Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to make an official visit to India in December, at a time when New Delhi is facing steep US tariffs and sanction threats by Donald Trump over its continued oil trade with Moscow, news agency AFP reported, citing Kremlin officials. The Kremlin had earlier announced that Putin had accepted…
File photo of India ODI captain Rohit Sharma. Mumbai: India’s ODI captain Rohit Sharma will report to the BCCI‘s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on September 13 for fitness assessment tests, TOI has learnt.“Yes, Rohit will be at the BCCI’s CoE from September 13 for fitness tests. He will be based here for two-three…
The United States will not participate in a UN review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington’s global engagement on rights and justice issues. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) expects all 193 UN member states to submit reports on their human rights records every…
European leaders are quietly exploring a proposal to establish a 40-kilometre buffer zone between Russian and Ukrainian forces as part of a possible peace framework, according to a report by Politico. The idea, though still tentative, has reportedly found favour in Moscow but faces uncertainty in Kyiv. According to the report, the buffer zone plan…
NEW DELHI: India’s economy could reach $20.7 trillion in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) by 2030 and may emerge as the second-largest economy by 2038 with $34.2 trillion GDP, an EY report said. The report also said with appropriate countermeasures, India can limit adverse impact of higher US tariffs on selected exports to about…
The newly constructed Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Southwest China has cleared its final load test and is on track to become the world’s tallest bridge, connecting previously isolated regions in Guizhou province, as reported by local newspaper China Daily. Spanning the Beipan River gorge in Huajiang town, the bridge crosses limestone cliffs formed from…
A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first confirmed case in the US of New World screwworm, a parasite that eats…
An active shooter was reported at the Thomas Cooper Library in the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus Sunday afternoon, according to an alert issued by the university. The alert was sent to the university community through the public address system at 6:40 p.m. local time. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately…
The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the US military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The Defence Department planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilising at least a few thousand members of…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, after the agency’s preliminary assessment of US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites reportedly angered President Donald Trump. “You want to call it destroyed, you want to call it defeated, you want to call it obliterated — choose your word….