Washington: A US appeals court on Friday ruled that many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have upended global trade, were illegal — but allowed them to remain in place for now, giving him time to take the fight to the Supreme Court. The 7-4 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal…
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday travelled to Sendai in the Japanese prefecture of Miyagi to visit a semiconductor plant. Modi was accompanied by his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba. The prime ministers travelled to Sendai from Tokyo in a bullet train. The facility ear Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, is a new semiconductor wafer fabrication plant…
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met governors of 16 Japanese prefectures in Tokyo and called for strengthening state-prefecture cooperation under the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. In a post on X, the ministry said, “Taking greater strides in the steadfast India-Japan ties….
Beijing: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold two bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Tianjin on Sunday, as both nations look to strengthen ties amid global trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Modi, who will arrive in Tianjin on Saturday…
Tokyo: India and Japan will together shape the Asian century for stability, growth and prosperity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he began a two-day crucial visit to the east Asian nation. In an address at a business forum, Modi said Japan’s excellence and India’s scale can create a perfect partnership and mutual…
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit during which he will hold summit talks with his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba. “PM Narendra Modi has landed in Tokyo, Japan. PM will be holding wide-ranging discussions with PM Shigeru Ishiba later in the evening to advance the India-Japan partnership,” the Ministry…
New York/Washington: The Ukraine conflict is “Modi’s war”, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has alleged, saying the “road to peace” runs partly “right through New Delhi”. Navarro, President Donald Trump’s Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing, in an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, claimed that “India is helping feed the Russian war machine”. “Everybody…
New York/Washington: A shooter who opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, had ‘Nuke India’ written on one of the guns, according to video footage of the alleged arsenal used by him. The shooter, identified as Robin Westman, 23, from Minnesota, opened fire in the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday, killing two…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed he helped avert a potential nuclear clash between India and Pakistan in May. Addressing a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said he had spoken with a “very terrific” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and warned New Delhi and Islamabad that continued hostilities would trigger…
Colombo: A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday granted bail to former president Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested last week over alleged misuse of state funds while in office. Colombo Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura ordered that the 76-year-old leader be released on bail with three sureties of Lankan Rs 5 million each. Wickremesinghe, who served as…
