India’s trade team has extended its stay in Washington to iron out differences as the two sides look to clinch a deal before a July 9 deadline when higher US tariffs are set to kick in, people familiar with the matter said. The in-person negotiations were initially supposed to run through June 27 but were…
Strange bedfellows gather to serve crash victims’ kin at hospital AHMEDABAD: Many faces, not expected to be on the same platform otherwise, were seen together outside the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad distributing food and beverages to relatives waiting for the bodies of the AI-171 crash victims after identification through DNA sampling.The wait was expected to…
Thousands of Americans gathered in cities and towns nationwide on April 19 to protest US President Donald Trump’s policies. The demonstrations, which coincide with the anniversary of the American Revolutionary War’s opening battles in 1775, carried a mix of civic resistance and historical symbolism. The events ranged from large marches in major cities to quieter…
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin. NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday criticized the National Education Policy (NEP), calling it a “saffron policy” and alleging that it is aimed at promoting Hindi rather than the country’s overall development. “National Education Policy is not education policy; it is saffron policy….
Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that served as an Oscars orientation. The event Tuesday night at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a stand-in for the annual Oscars luncheon usually held about a month earlier but scrubbed because of the…
Samar Faisal stood among a crowd in the crisp winter air, shivering as much from her excitement as the cold. She was in disbelief, she said, that this day had come. Her brother, after spending more than 20 years in an Israeli prison, was being released. “I’m anxious and praying for the moment I finally…