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Jaishankar and Rubio (AP photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar late Tuesday met US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Washington against the backdrop of India and the United States recently finalising a long-pending trade deal, under which Washington agreed to cut tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent after nearly a...

Representative image Commerce ties between India and China achieved a new feat in 2025, scaling a record high bilateral trade of $155 billion. This reflects a year-on-year growth of more than 12%, according to Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong. Addressing a gathering to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Xu said that Beijing is in support for...

NEW DELHI: An intelligence-based joint operation by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is underway in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district after security forces established contact with terrorists on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.The encounter broke out around 4 pm when troops of CIF Delta under the...

Transactional Model Of Relationship NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal allows both sides to get the relationship back on to an even keel, but whether it can lead to long-term stability in ties remains open to question.The importance of the agreement, even if conditional, cannot be overstated as it allows India and the US to...

‘Border 2’ has made waves at the box office, raking in an impressive Rs 286.75 crore domestically and a staggering Rs 392.5 crore internationally. This gripping war drama, following in the footsteps of its 1997 predecessor, has experienced a slight downturn in attendance on its eleventh day but continues to captivate audiences. Makers of ‘Border...

GUWAHATI: After a professional footballer, Manipur is all set to have a taekwondo expert as the new chief minister with BJP MLA Yumnam Khemchand Singh, elected as leader of the BJP legislature party in Manipur assembly.The new govt will assume office nearly a year after former CM N Biren Singh, who played football for BSF,...

The fuel control switch locking mechanism has been at the centre of the investigation into the June 12 Ahmedabad crash MUMBAI: Checks carried out on the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded in Bengaluru found its fuel control switch lock to be satisfactory, said the ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday, even as another AI...

UP CM Yogi Adityanath (PTI photo) LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday defended the police’s use of force against criminals with a poser: “Should police only be shot at and not shoot back (Agar police goli na maare toh kya police goli khaye)? Both cannot happen simultaneously.”“If a criminal has the freedom to...

File photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday warned popular messaging platform WhatsApp of a complete ban for sharing personal data of users, as it tore into the Mark Zuckerberg-controlled behemoth for exploiting and commercialising the data in violation of privacy rights and dismissing its defence of taking users’ consent as a sham deal where...

Generative image NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal is unlikely to lead to a near-term reduction in India’s imports of Russian crude oil, with supplies to be stopped from sanctioned entities such as Rosneft and Lukoil.While govt is yet to comment on US President Donald Trump’s claim that India will stop Russian crude purchases, officials...