In a possible reprieve for India, a federal appeals court has struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, ruling he did not have the extensive powers to set them. The court, however, left the tariffs in place till October 14 to give the Trump administration time to appeal to the Supreme...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has reportedly filed a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove her from office, setting the stage for a potential legal battle over the independence of the central bank. According to reports, Cook argued that Trump overstepped his authority by announcing on August 25 that he intended to...
Updated: Aug 28th, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s whopping 50% tariffs on India came into effect on Wednesday. Soon after, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro remarked that the Russia-Ukraine conflict is ‘Modi’s war’, in an attempt to pressure India to halt Russian oil trade. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Navarro said, “I mean...
The transgender mass shooter who attacked a Catholic church in Minneapolis also had a chilling hate message for India. In one of the weapons, the shooter had written, “Nuke India”, and above that in misspelt Russian, “Kill yourself”, and showed them off on a video uploaded to social media before the attack on Wednesday. Two...
Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 Tech giant Apple on Tuesday announced the date of its next big global event — September 9 — with a tagline ‘Awe dropping’ that would take place at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in the state of California in the US. The company is all set to reveal more...
Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 US President Donald Trump will chair a high-level meeting at the White House on Wednesday to discuss strategies aimed at ending the ongoing war in Gaza, as per reports. The session is expected to focus on deciding a plan as USA is likely to push for a resolution before the end...
Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 Tech giant Google announced that it has added two new features to Google Translate that allow for real-time conversation translation and tailored language practice. “Using the advanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities of Gemini models, we’re bringing two new features to Translate to help with live conversations and language learning,” Google announced....
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended a proposal to grant 600,000 student visas to Chinese nationals, arguing that American colleges rely heavily on their enrollment. The remarks came as Washington and Beijing continued trade negotiations, and they quickly drew criticism from conservative allies who viewed the move as inconsistent with Trump’s America First agenda...
Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 Colombo Fort Magistrate Nilupili Lankapura on Tuesday granted bail to former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on three surties of five million Lankan rupees each. Wickremesinghe has been named as a suspect in connection with the alleged misuse of government funds worth 16.6 million Lankan rupees for private overseas visit taken...
Even as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a very terrific man”, US President Donald Trump stuck to his threats of “a very strong tariff system” against anyone over the Ukraine-Russia war, and gave an embellished narrative of his role in ending the Operation Sindoor conflict. With the 25% punitive sanctions for buying Russian...