December 15, 2025 1:27 AM हिंदी

international

Young Americans sour on Trump, slam ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, split on Israel: Yale poll

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:53 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) Young American voters have turned sharply against President Donald Trump and are deeply sceptical of his flagship One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), even as they show more traditional views on gender roles and more negative attitudes towards Israel than older generations, according to a new Yale Youth Poll released on Monday.

US revokes 85K visas cites public-safety concerns

Lalit K Jha | December 9, 2025 6:45 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) The United States has revoked 85,000 visas across multiple categories this year, a senior State Department official said, describing the action as part of an intensified effort to protect American communities and enforce public-safety standards.

Trump announces $12 billion aid, vows new ‘golden age’ for US farmers

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:40 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping assistance package for American farmers, unveiling up to $12 billion in what he called “economic assistance” funded through tariff revenues, as he used a White House roundtable to accuse the previous administration of leaving behind “a total mess” marked by “the highest inflation in the country's history.”

US-India ties face ‘political standstill’, expert warns

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:34 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) India and the United States risk undermining more than two decades of strategic progress unless they urgently resolve growing political strains over tariffs and Washington’s renewed engagement with Pakistan, policy expert Dhruva Jaishankar said in a written statement submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee ahead of a key hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

Trump links tariffs to new farm aid, flags Indian rice imports

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:27 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump unveiled a multi-billion-dollar farm relief package while sharpening his criticism of agricultural imports from India and other Asian suppliers, telling a White House roundtable that tariffs would be used aggressively to protect American producers.

US senators press Rubio for action as Burma crisis worsens

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:23 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) Nine Democratic senators have urged US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take immediate steps to counter escalating violence and human rights abuses in Burma, warning that the junta’s planned “sham elections” and worsening humanitarian crisis threaten regional stability and strengthen China’s strategic foothold.

7.6-magnitude quake hits northeastern Japan

IANS | December 8, 2025 11:00 PM

Tokyo, Dec 8 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, prompting the suspension of ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Bangladesh: BNP accuses one party of playing 'religion card' for political gains

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:03 PM

Dhaka, Dec 8 (IANS) As political conflict intensifies ahead of next year’s election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday took an indirect dig at the radical Islamist party, Jamaat- e-Islami asserting that the people of the country have already unmasked a group that seeks to misguide the nation by playing the "religion card", the local media reported.

Bangladesh: Awami League slams selective coverage of UN human rights probe

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:02 PM

Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party on Monday claimed that a fact-finding team from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which visited the country between September 16 2024 and February 12 2025 and later released a report on the so-called 'July–August 2024 demonstrations', received only selective coverage in the local media.

LATEST NEWS

3rd T20I: Pitched ball in right areas, tried to get as much help from the wicket, says Arshdeep

3rd T20I: Pitched ball in right areas, tried to get as much help from the wicket, says Arshdeep

3rd T20I: Got to give credit to India’s bowling, says Markram after seven-wicket defeat

3rd T20I: Got to give credit to India’s bowling, says Markram after seven-wicket defeat

Manipur BJP legislators meet in Delhi, discuss peace process in violence-hit state

Manipur BJP legislators meet in Delhi, discuss peace process in violence-hit state

3rd T20I: Not out of form, but definitely out of runs, says Suryakumar Yadav

3rd T20I: Not out of form, but definitely out of runs, says Suryakumar Yadav

From Clyde to Calcutta: How Scottish merchants forced open the gates of India's trade (From the Archives)

From Clyde to Calcutta: How Scottish merchants forced open the gates of India's trade (From the Archives)

SC advises hybrid hearings as Delhi-NCR air quality turns 'very poor'

SC advises hybrid hearings as Delhi-NCR air quality turns 'very poor'

Ed Sheeran takes savage swipe at dancing reality show

Ed Sheeran takes savage swipe at dancing reality show

3rd T20I: Abhishek, Varun power India to seven-wicket win over SA, take 2-1 lead (Ld)

3rd T20I: Abhishek, Varun power India to seven-wicket win over SA, take 2-1 lead (Ld)

3rd T20I: Bowlers and Abhishek power India to seven-wicket win over SA

3rd T20I: Bowlers and Abhishek power India to seven-wicket win over SA

No 'vote chori', only Rahul Gandhi's wisdom has been stolen': Acharya Pramod Krishnam

No 'vote chori', only Rahul Gandhi's wisdom has been stolen': Acharya Pramod Krishnam