iconic Mukesh song 'dost dost na raha' and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "huglomacy" has "completely collapsed". Congress general secretary in-charge...
Brazil has come as a surprise at a time when extreme Right parties in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, helped...
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The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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