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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid the ongoing row over the tariffs and penalties imposed by the Trump administration on India, citing India’s trade relations with Russia, the US-India Business Council (USIBC) said on Thursday (August 7, 2025) that it is “time to redouble our efforts, not pull apart.” U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (August 6) signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on imports from India, in response to India “directly or indirectly” importing oil from Russia. This is over and above the 25% tariff on Indian imports that Mr. Trump approved on July…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the manual evaluation of the answer script of a NEET-UG 2025 aspirant, who alleged erroneous page sequencing in his question paper. SC directs manual evaluation of NEET-UG aspirant’s answer script(PTI) A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan ordered the result of evaluation to be placed on record. “He (petitioner) will have the satisfaction of getting his papers manually checked,” the bench said. The aspirant claimed wrong sequencing of pages in the NEET-UG question paper. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) examination is conducted by the National Testing Agency for…

Lee is accused of going online and offering to assist Russian authorities in exchange for Russian citizenship.An active duty soldier has been charged with seeking to pass sensitive information about the United States Army’s main battle tank to the Russian government, the US Justice Department has announced.The suspect, Taylor Adam Lee, has been charged with “attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary and attempted export of controlled technical data without a license”, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday.Lee, a 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas, has yet to enter a plea in…

KolkataAug 7, 2025 09:08 IST First published on: Aug 7, 2025 at 08:40 IST Share Having accepted Kalyan Banerjee’s resignation as the party’s Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee put a new leadership team in place in Parliament under her nephew and second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee. Mamata readily letting go of one of the party’s old guard, while surprising to an extent, makes sense given that the TMC is months away from the West Bengal Assembly elections and needs a steady hand at the helm in Parliament, where the Opposition…

The increased wingspan is one reason the A350-900 can fly from New York to Singapore—the longest flight in the world—with just two engines. Another crucial factor is that, over the last 30 years, aircraft engines have become substantially more efficient, even though the fundamental turbine technology remains the same.Improvements include advances in the manufacturing of lighter engine blades made of carbon-fiber composite that are twice the strength and significantly lighter than titanium blades; enhanced cooling systems; and sophisticated control programs that monitor crucial data during flight such as air pressure, temperature, airspeed, and more. The optimal location of engines on…

Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on imports that include semiconductors, though would exempt companies moving production back to the United States, as Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and the president announced a fresh $100 billion investment plan from the Oval Office. US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Apple CEO Tim Cook’s hands in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on the day they presented Apple’s announcement of a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing.(REUTERS) “We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors, but the good news…

Benchmark equity indices tumbled in early trade on Thursday, August 7, as investor sentiment took a hit following United States President Donald Trump’s decision to impose an additional 25% tariff on exports from India, escalating trade tensions between the two countries. The decline comes a day after Washington doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%, placing India among the highest-taxed US trading partners. (REUTERS file) The BSE Sensex dropped 335.71 points to 80,208.28 in the opening session, while the NSE Nifty fell 114.15 points to 24,460.05. The decline comes a day after Washington doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%,…

Hindi movies aren’t very sensitive when it comes to portraying people who are born with certain differences. Back in the 1980s, the entertainment industry was a much harsher place. So, when MM Faruqui, popularly known as Lilliput, landed in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1980s, he went through many obstacles and rejections before the industry accepted him. Born with the condition of dwarfism, Lilliput spent many nights on the streets of Bombay, starved himself and lived on bare minimum before he started getting opportunities because of his talent. In a recent interview with Red FM Podcasts, Lilliput recalled that he…

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group. The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. The chatbot typically provided warnings against risky activity but went on to deliver startlingly detailed and personalised plans for drug use, calorie-restricted diets or self-injury. The researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate also repeated their inquiries on a large scale, classifying more…

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, about hosting a group of Texas state lawmakers as they protest a partisan redistricting effort in their state. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: There is a fight that started in Texas and is now being fought around the country. More than 50 Democratic members of the Texas state House left their state on Sunday because the Republican majority legislature directed by a Republican governor and publicly pressured by a Republican president has redrawn its congressional map with the aim of netting five more Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.…