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Netherlands’ captain Scott Edwards, right, congratulates Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi after Pakistan won their T20 World Cup cricket match against Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP) The Netherlands were left distraught after a heartbreaking defeat against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener, with right-arm pacer Paul van Meekeren saying the…

NEW DELHI: Global terror outfit Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly blast at a Shia mosque in Islamabad that led to over three dozen casualties on Friday. Toll rose to 36 on Saturday after some critically injured people died in hospitals, said a PTI report. In a related development that has attracted the…

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) India’s opening night of the T20 World Cup had both chaos and class, and two standout numbers from the match told the story better than anything else. Saurabh Netravalkar finished with figures of 0 for 65, the most expensive spell ever recorded in T20 World Cup history. It…

NEW DELHI: India’s commitment to import $500 billion of goods from the US over five years depends not just on the ability of Indian companies to place orders but also on how quickly American suppliers can cater to the demand.Last year, India imported goods worth $45.5 billion from the US; during the first nine months…

NEW DELHI: Until a couple of months ago, a trade deal with the US did not seem to be on the horizon. India refused to back Donald Trump’s claim of having brokered the pause of Operation Sindoor and the Trump administration persisted with its crude fulminations against India’s tariffs. US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick seemed…

NEW DELHI: Duty concessions to American whiskey and wine are unlikely to have any major impact on Indian companies. To begin with, it will come with a minimum import price which was the case with Australian, European and the UK trade deals. Besides, the volumes are very low, reports Sidhartha. For instance, with total sales…

NEW DELHI: India has managed to protect its ground on dairy and farm products by retaining protection on the import of corn and soyabean, both genetically modified (GM) crops in the US, but agreed to eliminate or reduce tariffs on a wide range of American food and agricultural products, including dried distillers’ grains (DDGs) and…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the interim trade agreement with the US is yet more evidence of the international community’s growing trust in India and said the series of recent trade deals marks country’s transformation from just a huge market to a hub of investment and trade. While addressing a community…

Government has spent just a little more than 40% of the budgeted amount in its biggest schemes in the first three quarters of the current fiscal and expects to spend less than 75% by the end of the year. These 53 selected schemes are those that had a budget estimate of Rs 500 crore or…

JAMMU: Governing National Conference’s (NC) insistence on restoration of J&K’s “special status” since forming the govt in 2024 drew on Saturday a sharp counter from BJP, which argued that there is no such term in the Indian Constitution while dismissing the call as “no status”.“Show me where the words ‘special status’ are written for J&K…