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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he insisted talks with Iran continue during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but warned he may take action against Tehran if a nuclear deal is not reached. The leaders met at the White House as tensions continue to rise across the Middle East and negotiations intensify over curbing Iran's nuclear weapons programme....more
NEW DELHI: Defence Acquisition Council has cleared a proposal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation. The clearance comes days before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled visit to India for the Artificial Intelligence Summit. Around 18 aircraft are likely to be acquired in fly-away condition to meet the Indian Air Force’s immediate operational requirements, while the remaining jets would be manufactured in India, according to an official....more
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have turned nuclear, through tariffs. "I settled eight wars. Of the eight wars, at least six were settled because of tariffs. In other words, I said, ‘if you don't settle this war, I'm going to charge you tariffs, because I don't want to see people getting killed,” Trump said in an interview to Fox Business Tuesday....more
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Monday lauded the growing India-US partnership and highlighted the role of the friendship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump for the conclusion of the framework of the India-US interim trade agreement, announced last week....more
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-U.S. interim trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised. Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, he said that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the U.S., it would have told U.S. President Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal....more
NEW DELHI: India’s oil imports will be guided by “national interests”, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday, but did not refute U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil. Misri’s statement came even as the government prepared to brief parliamentarians about the trade deals finalised with the European Union and the U.S., as well as on trade ties with Bangladesh....more
VICTORIA: Nine people have been killed and dozens wounded after a shooting at a school and home in northeast British Columbia, Canada on Tuesday afternoon. Six of the victims were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, making it Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades. A seventh person died en route to hospital, while the bodies of two people were found at a home in the town, which has just 2,400 people....more
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria on Monday, ordered an extension of the time for objections by a week from February 14 in the West Bengal SIR case....more
TOKYO: Japanese stocks surged to a record high on Monday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) basked in a historic election victory. The LDP secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election, the first time a single party has won a two-thirds lower house majority since Japan's parliament was established in its current form in 1947....more
NEW DELHI: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday addressed questions regarding the ongoing US-India trade deal, carefully sidestepping direct comments on the purchase of Russian oil. When asked about US President Donald Trump’s warning that India could face a 25% tariff if it resumed Russian oil imports, Goyal emphasized that sourcing oil from the US is in India’s strategic interest....more
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India from February 17 to 19 and will discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Ministry of External Affairs announced the visit in a statement on Tuesday. The French president's visit comes after Modi's visit to France last year in February....more
By Deepak Arora
NEW DELHI: The Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India, in partnership with Reliance Industries Limited, the United Nations in India and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, are pleased to announce a special Indo-French edition of the R|Elan Circular Design Challenge to be held in 2026, as part of the India-France Year of Innovation....more
NEW DELHI: The ICC have released a statement confirming the participation of Pakistan in all their scheduled ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 matches – including their match against India on 15 February in Colombo. The statement released by ICC said: “The dialogue between ICC and PCB took place as part of a broader engagement with both parties recognising the need for constructive dealings and being united, committed and purposeful in their aspirations to serve the best interests of the game with integrity, neutrality and cooperation....more
SEOUL: Imagine a life-saving spray that instantly stops severe bleeding. That’s exactly what researchers in South Korea have developed — and it could change how wounds are treated on the battlefield, and in ambulances and emergency rooms. The next-generation hemostatic agent is being developed primarily for use by military and emergency medical professionals, though its simplicity suggests it may become more widespread in the future, allowing at-home usage....more
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