New Delhi: Import duty concessions in labor-intensive sectors like leather, textiles, and jewelry under the proposed bilateral trade agreement between India and the US will help boost exports to America, according to experts. In exchange for this, the US might seek duty cuts in areas like petrochemical products, electronics, medical equipment, and certain agricultural items,…
Lucknow: Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur was on Friday fined 10 percent of her match fee for showing dissent at umpire’s decision during her team’s match against UP Warriorz at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here. The incident occurred at the end of the 19th over of UPW innings when umpire Ajitesh Argal informed Harmanpreet that…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, presenting his record sixteenth budget on Friday, strongly defended the government’s five guarantee schemes and targeted the union government for the state’s fiscal challenges. He also tried to emphasize that the budget was “development-oriented”. The total expenditure for the 2025-26 budget is estimated to be Rs 4,09,549 crore. It includes…
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday presented the first budget of Jammu and Kashmir in six years and said it is a roadmap for economic growth and a true reflection of people’s aspirations. Presenting the budget in the legislative assembly here, Abdullah, who holds the finance portfolio, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home…
U Lakshman Rao Sound and its resonance stand as the primal force of the universe—guiding creation, sustaining existence, and ushering transformation. In the vast expanse of Hindu cosmology, Om is the primordial vibration, the sacred utterance that encapsulates the essence of being. Shiva’s cosmic dance, the Tandava, symbolizes the rhythmic cycle of the cosmos—creation, preservation,…
New York: The US Supreme Court has rejected Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s emergency application seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had filed an “Emergency Application For Stay” with the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the…
New York/Washington: India is a very high tariff nation, US President Donald Trump has said as he reiterated that reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose levies on American goods will kick in on April 2. “And the big one will be on April 2, when reciprocal tariffs, so if India or China, or any of…
Gandhinagar: A security cover comprising only women police personnel will be deployed at the mega event to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Navsari district of Gujarat on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, a state minister said on Thursday. This will be the first such initiative in the country,…
Dublin (UK): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is on an official visit to the UK and Ireland, called upon Ireland President Michael D Higgins. Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed the regards of President Droupadi Murmu to him and the two leaders discussed about the role of culture in strengthening the nationhood. Sharing the details of…
Supaul (Bihar): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday asserted that India can show the way to the entire world by virtue of its cultural heritage. The ‘sarsanghchalak’ of RSS made the remark in Supaul district of north Bihar, after inaugurating a new building of a Saraswati Vidya Mandir school. “Ours is an…
