Washington, 10/7: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would impose a 50 per cent tariff on all imports from Brazil after a public spat this week with his Brazilian counterpart who called him an unwanted “emperor.” In a letter, Trump linked the tariffs to Brazil’s treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro who…
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL), which owns the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPC team, has moved the Karnataka High Court, challenging certain observations made in a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order. On July 1, the CAT’s Bengaluru bench, while quashing the suspension order of senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, had held that…
Windhoek: Namibia will roll out the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) later this year, it was announced on Wednesday following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah that focused on imparting a new momentum to the bilateral series. The Modi-Ndaitwah meeting primarily focused on bolstering bilateral cooperation in areas such as digital…
Dubai: India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday broke into the top-10 of the ICC men’s Test batting rankings for the first time in his career after a record-breaking performance against England at Edgbaston. Gill smashed 269 and 161 in the game — becoming only the second player in history to score more than 150 in…
Jaipur: A Jaguar aircraft of the IAF crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wednesday, leading to the death of the two pilots of the twin-seater aircraft. In a statement shortly after the crash, the IAF said, “An IAF Jaguar Trainer aircraft met with an accident during a routine training mission and crashed near Churu in…
Bhubaneswar, 9/7: Senior BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan was granted bail Tuesday by the Khurda District Sessions Court in a case related to the alleged assault of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo. The bail hearing of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan, currently lodged in Ward No. 29 of the Jharpada Special Jail as an…
Vadodara, 9/7: At least four vehicles fell into a river after a portion of a bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, police said Four persons were rescued so far and the operation was still on, Padra police inspector Vijay Charan said. The Gambhira bridge located on the Mahisagar river along a state…
Washington DC, 9/7: Apple on Tuesday named insider Sabih Khan as its chief operating officer, taking over from Jeff Williams, as part of a long-planned succession. Khan, who has been with Apple for 30 years and is currently the senior vice president of operations, will take on the new role later this month, the iPhone…
Mumbai, 8/7: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly over the delay in appointment of Leader of the Opposition. The boycott happened on a day when Justice Bhushan Gavai, the Chief Justice of India was felicitated in the Maharashtra legislature.
Lucknow, 8/7: Following the arrest of Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of a religious conversion racket, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said preliminary investigations revealed that his activities are not only anti social but also anti-national. In the initial probe, it has come to light that the activities of the…
