China’s economic reformer Zhu Rongji dies at 97 Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday at 97 after an illness, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.Zhu rose to prominence in the 1990s after serving as mayor of Shanghai before becoming vice premier in 1991. He was given charge of major parts of the…
Drift Creek Unit of Siletz Bay National Wildlife (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Oregon’s Siletz Bay is undergoing a major wetland restoration effort this summer, with crews working to bring back natural tidal flows to land that was dramatically altered by more than a century of diking and land conversion. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
PM Modi and Trump to work on tariff deal NEW DELHI: US senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro has said President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a “very good working relationship” and will resolve differences over the US tariff issue linked to India’s imports of Russian oil.Responding to an ANI…
Beef and dairy drive 41% of biodiversity damage linked to global farmland A single third of the world’s agricultural land is responsible for roughly two-thirds of all farming-related biodiversity loss and the loss of natural carbon storage, according to a global study published in Nature Food.The research, led by scientists from Leiden University’s Institute of…
Tom Homan said revoking 175,000 visas is just the beginning. President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan reacted to the State Department’s announcement of revoking 175,000 visas in the second Trump administration so far and said this is just the beginning. The US administration is reviewing all visas and they consider US visa to be…
Evening news wrap: Panel indicted ex-judge Yahwant Varma, Rijiju defends FCRA Bill amid opposition criticism and more Lok Sabha panel indicted ex-judge Varma over unaccounted cash found at his residence. Amit Shah offered a 24-hour debate on alleged student protest crackdown; Rahul Gandhi rejected it. Tata Sons chairman Chandrasekaran resigned after differences with Tata Trusts…
Chhattisgarh Congress leader Ramgopal Agrawal (Photo: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Ramgopal Agarwal, former treasurer of the Congress in Chhattisgarh, in an ongoing money laundering investigation in the Rs 3,000 crore liquor scam in the state. The agency said a substantial part of the proceeds of crime, generated in cash, was delivered…
RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch has called for a boycott of American products NEW DELHI: From Russian oil to Pepsi, Coke and social media, the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has sought to turn the latest US tariff threat into a wider “swadeshi” campaign, calling on Indians to boycott American products and platforms and asking the Centre to…
Excavated grave in Aspendos, Turkey, (Image credit: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey) Archaeologists excavating near the ancient city of Aspendos in southern Turkey have uncovered a 2,400-year-old grave that may belong to a professional athlete, quite possibly a wrestler. The tomb, a box-style sarcophagus built from stone slabs, was found…
New York woman pleads guilty to trafficking Indians into the US from Canada border. New York woman Stacey Taylor, 43, who was arrested and charged with human trafficking in 2025, has now pleaded guilty to her role in an international smuggling conspiracy that primarily brought Indians to the US through the US-Canada border. On January…