German envoy Jasper Wieck NEW DELHI: Germany’s relationship with India has assumed greater importance amid growing global uncertainty, with the two countries looking to deepen cooperation in trade, defence and labour mobility, German ambassador to India, Jasper Wieck, said at a press conference Wednesday.He said Germany was ready to sign an $8 billion deal with…
Donald Trump‘s tariff strategy is once again under legal scrutiny.Just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expired, two groups of small businesses headed to court to challenge the administration’s latest trade measures. The lawsuits target the sweeping tariffs announced earlier this week, which impose double-digit levies on goods from 60 trading partners and cover 99% of…
This satellite image provided by CIRA/NOAA shows three storms, from left, Hurricane Lowell, Hurricane Karina and Tropical Storm Marie in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (CIRA/NOAA via AP) Powerful Hurricane Lowell remained a Category 4 storm with winds of up to 150 mph on Saturday as Hawaii braced for potentially dangerous impacts…
US President Donald Trump signed the much-anticipated US-Iran peace deal memorandum of understanding (MoU) during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit in Versailles on Thursday. As Trump sat beside Macron, US secretary of state Marco Rubio handed him the agreement. Before putting pen to paper, Trump remarked, “This was not…
PM Modi called for rejecting stigma on the issue. “Youth who come out fighting addiction are not weak; they are real warriors,” he said. NEW DELHI: Drugs can give a momentary high but family and professional lives will hit a low, PM Modi told youth in a warning against substance abuse on Sunday, and exhorted…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been planning to issue a public apology to reconcile with the royal family; however, Prince William is still on the outs with his brother, and the two have yet to even meet. (Image credits: Instagram) Over the past couple of months, reports have swirled about how Prince Harry…
For many Class 12 students waiting for their board results and applying for the NDA & NA (II) Exam 2026, need not worry. The commission will allow candidates whose results are still pending to apply under the “result awaited” category, so they do not lose an opportunity because different boards declare results at different times.For…
China’s tree cover increased, but natural forests kept shrinking and fragmenting. (AI photo) China’s ambitious tree-planting campaigns have helped increase the country’s overall forest cover over the past three decades. But a new study says the growth in planted forests tells only part of the story.While millions of hectares of trees were added to the…
L-R: The Gupte brothers: Balkrishna and Subhash On August 30, 1934, Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte was born into a family that would produce two accomplished leg-spinners. But while his elder brother Subhash Gupte went on to become one of the finest spinners of his generation, Baloo Gupte spent much of his cricketing life in his shadow.Baloo,…
India’s Gagan now finds uses in other fields like marine navigation NEW DELHI: India has joined a select league with its “satellite-based augmentation system” Gagan becoming the first to be certified for the equatorial region, making it one of the few countries with an operational SBAS, govt said Wednesday. “Gagan reinforces India’s vision of technological…