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Trump describes India as 'tariff king' due to high rates imposed on American goods

India has not responded to any of the claims or acknowledged any attempt to engage with the US for future trade talks.

Oct 2, 2018

Who is Gita Gopinath? International Monetary Fund names India-born Harvard professor as chief economist

Gopinath will succeed Maurice Obstfeld, who is set to retire as the economic counsellor and director of the organisation's research department at the end of 2018.

Oct 2, 2018

Nobel prize scandal: French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault jailed for rape in Sweden

Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape of a woman in 2011. He was found guilty of one rape, but was acquitted of the other because the victim said she was asleep and judges said her account wasn't reliable.

Oct 2, 2018

India, Uzbekistan ink 17 pacts to strengthen bilateral relations in defence, counter-terrorism

PM Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed regional security, including Afghanistan situation, and asserted that dialogue was the only way to bring peace in the war-torn country.

Oct 1, 2018

J&K Police chief's job in jeopardy over 20-year-old recruitment scam

A report in Asia Times quotes official documents which say that the J&K Police DGP was found involved in illegal recruitment of police constables since 1990s.

Oct 1, 2018

Rafale fighter not ready to fly at 2019 Aero India, says IAF official

The advanced fourth generation fighter Rafale will partly replace the ageing Russian-built MiG-21 jets the IAF is phasing out due to their obsolescence.

Oct 1, 2018

Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu to distribute unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 on Gandhi Jayanti

More than 2 lakh unemployed youth have been registered on the web portal of the scheme, the objective of which is to provide financial security to educated and unemployed individuals until they find an appropriate job.

Oct 1, 2018

Rahul Gandhi on 'Modi's India': Let's write off Rs 3.16 lakh crore using common man's money

The Congress president also hit out at the BJP-led NDA government over a media report which, citing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, stated that public sector banks had written-off over seven times the recovery amount in the last four years.

Oct 1, 2018

Apple executive killing: BJP leader files complaint over Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's tweets

Ashwini Upadhyay has sought registration of a case against Kejriwal accusing him of "promoting enmity on grounds of religion" and "doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony".

Oct 1, 2018

Watch: Indian Railways is using bees to save elephants!

Indian Railways is using elephants' aversion to bees to save lives in a project now called Plan Bee! Read to know more, and see the video.

Oct 1, 2018

2018 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for cancer research

The literature prize will not be handed out this year after the awarding body was hit by a sexual misconduct scandal.

Oct 1, 2018

'Treated like dogs,' immigrant mothers in US reunited with children, but ordeal is far from over

Several immigrant mothers, who are housed at various detention centres in the US, have now written letters and have said that they might be with their children right now, but worry about how they might be separated again.

Oct 1, 2018

Another Satyam in the making? Government moves to take control of debt-ridden IL&FS

The government has filed an application with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to remove the board of the company.

Oct 1, 2018

Delhi: 31-year-old man shot dead over alleged relationship with woman; probe underway

The motive behind the killing is not clear yet. The victim was shot dead around 8.30 am on Monday.

Oct 1, 2018

Apple executive killing: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath 'accedes to all demands' of widow

Vivek Tiwari, an Apple executive, was shot dead on September 29 when he allegedly refused to stop his car at a police checkpoint.

Oct 1, 2018