New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) As Indian exporters brace for the impact after additional 25 per cent US tariffs on key goods came into effect on Wednesday, reports said that Trump tariffs are likely to affect the US GDP by 40-50 bps by triggering inflationary pressures.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Expressing "deep regret" over the killing of journalists in Gaza's Khan Younis, India on Wednesday reiterated its consistent stand of condemning the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
New York, Aug 27 (IANS) Even as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a very terrific man”, US President Donald Trump stuck to his threats of “a very strong tariff system” against anyone over the Ukraine-Russia war, and gave an embellished narrative of his role in ending the Operation Sindoor conflict.
United Nations, Aug 27 (IANS) For the 17th time, the General Assembly has rolled over Security Council reforms to the next session after failing again to agree on an agenda-setting text for the discussions.
New York, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid tensions between India and the US over tariffs and claims of mediation, senior officials of the two countries held virtual consultations at which they “advanced bilateral initiatives” and discussed trade, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province is grappling with a fresh military offensive as a "targetted operation” by the Pakistani army against Islamist militants near the Afghan border has caught several innocent civilians, including women and children, in the crossfire, exposing them to deadly bombardments and widespread displacement, a report cited on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s organ trafficking racket is operating openly, under the “very nose of the state” with surgeons, nurses, and anesthetists implicated in these crimes, turning spaces meant for healing into hubs of exploitation, a report cited on Tuesday.
Washington, Au 26 (IANS) Days after the US President Donald Trump announced the nomination of close aide Sergio Gor as the country’s next ambassador to India, a leading expert on India-US relations asserted that the new envoy could act as a "direct line" from India to the White House.
Quetta, Aug 26 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch has slammed the Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar for attempting to dismiss the question of the 1971 Bangladeshi genocide by reducing it to a matter of “forgiveness in Islam” rather than extending a formal state apology during his official visit to Dhaka over the last weekend.
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) The recent case of Harjinder Singh, a Sikh driver in the United States, whose reckless driving in Florida, led to three deaths, underscores the importance of separating individual misdeeds from the collective identity of the Sikh faith, a report cited on Tuesday.
