- Monday, June 09, 2025
SAUDI ARABIA has promised around $600 billion in deals with the United States, from defense to artificial intelligence, as it threw a lavish welcome for president Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term. Trump returned the favor by moving on a key Saudi policy request by…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's repeated claim that his administration "successfully brokered a historic ceasefire" to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan, is drawing angry reactions. India carried out precision strikes under 'Operation Sindoor' on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror…
MICROSOFT has announced that it’s laying off 3 per cent of it workforce, around 6,000 employees, as it looks to reduce the 'layers of management' across all teams and geographies. This would be Microsoft’s largest round of layoffs since the elimination of 10,000 roles in 2023, and the company has…
INDIAN-ORIGIN Canadian politicians Anita Anand and Maninder Sidhu have got important portfolios of foreign affairs and international trade respectively in the new cabinet announced by prime minister Mark Carney. Carney announced the reshuffle on Tuesday (13) almost two weeks after his Liberal Party won the federal elections in Canada. He…
THE TRUMP administration's move to grant refugee status to 59 white South Africans, by describing them as victims of "racial discrimination", has evoked criticism from Democrats and confusion in South Africa. Interestingly, US president Donald Trump has blocked mostly non-white refugee admissions from the rest of the world, but in…
A MADHYA PRADESH state minister has landed himself in a controversy for his rabidly communal remarks about Colonel Sofia Qureshi, a distinguished soldier chosen by the Indian army to brief the nation about Operation Sindoor. At a government function in Manpur town near Mhow, the tribal welfare minister, Kunwar Vijay…
TWO Indian students from Cleveland State University died in a road accident in Pennsylvania on Saturday, after their car crashed into a tree and struck a bridge, officials said. Another passenger in the vehicle was injured and sent to local hospital, they said. “Deeply saddened to learn about the unfortunate…
WITH the Indian Premier League set to resume on May 17, the BCCI and IPL franchises are exerting pressure on foreign boards to ensure that their players return, despite some lingering safety concerns. IPL COO Hemang Amin has been authorized by the BCCI to speak to Cricket Australia (CA) and…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has said India “only paused” its military action against Pakistan, and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future “terror” attack on the country. In his first speech to the nation since a ceasefire following a fierce military confrontation with Pakistan last week,…
IN A sign of further thaw in United States-China trade relations, the White House has decided to cut the low value "de minimis" tariff on China shipments. The tariff relief on Monday (12) comes in the wake of Beijing and Washington announcing a truce in their trade spat after weekend…
