The Hague : The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover USD 2 billion in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid to terror victims. The US Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that Iran must give […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump has said he was not “thrilled” by a border security deal reached by a bipartisan group of lawmakers but appeared to express openness to the agreement to avert another government shutdown, suggesting that he will find sources of money for his controversial border […]
Melbourne : Sundarbans — the iconic Bengal tiger’s last coastal stronghold and the world’s biggest mangrove forest — could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years, scientists say. Spanning more than 10,000 square kilometres, the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh and India is […]
Port-Au-Prince : At least six people have died in nearly weeklong protests demanding that President Jovenel Moise resign in Haiti, which saw fresh tensions and a major prison break Tuesday. All 78 detainees at the prison in Aquin, a city of around 100,000 on the south coast of the […]
Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to meet with top US officials in Beijing this week, a report said Wednesday, as the world’s two biggest economies rush to patch up their trade differences before a looming deadline. Xi will meet on Friday with officials including US Trade Representative […]
New Delhi : Rajya Sabha proceedings Wednesday were adjourned till noon after opposition Samajwadi Party and TMC created ruckus in the House over different issues. While Samajwadi Party MPs protested police lathicharge on party leaders and workers in Allahabad on Tuesday, TMC displayed posters against the BJP government over […]
Jaipur : Robert Vadra, Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law, appeared before the ED at its zonal office here for the second consecutive day on Wednesday for questioning into an alleged land scam in the Rajasthan’s Bikaner district. On Tuesday, Vadra and his mother Maureen had appeared before the Enforcement […]
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey, who was due to retire in February, has got an extension for six months, an official said Wednesday. Pandey, a 1984-batch IAS officer, was due to retire on February 28. “The Centre has approved the extension of the chief secretary,” […]
New Delhi : It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi, with the minimum temperature settling one notch above the average for the season at 11.4 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity was 98 per cent, at 8.30 AM, said a MeT department official. Generally cloudy sky with possibility of […]
New Delhi : In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday “bluff, bluster and intimidation” have been its governance philosophy, while asserting that her party will confront political adversaries with all its vigour. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party’s general body meeting, Sonia Gandhi […]
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