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Israel would not exist today if Benjamin Netanyahu were not the country’s prime minister, US President Donald Trump said during a meeting with the Israeli leader outside his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Netanyahu met Trump to discuss the next phase of the fragile Gaza truce, as well as broader regional issues, including Iran. Trump warned…

NEW DELHI: Starting Thursday, Australia is set to provide duty-free access to all Indian exports under the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Monday.“From Jan 1, 2026, 100% of Australian tariff lines will be zero-duty for Indian exports, unlocking fresh opportunities for labour-intensive sectors,” Goyal posted on…

The comtempt petitions referred to relaxations allegedly granted in October 2025 to multiple carriers, including Air India, InterGlobe Aviation that operates IndiGo and SpiceJet. NEW DELHI: Jan 1 onwards, IndiGo will increase pilots’ domestic layover, deadhead, transit and night allowance, apart from introducing a new tail swap allowance.Tail swap means pilots hop over to another…

Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States had “hit” an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, which would mark the first known time the US carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against the President Nicolas Maduro government.“There was a major explosion in the dock…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti Shiv Sena (UBT) J&K unit chief Manish Sahni on Monday demanded a public apology from PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for terming India “lynchistan” over the killing of a labourer from Bengal in Odisha’s Sambalpur and a tribal MBA student in Uttarakhand.“Mehbooba has no right to abuse the country,”…

MUMBAI: At least four people were killed and 10 others injured after a BEST bus hit people on the street while it was reversing near Station Road in Bhandup (West) late on Monday night.The incident was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) control room at around 10.05 pm on December 29. Preliminary information suggests…

Magnus Carlsen slams table again (Screengrabs) World No. 1 and five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen once again grabbed headlines for his emotional reaction at the chessboard on Monday. This time, it happened after he lost to India’s Arjun Erigaisi at the World Blitz Championship in Doha. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva Exclusive: Sindarov’s World Cup win,…

In The Matrix Reloaded, Morpheus, after his ship the Nebuchadnezzar is sunk, makes a biblical reference: I have dreamed a dream, but now the dream is gone from me. The line became a shorthand for the disappointment of hardcore Matrix fans who watched the pathbreaking original dissolve into bubble-gum pulp fiction sequels. It is also…

NEW DELHI: Union minister of minority affairs Kiren Rijiju, responding to the death of Tripura student Anjel Chakma, demanded a Delhi-like special unit of police for the Northeast. Calling out the racial attack, Rijiju stated that this should not be a region-specific concern, but is detrimental to the nation.Speaking to PTI, Rijiju appeared visibly bothered…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday rejected Pakistan’s charges of attacks on minorities in India. The MEA called it a “finger pointing” act and said that the neighbouring nation itself has an “abysmal record on this front”.“We reject the reported remarks from a country whose abysmal record on this front speaks…