President Donald Trump said his administration was “very close” to a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner by the weekend. “We’re very close to a deal with a very good group of people,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that…
The Rajya Sabha early Friday adopted a Statutory Resolution confirming the imposition of President’s Rule in strife-torn Manipur with members across party lines supporting the decision, while the opposition slammed the Centre for the situation in the state. Speaking at the end of a discussion on the resolution, Union Home Minister Amit Shah hoped for…
Congress chief and Rajya Sabha Leader of Oppositon Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded an inquiry into Manipur violence and asked the central government to table a White Paper in the House. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Kharge said that Manipur has been burning for nearly two years, and the government has failed to stop…
The initial bonhomie between the Omar Abdullah government and the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir appears to be fizzling out. It has been replaced by simmering tension over the transfer of 48 Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service officers by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The Chief Minister has called an emergency meeting of his party legislators…
US stocks plunged Thursday as traders reacted to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement a day earlier, with the broad-based S&P 500 recording its biggest one-day decline since 2020. The widely watched Wall Street index closed down 4.8 per cent at 5,396.52 — its worst trading day since June 2020. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite tanked 6.0…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would consider a deal for TikTok where China approves the sale of the short video app in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok, with multiple investors involved. TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to reach a…
The Waqf bill, after a smooth passage through Lok Sabha, breezed through the Rajya Sabha 24 hours later, after yet another marathon debate. On its way, it exposed a chink in the armour of the parties opposing the bill. The voting was 128 votes in favour of the bill and 95 against. Just a few…
The Acting Inspector General (IG) of the US Department of Defence (Pentagon) will investigate Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other national security officials to discuss military actions against the Houthis in Yemen last month, according to a letter from the IG’s office on Thursday, CNN reported. In…
President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that stocks and the US economy would “boom” despite a rout on global markets sparked by his worldwide tariffs. “The markets are going to boom,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Florida, when asked about the chaos on Wall Street and other markets. “The country…
India will soon send relics of the Buddha, discovered in Devni Mori in northern Gujarat, to Thailand for an exposition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this after bilateral talks with Thailand Prime Minister Paentongtran Shinawatra at the Government House here. “I am extremely happy to announce that the Holy Relics found in Aravali, Gujarat in…
