NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the Maharashtra govt to ensure 100% rollout of the new criminal laws as soon as possible, particularly in the 10 police commissionerates, and target 90% conviction rate in criminal cases entailing a sentence of more than seven years.Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation…
President Trump is pursuing a far more aggressive trade policy than he embraced in his first term, allowing his unfettered instincts about how to put America at the forefront to guide him with little pretense of investigations or extended deliberations. Since taking office, Mr. Trump has threatened punishing tariffs on goods from every global trading…
A Trump administration envoy to the Middle East pressed Lebanon’s new leaders on Friday to ensure that Hezbollah does not become part of the government, as it grapples with a fragile cease-fire and violence that could undermine its push for stability. The United States deputy envoy to the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus, said at a…
Federal Reserve officials wrapped up their final meeting of 2024 with splits surfacing over how many more interest rate cuts they should make given strong economic growth, lingering inflation and huge uncertainty ahead of Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House. Weeks later, they unanimously pressed pause on rate cuts and now appear unified…
Budget 2025: A New Era for IITs with AI Investment, Fellowship Boost, and Infrastructure Growth. (Representative Image) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Education Budget 2025 today, unveiling a series of strategic initiatives aimed at transforming India’s engineering education and research landscape. The budget outlines ambitious plans to expand the Indian Institutes of Technology…
Universities have set up task forces, tightened discipline policies and used surveillance cameras to track protesters’ movements. They have hired private investigators to examine cases of anti-Israel speech and activism. These are just a few of the measures administrators have taken to curb criticisms that they have allowed antisemitism to fester as pro-Palestinian demonstrations spread…
It is unclear if Mr. Trump would try to use the $1.3 billion that Egypt is supposed to receive in annual aid as leverage to try to force it to accept more Palestinian refugees. The fear of being driven from Gaza runs deep among Palestinians, who reject it as a replay of what they call…
This New Year’s Eve turned tragic for a 45-year-old New York City subway commuter who is now in critical condition after being pushed onto the tracks while he was waiting for his train at the 18th Street station. According to the police, the accused, identified as 23-year-old Kamel Hawkins, was arrested and charged with attempted…
MUMBAI: Kashinath Bhoir has not returned to the Versova jetty for a week: he and numerous other fishermen have ventured almost 100 nautical miles (around 185km) into the sea to secure their catch. Dnyanesh, his brother, says the fog that blanketed a vast expanse of Arabian sea off Mumbai’s coast last week has made the…
Former Indian cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri believes Nitish Kumar Reddy deserves a promotion in the batting order. This follows Reddy’s impressive maiden Test century against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.Reddy’s unbeaten 105 runs off 176 balls, including ten fours and a six, highlighted his composure and skill….