NEW DELHI: A team of Indian officials led by commerce secretary Rajesh Agarwal is once again headed to the US for talks on the proposed bilateral trade deal, amid indications that Trump administration is keen to move ahead.Officials indicated that delegation would visit Washington this week itself as the two sides seek to thrash out…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday directed that in case of death caused by potholes or open manholes, municipal corporations and other state authorities shall pay Rs 6 lakh compensation to legal heirs of the deceased. Likewise, for injury, it shall pay compensation ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh, depending on the nature…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation eased to a 99-month low in Sept as food prices moderated and a favourable base effect helped, triggering hopes of a cut in interest rates in the months ahead.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose an annual…
Nobel winner Peter Howitt’s academic journey traces back to his Canadian roots at McGill University. Peter Howitt recently received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He shared it with Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion. Their research focused on creative destruction. Simply put, it shows how new ideas and technologies replace older ones. This process…
NEW DELHI: India and Canada took a major step forward to normalise their relationship as foreign minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart, Anita Anand, announced Monday a roadmap comprising a slew of initiatives to boost cooperation while underlining the significance of a law enforcement dialogue in addressing each other’s security concerns.In a rare India-Canada joint…
IND vs WI Live Score, 2nd Test Match Day 5: India moved into a commanding position on day four of the second and final Test against the West Indies, ending the day at 63/1 in just 18 overs while chasing a modest target of 121 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. After losing Yashasvi Jaiswal early,…
PATNA: Allies BJP and JD(U) withheld Monday the breakup of constituencies allotted to NDA partners in Bihar, fuelling murmurs of discontent over seat distribution and CM Nitish Kumar’s party having to settle for an equal share of the electoral pie with its saffron partner for the first time.Talks involving BJP state chief Dilip Jaiswal, deputy…
California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed message on Monday for efforts aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racial discrimination against Black Americans. While he signed a law allocating $6 million to California State University to study methods of verifying an individual’s status as a descendant of an enslaved person, he vetoed several other…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Monday said the plea filed by Popular Front of India (PFI) challenging a UAPA tribunal order that upheld the Centre’s decision to impose a five-year ban on the outfit was maintainable and listed the matter for hearing on Jan 20, 2026.A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tushar…
NAGPUR: Six days after a six-year-old boy died in a tribal hamlet in Maharashtra‘s Yavatmal district, doctors at the government-run medical college and hospital on Monday categorically ruled out drug toxicity. The boy, Shivam Sagar Gurunule from Pimplekhuti village in Kalamb tehsil, 150 km off Nagpur, was administered four cough syrups, apart from other medicines.Amid…