Trump-Xi summit puts tariffs, AI, rare earths and Taiwan in focus Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on September 23 for a three-day state visit. When US President Donald Trump welcomes Xi to the White House, the two leaders will have plenty to talk about: tariffs, artificial intelligence, rare earths, Taiwan and Iran.India will...
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After Jamui, Odisha tourist couple harassed on way to Kapilash temple; 2 detained
video allegedly showing a tourist couple being harassed and the man assaulted on the road to Kapilash (Photo credit: X) DHENKANAL: A 26-year-old man and a woman in her 20s travelling to the Kapilash shrine in Dhenkanal on a motorcycle were allegedly intercepted and assaulted by a group of men, with a video purportedly capturing...
Trump’s double standards: Russian oil bad for India, Belarusian potash good for US?
Trump administration faces flak from critics over Belarus potash deal amid pressure on India over Russian energy TOI correspondent from Washington: Critics are calling out the Trump administration for hypocrisy and double standards after MAGA supremo Donald Trump announced a potash (fertiliser) deal on Monday with Belarus, a close ally of Moscow, days after he...
Wyoming storage shed turns out to be 140-year-old Chinese laundry
The building has moved to Pioneer Village for restoration and display. (Pictures: Cowboy state daily) A weathered cabin that spent decades being used as a storage shed behind a building on Main Street in Lander, Wyoming, has been identified as a late 19th-century Chinese laundry and bathhouse. The building belonged to Sam Sing, one of...
India warns tourists in Malaysia: Beware of fake job offers under 30-day visa-free entry
The High Commission clarified that the 30-day visa-free facility available to Indian passport holders is meant only for tourism. India has warned its nationals against using Malaysia’s 30-day visa-free entry facility to seek employment, cautioning them about agents making false job promises.The High Commission of India in Kuala Lumpur said there has been a “noticeable...
The Revisit: When WWI reached India as German ship bombed Madras
German cruiser SMS Emden that bombarded the city during the WWI on September 22. When World War I broke out in Europe in July 1914, Madras was thousands of kilometres away from the battlefields. Yet there was little certainty among British authorities that the war would remain confined to Europe. The city’s strategic importance as...
‘Bihar is being shamed’: Tejashwi seeks Samrat’s resignation over Jamui incident
Tejashwi demands Samrat Choudhary’s resignation over Jamui incident NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday demanded Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary’s resignation over the alleged harassment of two minor students, including a girl, in Jamui, saying the incident showed that “women and girls are not safe anywhere in Bihar”.Addressing a presser in Patna, the...
Heavy LHB bogie corrosion worries Railways; toilet leaks, saline air blamed
The report identified several other factors that can contribute to severe corrosion India made the switch from ICF design to LHB coaches in 2003 when the first such German-technology coaches were imported. Since then it has increasingly indigenized the coaches and now manufactures only LHB passenger coaches apart from train sets.But, recently senior railway engineers...
‘Bring your sisters, our boys are ready’: BJP MLA’s garba remark on Muslims sparks row
BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma’s garba comment sparks row NEW DELHI: A remark by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rameshwar Sharma on Muslim men attending Garba events sparked a political row on Monday. Speaking at a public event, the Bhopal MLA said Muslims were welcome to attend Garba and added that they should be “welcomed” permanently.Sharma then...
Asian Games: Saurav Ghosal identifies India’s biggest challenge, and incentive
Anahat Singh carries India’s gold medal hopes in squash at the 2026 Asian Games. (ANI) New Delhi: For the first time in 24 years, Saurav Ghosal will watch an Asian Games from the sidelines. The former India No. 1, whose first appearance in the continental event came in Busan 2002, stepped away after nine medals:...
