NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly rejected reports claiming that the Centre was considering imposing a cess, tax or surcharge on foreign travel to offset the fiscal impact of the ongoing conflict-linked economic pressures.Responding to the report in a post on X, PM Modi said, “This is totally false. Not an iota…
The United Arab Emirates unsuccessfully tried to persuade Gulf nations including Saudi Arabia and Qatar to join a coordinated military response against Iran following Tehran’s large-scale attacks on Gulf states earlier this year, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reportedly held a series of calls with regional…
What do the new agreements between UAE and India entail? How will India’s energy security plans get a boost? (AI image) India’s energy security received a major boost on Friday when two important Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) were signed during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE on Friday. India imports close to 90% of…
US President Donald Trump said that Washington agreed to a ceasefire with Iran as a “favour” to Pakistan.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning from China, Trump said the US had accepted the truce at Pakistan’s request and had no plans, for now, to resume bombing Iran.“We did the ceasefire as a request…
Look, choosing a fruit isn’t a brain scan. It’s a playful snapshot. Your energy might be a “Mango” on a busy Monday when you’re crushing your to-do list, and a “Litchi” on a Sunday when you’re catching up with family. The point of tests like this isn’t to give you a permanent label.It’s just to…
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a straightforward message for the world’s software engineers: the era of “writing code” line by line is officially over. According to a Short posted recently by Special Competitive Studies Project on YouTube, the tech veteran declared in an industry conference that a “major change” hit the industry late last…
Xi to visit US (Image credit: AP) Chinese president Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States in the autumn at the invitation of US president Donald Trump, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday.Wang made the announcement while briefing reporters on the just-concluded meeting between Xi and Trump in Beijing….
NEW DELHI: Two caveat pleas were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday, hours after the Madhya Pradesh high court declared the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar as a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati). The plea was filed anticipating a possible challenge to the verdict by the Muslim side.A caveat plea is generally filed…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates with the trophy in front of the fans after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo) Shakira and Burna Boy have teamed up for “Dai Dai”, the official song of the 2026 FIFA World…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said crude oil supplies from Russia to India have increased despite Western sanctions and mounting geopolitical pressure, ANI reported.Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, Lavrov said the rise in Russian oil exports to India was reflected in publicly available data.“We published…