Donald Trump’s aide Navarro calls Modi-Putin-Xi SCO bonhomie a ‘shame’, warns India must choose Washington over Moscow

Washington DC, 2/9: US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday sharply criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the latter’s meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China. Navarro called it “a shame” to see Modi “getting in bed with Xi…

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Australia’s legendary bowler Mitchell Starc announces retirement from T20Is

Sydney, 2/9: Australia’s white-ball pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has retired from Twenty20 internationals to extend his career in test and one-day cricket. The 35-year-old left-armer retires with 79 wickets from 65 T20Is, second on the all-time list for Australia behind spinner Adam Zampa. “Test cricket is and has always been my highest priority,” he said…

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6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Southeastern Afghanistan, over 800 dead

Kabul,1/9: One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from the rubble of homes being combed for survivors. The disaster is set to further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban administration,…

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Weeks after resigning from post, Jagdeep Dhankhar vacates official Vice-President’s residence

New Delhi, 1/9: Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar has shifted from his official residence to a private farmhouse in the Chhatarpur area of south Delhi, six weeks after he resigned from his post, according to officials. The farmhouse in the Gadaipur area of Chhatarpur belongs to INLD leader Abhay Chautala. An official told PTI that Dhankhar…

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SCO strongly condemns Pahalgam attack; concurs with India that double standards to fight terrorism unacceptable

Tianjin, 1/9: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and concurred with India’s position that “double standards” in the fight against terrorism are unacceptable. The influential grouping listed its strong resolve to combat terrorism in a declaration that was unveiled at the end of its two-day annual summit at…

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PM Modi, Xi Jinping call for partnership despite large number of soldiers deployed along LAC

New Delhi, 1/9: India and China are development partners, and not rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping agreed on Sunday, even as the two nations continued to have large numbers of soldiers deployed on both sides of the disputed boundary in Himalayas. Modi and Xi met in Tianjin in northern China but…

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India Post suspends bookings of all categories postal service to US in absence of rule clarity

New Delhi, 31/8: India Post has suspended all categories of mail operations destined to the US in the absence of clarity over new rules issued by the US Customs Department, an official statement said on Sunday. Earlier, the country’s postal department had temporarily suspended postal services for gifts valued above $100 due to the new…

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