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Negotiations between India and the US for a trade agreement have hit a pause, a government official told The Indian Express Friday. This comes two days after US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions between the two countries by doubling tariffs on India to 50 per cent, the highest globally. “Formal talks for a trade agreement have paused, pending a political resolution. The discussion is no longer in the realm of commercial negotiations. The arrival of the US trade team is uncertain, as no formal communication has been received from the US side,” the official said. The pause in talks,…

New Delhi, The national taskforce appointed by the Supreme Court to address mental health concerns of students and prevent suicides in higher educational institutions is seeking views of various stakeholders through online survey questionnaires, officials said on Friday. Task force to address student suicides seeking stakeholder views through online surveys The taskforce is also visiting various institutions of higher education across the country to gather views and suggestions, they said. The taskforce launched its website on Friday on which all the surveys for students, parents, faculty members, mental health service providers and general public are available. “The institutional visits involve…

Maharashtra Transport Minister and Shiv Sena leader Pratap Baburao Sarnaik is again at the centre of a controversy. Barely a month after he pulled up bike taxi aggregator Rapido, the company is reported to be sponsoring a dahi-handi event organised by his son. This has drawn criticism from the Opposition. For Sarnaik, such rows are not new though. Sarnaik, 61, was born in Thane’s Dombivli. His father Baburao Sarnaik worked with a Marathi daily named Maratha, and his mother was a school teacher. With the family finding it tough to make ends meet, Sarnaik sold incense sticks and calendars, ran…

The global governing body of chess, FIDE, had slapped a former Chinese chess prodigy, Li Haoyu, with a ban for what they termed “sandbagging at chess competitions” in a report published on their website. Li dropped over 400 ELO points in the span of a year and most recently lost 13 games in row across two tournaments. This led to the Chinese Chess Association complaining about its own player to FIDE in September last year, which led to an investigation before FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) announced the decision. The EDC noted that found it had found Li Haoyu…

Hemendra Mathur is a partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, a venture capital fund focused on deep-tech investments in emerging sectors, including agriculture, clean technology, healthcare, and digital tech.He is also the co-founder of ThinkAg, a not-for-profit platform for accelerating the adoption of innovation in agriculture, and the chairman of FICCI’s task force on agritech startups.Hemendra is an engineering graduate from the College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur.Hemendra spoke to indianexpress.com on his journey in the agritech sector, challenges faced by agritech startups in India, and on themes that have not worked for the agritech sector. Edited excerpts: Venkatesh Kannaiah: Tell…

The National Law University, Delhi, has commenced the registrations for AILET 2026. Candidates who want to apply for the All India Law Entrance Test can submit their applications on the official website at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in. AILET 2026 application window is active at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in. Apply via direct link below. Candidates must note that the last date for registering online is November 10, 2025, and the AILET 2026 exam will be conducted on December 14, 2025. Notably, the entrance test will be conducted for admission to Undergraduate and Postgraduate at National Law University Delhi for the Academic Year 2026-27. Also read: Tamil Nadu…

Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959 after being almost completely destroyed in the explosion.Twin cathedral bells will ring in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years, as the Japanese city commemorates the moment the United States decimated it with an atomic bomb eight decades ago.Crowds are set to gather at Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral on Saturday morning, as the church’s two bells will ring together for the first time since 1945.The US dropped an atomic bomb on the southwestern port city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, at 11:02am local time, three days after it…

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Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Friday granted an interim stay on a Madhya Pradesh High Court order remanding a decades-old property dispute involving the royal estate of Bhopal’s last Nawab, Hamidullah Khan, to the trial court for fresh adjudication.Also Read | M.P. High Court reverses lower court order that granted ownership of ancestral properties to Saif Ali Khan, familyA Bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul Chandurkar issued notice on a plea of Omar Faruq Ali and Raashid Ali, descendants of the elder brother of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, against the High…

There’s a sea of indigo and teal waves at the beach in Ocean City, N.J., and I’m not talking about the Atlantic Ocean. Shibumi beach shades—the breezy canopies that use wind to billow out and provide coverage as opposed to traditional tent poles—have seemingly taken over the Jersey Shore. Everyone has them. And anyone who has one will tell you how much they love it for how easy it is to set up, break down, and tote to and from the beach.  As a summer resident of Ocean City, I’ve been observing Shibumi lovers for the past few months and…