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US President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday (US local time), delivering his State of the Union speech at a politically sensitive moment marked by a Supreme Court ruling striking down his global tariff regime and growing tensions with Iran.The prime-time televised address comes days after the Supreme Court invalidated…

NEW DELHI: Taking forward the “reform express” theme, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his cabinet colleagues to suggest the list of reforms that ministries intend to initiate over the next few months and provide details of the changes they have already introduced. He has asked them to focus on two themes — ease of…

NEW DELHI: Unidentified men fired multiple shots at a car in which Lawrence Bishnoi’s legal team was travelling on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 10.15 pm, in which one of the occupants was shot at. Sources said that the shooters, from a rival gang, intercepted the car in which a lawyer and his staff were…

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal and Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Photo credit- PTI) India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have formally launched negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) after signing a joint statement aimed at deepening trade and investment ties between the two…

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday rolled out a series of stringent measures, citing a “recent surge in aviation incidents.”The enhanced safety directives were announced after a high-level meeting between the aviation regulator and Non-Scheduled Operators (NSOPs). The review came a day after an air ambulance en route to Delhi…

NEW DELHI: Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Tuesday announced that she is launching a new political party in Tamil Nadu. She made the announcement at a public meeting in Ramanathapuram held to mark the birth anniversary of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.“We are about to witness a new political chapter. We are going to…

File photo: A person walks through a makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv (Picture credit: AP) On 24 February 2022, Russian forces crossed into Ukraine on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. What was expected by many to be a swift military operation has become one of the…

India flag (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India suffered a big setback during the first ODI against Australia in Brisbane as captain Harmanpreet Kaur picked up a knee injury while batting. She did not come out to field in the second innings, and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana had to lead the team in her…

NEW DELHI: The government has raised Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd’s (Powergrid) equity investment ceiling in each subsidiary from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 7,500 crore, in a move designed to bolster funding for large transmission projects and renewable energy evacuation.The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved…

An Iranian military helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable market in central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least four people.Iranian state television reported that the crash occurred in Dorcheh, about 330 km south of Tehran, in Isfahan province, reported AP. The province houses a major Iranian air base and a nuclear site that was…