Carney has ordered his trade negotiators to come back after suspending all negotiations with US The United States called the collapse of three days of intensive trade talks with Canada a “missed opportunity”, as Ottawa suspended negotiations and ordered its team to return, as Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.US trade representative…
Indian and British troops during a joint exercise in Uttarakhand in 2021. (Image credit: Indian Army) India and the United Kingdom took a significant step forward in their defence partnership, with defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chairing the 25th India-UK Defence Consultative Group meeting with his British counterpart, Permanent Under Secretary for defence Jeremy Pocklington,…
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney said that they tried negotiating but didn’t work out (File photo) Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, after last-minute changes to Washington’s proposed terms were deemed “unfair” and “uneconomic”, a day after US President Donald Trump had said that US “should be…
India walked out in saffron. The Netherlands played in blue For decades, blue has been the colour most closely linked with Indian sport. Across disciplines, Indian teams have worn blue while representing the country on the international stage. But ahead of the FIH Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium, Hockey India unveiled a…
More than 50 protesters who had gathered at Jantar Mantar were detained by Delhi Police on Friday. NEW DELHI: More than 50 protesters who had gathered at Jantar Mantar demanding changes to India’s reservation system were detained by cops Friday.While hundreds had gathered through the day, the situation escalated around 7.30pm as several protesters who…
An aggressive campaign to eradicate 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island triggered the fastest successful recovery of an endangered mammal in the history of the United States Endangered Species Act. According to official press releases from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and historical records from the National Park Service, the eradication program began…
Student protests highlight gaps in teachers, toilets and basic school infrastructure across India NEW DELHI: Another kind of student protest is beginning to surface on social media – schoolchildren demanding small fixes: a teacher, a usable toilet, a playground, sometimes even a proper road to school. The complaints may be local, but data suggests the…
Rescue teams find two dead after small plane crashes near Croatia’s Zadar Two people were found dead late Friday after a small plane flying from the Czech Republic crashed in the mountains of Paklenica National Park, about 60 kilometres northeast of the coastal city of Zadar, news agency AP reported citing Croatian authorities said.“The search…
Govt rules out ethanol diversion as cause of sugar price rise, cites lower output, festive demand and crop damage NEW DELHI: Sugar production during the current season (Oct-Sept) is estimated around 306 lakh tonnes, 11% lower than the initial projection of 343 lakh tonnes for the year by sugarcane-growing states, govt said Friday. It also…
SG Tushar Mehta asks CJI Surya Kant to examine APTEL’s functioning after Maharashtra govt flags alleged pro-private power developer bias New Delhi: Days after Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged pro-private power developer bias of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday requested…