Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 Former US vice president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has decided not to enter the race for California governor, putting an end to ongoing speculation about her political future after her defeat to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, as per reports. In a statement released on Wednesday,...
Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will officially recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, following the UK’s recent shift in policy toward Palestinian statehood. In a detailed statement issued on Thursday, PM Carney reaffirmed Canada’s longstanding...
President Donald Trump has said that India and the US were still negotiating a trade deal despite his threat to impose a 25% tariff, and a final decision may be known by the end of the week. “We’re talking to India now, we’ll see what happens,” he said on Wednesday, hours after he had threatened...
Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Indian time) declared that the United States has struck a deal with Pakistan to jointly develop what he described as ‘massive oil reserves’, with a suggestion that this oil could eventually be exported to India. The announcement came just a day after Trump imposed 25%...
Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 More than 100 flights were cancelled and several others delayed after a technical glitch in the UK’s air traffic control system led to widespread disruption at key airports across the country. The issue, identified as radar-related by the National Air Traffic Services (NATS), temporarily halted departures from major hubs including Heathrow,...
Updated: Jul 30th, 2025 US hits 25% tariff on India US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a whopping 25% tariff on India starting August 1, citing oil imports from Russia as a key reason for the decision. What did Trump say? “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively...
Following a massive 8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, fresh tsunami warnings have also been issued for coastal regions in China, Peru, and Ecuador, intensifying concerns across the Pacific basin. Tsunami updates Russia declares state of emergency in areas hit by tremors A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Russia...
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday strongly dismissed allegations made in a UK parliamentary committee report, which accused India of engaging in transnational repression (TNR) activities in the United Kingdom. Calling the claims “baseless,” the MEA stated that they are rooted in unverified and dubious sources that are primarily associated with anti-India hostility....
Communal tensions erupted in Yavat village, located in Daund tehsil of Pune district, following an allegedly objectionable WhatsApp post shared by a youth from outside the community earlier this week. The post quickly spread online, resulting in violence: stone pelting, motorcycle arson, and targeted damage to a local religious structure. Police had to deploy...
Two coaches of the Muzaffarpur–Sabarmati Jan Sadharan Express (Train No. 15269), operating from Muzaffarpur to Ahmedabad, derailed near Bhaupur station, between Kanpur and Tundla in Uttar Pradesh, on August 1, 2025, at approximately 4:12–4:15 PM. Thankfully, the train was moving at a slow speed at the time, and no injuries or casualties have been reported . Railway officials...