Trump invites Xi to White House after Beijing summit talks (Image credit: AP) US President Donald Trump wrapped up talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing by extending a formal invitation to Xi and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan to visit the White House on September 24.The meeting, held at the Great Hall of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday held accountable Rajasthan authorities over illegal sand mining inside the National Chambal Sanctuary, observing that the continued mining activities were posing a serious threat to the aquatic and endangered wildlife, including gharials and freshwater dolphins, as per a report by ANI news agency.A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump (AP photo) “Military is obvious.”The remark from US President Donald Trump came almost casually as he stood amid the grand ceremonial spectacle arranged by his Chinese counterpart and host Xi Jinping in Beijing. Rows of Chinse soldiers stood in perfect formation. Red carpets stretched across the…
Lights out in Havana: Protests erupt as ‘absolutely no fuel’ left in Cuba (Image credit: AP) Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister Vicente de la O Levy has said, as a US-led blockade chokes supply and plunges parts of Havana into blackouts lasting up to 22 hours a day.“The…
Yash Yadav, hailed as an achiever by his local school, has been arrested by Rajasthan police in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak. GURGAON: When Rajasthan police arrived at a house in Khurampur village in Farrukhnagar on Monday evening, neighbours watched in disbelief as they took away Yash Yadav, the son of a farmer whose…
America turns 250 this year. Laird & Co., the New Jersey distillery still run by the Laird family, beat that milestone by 78 years. According to a Wall Street Journal feature on the family, it has been making apple brandy in Colts Neck since 1698, and George Washington was reportedly a fan of its signature…
Former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, now Panihati MLA, moved the Sealdah court with her husband on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath Das and local Trinamool Congress functionary Sanjib Mukhopadhyay.The family alleged the three tried to destroy evidence in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the inclusion of a cabinet minister in the selection panel for the appointment of election commissioners, observing that a minister would not be able to go against the Prime Minister in the decision-making process.Hearing the matter related to the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner and…
The arrested suspects include Dinesh Biwal JAIPUR/NEW DELHI/PUNE: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five suspects and detained four others across states in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, uncovering what investigators say was a multi-state distribution chain that began with a hard copy of the question paper procured in Pune and circulated…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping met US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, one phrase unexpectedly dominated strategic discussions between the world’s two biggest powers: the “Thucydides Trap”.“Whether China and the United States can transcend the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new normalization of relations between major powers; whether we can join hands…