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NEW DELHI: As speculation about an imminent trade deal between the two countries gathers steam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday and discussed expanding cooperation in various areas. A statement said the two leaders reviewed progress in the India-US partnership and discussed expanding cooperation in key areas, including trade, critical technologies, energy, defence and security....more
MEXICO CITY: Four months after the US imposed 50 per cent tariffs on India for most goods, Mexico has approved levies of up to 50 per cent on the import of select products from Asian countries, including from India and China. The tariffs that are imposed to protect the national industry and producers are set to come into effect from January 1, 2026....more
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sees China as a threat, backs the US, Australia, India, and Japan’s Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), and wants Europe to stand on its feet, his new National Security Strategy shows. The 33-page document presents the Trump administration’s foreign policy. The strategy document is typically released once each term to shape the US government’s policy priorities....more
OSLO: Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado has declared that authorities in her home country would have attempted everything possible to prevent her journey to Norway, after she emerged publicly for the first time in nearly a year. Machado greeted supporters from an Oslo hotel balcony in the early hours of Thursday following a high-risk exit from Venezuela, where she had been in hiding since January....more
By Deepak Arora
 GURUGRAM: Lexus New Delhi successfully hosted an exclusive “Sip & Paint” brunch event last Sunday at its Gurugram showroom located in Sector 29. The unique event brought together guests from different walks of life for a relaxed and creative afternoon. The afternoon featured a guided painting workshop by Ashima Anand and Ananya Bajoria. Wide variety of cocktails did the round during the event. The visitors were also given a specially curated sumptuous brunch experience. All these reflected the brand’s spirit of Omotenashi, the Lexus philosophy of exceptional hospitality....more
WASHINGTON: Senior U.S. officials are expected to meet on Saturday in Paris with senior officials from Ukraine, France, Germany and the U.K. to discuss President Trump's peace plan, according to White House official and a Ukrainian official. The meeting is an effort to reach consensus on President Trump's peace plan, but comes amid sky-high transatlantic tensions....more
NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday used their 23rd Annual Summit to put a sharper economic, defence and technological edge on what both sides described as a "time-tested progressive partnership", unveiling a 2030 roadmap that links trade expansion, energy security, nuclear and space cooperation with a shared pitch for a multipolar world order....more
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was prepared to hold elections within three months if the U.S. and Kyiv's other allies could ensure the security of the vote. Wartime elections are forbidden by law but Zelenskiy, whose term expired last year, is facing renewed pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a vote as he pushes Kyiv to secure peace quickly in the nearly four-year-old war with Russia....more
NAYPYIDAW: At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar's military hit a hospital in the country's west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources. The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, an area controlled by the Arakan Army - one of the strongest ethnic armies fighting the country's military regime....more
NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has defended India's freedom of choice to choose its global partners, asserting that New Delhi's ties with Moscow had been the biggest and steadiest in a world fraught with geopolitical ups and downs. "For any country to expect to have a veto in how we develop our relations with others is not a reasonable proposition. Others can expect the same," he said....more
NEW DELHI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday evening and committed the United States-based software giant's largest ever Asia investment – over US$ 17.5 billion, or Rs 1.5 lakh crore – towards developing Artificial Intelligence-capabilities....more
LONDON: Sophie Kinsella, author of the bestselling Shopaholic series of novels, has died at the age of 55, her family have announced. The writer, whose real name is Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2022....more
NEW DELHI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday evening and committed the United States-based software giant's largest ever Asia investment – over US$ 17.5 billion, or Rs 1.5 lakh crore – towards developing Artificial Intelligence-capabilities....more
NEW DELHI: IndiGo, the country's largest airline, will have to cut down its operations by 10 per cent, the government has decided in view of the massive crisis sparked by its 2000-plus flight cancellations in recent days. The government crackdown came despite IndiGo's assertions that its operations are now running smoothly. With the airline operating around 2,200 flights a day, a 10 per cent reduction will involve cancellation of more than 200 flights....more |
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