US President Trump (Image credit: AP) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration created a nearly $1.8 billion fund to settle claims that the justice department improperly targeted his political allies in exchange for the president voluntarily dismissing his $10 billion lawsuit against the internal revenue service.The settlement creates an “AntiWeaponisation Fund” that will pay out…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) strongly pushed back against questions on press freedom and human rights during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway, saying many international observers fail to understand the scale and complexity of the country and rely on reports published by “ignorant NGOs”.The remarks came after a Norwegian journalist…
Russia-China (Image credit:AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit China on Tuesday for a two-day visit, less than a week after US President Donald Trump made a high-profile trip to the country.Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘old friend’ visit is officially linked to the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and…
In a novel way of requesting SC for early hearing of a decade- and-half-old appeal, advocate Ejaz Maqbool shunned the blunt ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ argument to philosophically tell SC – “Aaj kal murde bhi puchte hain ki mera case ka kya hua? (These days even the dead ask for the status of their…
PC: Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology A small lead projectile uncovered in northern Israel is offering archaeologists an unexpectedly human glimpse into ancient warfare. The object itself is tiny and easy to overlook, yet the message engraved onto it has drawn global attention. Researchers recently revealed that a 2,100-year-old sling bullet discovered at the ancient…
Independent India was beset with challenges in every walk of life. Archaeology was no exception. Historian Himanshu Prabha Ray and co-author Ajay Yadav map its journey in a new book, “Indian Archaeology after Independence: Amalananda Ghosh and his legacy.” They also enumerate how AI can aid archaeology.1. Archaeology in pre-Independent India was primarily a colonial…
Miguel Diaz-Canel (Imae credit: AP) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that any US military action against Cuba would lead to a “bloodbath” with incalculable consequences for regional peace and stability. “Cuba does not represent a threat,” Diaz-Canel said in a post on X.The comments follow a report published on Sunday, citing classified intelligence,…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notices to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, ex-deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other AAP leaders in a criminal contempt case linked to alleged “vilifying” and defamatory social media posts targeting a judge.The high court also granted four weeks to AAP politicians to file their responses…
On a quiet patch of countryside in Derbyshire, England, rows of carefully shaped trees are growing in unusual directions. Some curve into loops, others bend like armrests, and a few already resemble the outline of chairs. But this is not an art installation or a sculpture garden. It is a long-running experiment in growing furniture…
NEW DELHI: Businessman Robert Vadra Monday unconditionally withdrew his plea before the Delhi HC challenging the trial court order that had issued summons to him on a chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate last July.ED had earlier countered Vadra’s plea – which had argued that the agency’s case is not based on a scheduled offence –…