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Founding Editor

NAZ ASGHAR

Founding Editor

GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN

Consulting Editor

NILOVA ROY CHAUDHARY

Consulting Editor

SHAKEEL AHMAD

Consulting Editor

CHANDER SHEKHAR LUTHRA

Consulting Editor

ARNAB BANNERJI

I’d continue to do my job: Fed chief on facing Trump administration’s ‘pressure’ over interest-rate policies

Washington: US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has pledged to protect the central bank's independence as Democratic lawmakers pressed him on whether he would resist political pressure from President Donald...

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon reaches space station

Washington: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) after launching aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, beginning his first spaceflight on an eight-month mission focused...

US hits Iran, resumes Hormuz blockade

Washington: The United States carried out a seven-hour wave of strikes against dozens of Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along Iran’s coast hours after resuming a...

US Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged

Washington: US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh told Congress that the central bank would bring inflation under control, as policymakers held interest rates steady and signalled a sweeping review of...

India warns Security Council inaction undermining public faith in UN

United Nations: India has warned that people’s view of the UN is sinking as it fails to reform the Security Council to make it capable of ending conflicts end human...

US eyes India market for Kentucky Bourbon

Washington: US officials have signalled a push to expand Kentucky Bourbon sales in India as Washington seeks greater market access for American agricultural and manufactured products. The issue emerged during...

Nasscom, FICCI hail UK FTA as India advances towards becoming a developed economy

New Delhi: IT industry’s apex body Nasscom on Wednesday welcomed the coming into force of the India–UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), saying it will unlock opportunities across digital trade, investment,...

Maharashtra economy collapsed due to institutional corruption: Shiv Sena(UBT) in ‘Saamana’

Mumbai: In a blistering attack on the ruling dispensation, Shiv Sena(UBT) on Wednesday alleged that Maharashtra's economy has completely collapsed due to unprecedented institutional corruption. Citing a recent report by...

Mob attacks Assam Rifles camp in Manipur’s Senapati to thwart anti-militant operation; damages vehicles

Imphal: An unruly mob attacked an Assam Rifles camp in Manipur's Senapati town, resorting to stone-pelting, arson and vandalism in an apparent attempt to obstruct a security operation against armed...

Indian missing in attack on commercial vessel in Hormuz confirmed dead, says family

  Pune: Heramb Karmarkar, a marine engineer from Pune who had gone missing following an attack on the merchant vessel 'GFX Galaxy' near the coast of Oman in the Strait...

High drama at ex-Andhra minister’s house as daughter not allowed to touch body

Amaravati: There was tension and high drama at former Andhra Pradesh minister Mudragada Padmanabham’s house at Kirlampudi in Kakinada district on Wednesday as his family members and supporters stopped his...

Taslima Nasrin to visit Bengal in Aug after 19 years

Kolkata: Acclaimed Bangladeshi writer and poet Taslima Nasrin will come to Kolkata on August 1 after 19 years since she left Kolkata for her motherland after pockets in Kolkata turned...

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