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Amid all the upheaval thrown up by Donald Trump’s tariff blitzkrieg, there are some assumptions that the Indian government had implicitly factored in: that a bilateral trade deal, like all deals, would involve some give and take; that Washington DC will maintain a differential of 10-20 per cent in tariffs between China and countries such as India; and that the American side would be cognizant of India’s traditional redlines that have endured for decades, including concerns over GM food crops and the need to safeguard the interest of the country’s vast subsistence-level manufacturing base that has an oversized contribution to…

July is marked as ‘Cord Blood Awareness Month’. While some experts observe that the uptake for storing umbilical cord blood has slowed down unlike in the past, they say it is beneficial when used for direct donations in the case of a child requiring treatment for diseases such as leukemias. Research exploring its potential is in the early or experimental stages, and it may have a role in regenerative medicine in the future, doctors say.The Indian Council of Medical Research, in its Guidelines for Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) Banking Collection, Processing, Testing, Storage, Banking and Release for Clinical Application 2023,…

People are seen traversing the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., Oct. 12, 2020. Steven Senne/AP hide caption toggle caption Steven Senne/AP WASHINGTON — Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday. The university also agreed to several concessions in line with President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Brown will adopt the government’s definition of “male” and “female,” for example, and must remove any consideration of race from the admissions process. Brown President Christina H.…

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File photo of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (July 31, 2025) thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for the “historic” trade agreement reached between Islamabad and Washington, and expressed hope that it would expand cooperation between the two nations.Mr. Trump on Wednesday (Juy 30, 2025) announced that the U.S. has sealed a deal with Pakistan to work together on developing the South Asian nation’s “massive oil reserves”.Pakistan has long claimed to have large oil deposits along its coast, but no progress has been made to tap those deposits. The country currently…

CBS’ recent cancellation of the popular The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is yet another case of heavy‑handed political and corporate meddling in the role of media in the US. It occurred just three days after the comedian and talk show host criticised CBS’s parent company Paramount for settling a multimillion‑dollar lawsuit with Trump, with Colbert calling that settlement “a bribe”.In its announcement, CBS stated it will end The Late Show after May 2026 due to a declining audience, marking the end of a 33‑year run for the live‑audience series.But, lower Nielsen ratings or not, the timing of Paramount’s move…

Former BJP general secretary and president of the conservative think tank India Foundation, Ram Madhav | Photo Credit: PTI U.S. president Donald Trump’s announcements that he was imposing 25% tariffs on trade with India plus a hefty penalty for buying Russian oil, is being seen as a dramatic escalation of what was being perceived as a cooling down of the India-U.S. relationship in the new Trump regime. Former BJP general secretary and president of the conservative think tank India Foundation, Ram Madhav, feels that the tariff announcement and the subsequent rough statements over India by Mr Trump have as much…

Thailand’s military said the detained Cambodian troops will be returned home after ‘legal procedures’ are completed.Cambodia has called on Thailand to return 20 of its soldiers who were taken captive by Thai forces hours after a ceasefire that halted days of deadly cross-border clashes over disputed territory between the Southeast Asian neighbours.Cambodian Ministry of National Defence spokesperson Maly Socheata said on Thursday that talks were under way for the release of 20 soldiers, though reports from Thailand indicate that the Royal Thai Army wants the detainees to face the “legal process” before repatriation.“We will do our best to continue negotiations…

There are occasional incentives in business that make it very profitable to do bad things; maybe cheat at the game and steal other people’s ideas, or cut some corners on safety. The government as referee steps in to make the rules and enforce them, and manage competition in a way that hopefully makes things better for us all. But you have to ask… When is the government protecting you and when is it protecting the already rich and powerful? Get tickets to our August 18th live show and graduation ceremony at The Bell House, in Brooklyn. The series is hosted…

Ozzy Osbourne returned to the “home of metal” for the last time on Wednesday as an emotional Birmingham honoured one of its most cherished sons.Thousands of Black Sabbath fans paid their respects to the band’s frontman as his hearse made its way through the city center followed by his tearful wife and children.The hearse carrying Osbourne, who died last Tuesday at the age of 76, went down Broad Street, one of the city’s major thoroughfares, to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019.“Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, oi, oi, oi,” fans screamed.Six vehicles carrying…