Indian exports of smartphones, laptops and other electronics to the US are expected to become 20% cheaper as compared to those from China, after the Trump administration removed tariffs on a range of consumer electronics, industry body ICEA said on SundayThe move, announced over the weekend, is seen as a major boost for India’s rapidly…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: Pride and prejudice stand in the way of China and the US making the first move to break the trade and tariff stand-off that is starting to strangle global commerce. The Trump White House is saying the ball is in China’s court to initiate talks and Beijing is demanding “respect”…
Gold price prediction: A gap-down movement in the last few sessions, combined with soft momentum indicators, supports a Sell on Rise strategy for today’s trade. (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold rate has been dipping for the last few days and the Iran-Israel ceasefire has quietened the sentiment for safe haven assets. Where are…
India needs to clock an average nominal GDP growth of 10% annually to achieve the government’s goal of becoming a developed nation under the Viksit Bharat vision by 2047, newly-appointed CII president Rajiv Memani has said.Nominal GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in an economy measured at current market prices, without…
They arrived with passports, promises, and WhatsApp forwards about green cards and Trader Joe’s frozen samosas. But for three Indian students, the journey from international classroom to American dream took a criminal detour. Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, 20, was sentenced this week to over five years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. His co-accused,…
Zohran Mamdani said he didn’t check the ‘African-American’ box to take any advantage. The camp of former Governor Andrew Cuomo doubled down on the NYT exposé that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declared himself ‘Black’ in a Columbia application form, despite having no African blood. Mamdani was not accepted by Columbia but he marked…
While President Donald J. Trump was issuing fresh warnings from the White House — “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple.” — a more peculiar nuclear mystery was unfolding online. This one wasn’t about centrifuges spinning in Fordo or uranium stockpiles in Natanz. It was about Jeff.Specifically, a bar chart from CNN titled…
CULIACAN: A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan. For years, exotic pets of cartel members…
A photo taken at the Republican National Convention in July 2024 has gone viral after social media users claimed it shows “angel wings” behind US President Donald Trump. The image was captured just days after Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and has been widely shared online with many calling it a symbol…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (Image credits: PTI) Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday officially revoked a long-standing directive from the Sheikh Hasina administration that required public officials to address her and other senior women officials as “sir.” The order, in effect for nearly 16 years, was deemed ‘inappropriate’ by the Yunus- led government.The decision was…
