The immediate impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Indian exports may appear limited, but their secondary and tertiary effects on the economy pose challenges that must be addressed, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) amid the U.S. effecting a steep 50% tariff on shipments from India. Trump tariffs LIVE … Read more
A worker in one of the oldest and largest diamond polishing units of Surat checking its dazzle. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Already grappling with job losses and a slowdown in orders, Gujarat’s diamond sector has been dealt another setback as the United States, its largest export destination, raised import duties to 25% … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had travelled to the U.S. in February this year for a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House in Washington, D.C. File | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, according … Read more
OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT experienced a major global outage on June 10, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT experienced a major global outage on Tuesday (June 10, 2025), leaving thousands of users unable to access the service across multiple continents, with India and the United States reporting the highest number of disruptions. … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari welcome United States Vice-President J.D. Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance, and their children at Amber Fort in Jaipur on April 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/Diya Kumari via ANI US Vice-President J.D. Vance, along with his family members, visited the Amber Fort here on … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of U.S. imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources with knowledge of the matter said, the biggest cut in … Read more
File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday (February 18, 2025), questioned the silence of the Union government over deportees from the U.S. being brought back to the country in chains. “The Prime Minister should have protested against it. The deportees could … Read more
Security personnel stand guard at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport before the arrival of Indian immigrants who were deported from US, in Amritsar on February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A United States aircraft carrying around 112 undocumented Indian immigrants, deported from the U.S. landed at Punjab’s Amritsar International Airport on Sunday … Read more
Amit Malviya. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The BJP on Sunday (February 16, 2025) claimed that a U.S.-funded programme, now cancelled, linked to voter turnout in India is a pointer to the previous Congress-led UPA government allegedly enabling infiltration of Indian institutions by forces opposed to the country’s interests. BJP’s IT department head Amit … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the latter emplanes for Washington | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) departed for the U.S. to meet President Donald Trump after wrapping his two-day visit to France where he co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Action … Read more