London: A UK-based historian has traced how the journeys of more than 1 million migrants during the colonial era influenced India’s diplomatic identity as the largest diaspora of the world in a new book published this week. Dr Kalathmika Natarajan, a lecturer in Modern South Asian History in the Department of Archaeology and History and co-director…
London: Multiple people were stabbed on a train in the UK’s Cambridgeshire, following which armed police intercepted the train and arrested two men in connection with the incident on Saturday evening, authorities said. Cambridgeshire Constabulary said its officers are working with British Transport Police (BTP) after they intercepted the train in Huntingdon, and the injured…
Washington: In a significant immigration policy shift, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the end of the practice of automatically extending Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens who file renewal applications, a rule that may impact Indians there. According to the rule, which takes effect on October 30, 2025, immigrants applying…
Busan (South Korea): US President Donald Trump said he will lower his tariff rates on imports of Chinese goods to 47% after meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, here, Thursday. Trump also announced that the meeting yielded an extendable one-year deal on the supply of crucial rare earths, as the meeting set the stage for the…
United Nations: India has strongly rejected “baseless observations” made by a UN expert on Myanmar that refugees from the Southeast Asian nation were “under severe pressure” following the Pahalgam terror attack, with Delhi denouncing this “prejudiced and blinkered” analysis. “I express serious objection to the baseless and biased observations in the report regarding my country….
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said he feared forces “from home and abroad” to thwart planned general elections over barring deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League from contesting. “Many forces from inside and outside the country will work to spoil the election. Many powerful forces, not minor ones, will attempt…
Peshawar: At least six soldiers, including a Captain, were killed in an IED blast targeting a convoy of the security forces in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said. The convoy came under attack in the Sultani area in the restive Kurram tribal district…
Washington: Indian Ambassador to the United States Vinay Mohan Kwatra discussed increasing bilateral trade in hydrocarbons, the scope of AI cooperation, and counter-terrorism efforts with US Senator Jacky Rosen, in the backdrop of trade negotiations between the two countries. The Indian envoy said that he had an engaging conversation with Senator Rosen, who is also…
Jerusalem: Israel carried out air strikes on Gaza on Tuesday despite an ongoing ceasefire, Gaza’s civil defence agency said, after accusing Hamas of violating the US-brokered truce by attacking its troops. At least two people were killed when one of the strikes hit a house in Gaza City, the agency, which operates as a rescue…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s economy has expanded by three per cent in fiscal year 2025 (FY25), and the growth rate is expected to remain the same in the next fiscal year, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The bank launched its latest report called ‘Pakistan Development Update: Staying the Course for Growth and Jobs’, highlighting the hopes…
