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JAMMU: Parties across the political divide in J&K have welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that three proposed railway projects in the state have been put on hold for now following opposition from the state govt and MPs, who have argued that the track alignments could damage apple orchards.Vaishnaw said there…

Walmart reached a market capitalization of over $1 trillion on Tuesday (February 3). This makes the American company the first retailer in the world to join an exclusive club of companies to reach a 13-figure valuation that mostly consists of technology companies like Google, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta. The company has been riding on…

LONDON: A House of Lords select committee has criticised various aspects of the UK-India FTA, saying in order to get the agreement over the line, a number of UK interests were omitted.Whilst the report by the International Agreements Committee says that the FTA with India is “a significant achievement with a formidable negotiating partner”, historically…

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier (AP photo/File) A US Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone after it moved toward the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, US Central Command said on Tuesday. In an emailed statement to news agency AFP, the military said the drone “aggressively approached” the carrier with…

Willow by Cricbuzz, the destination for live, streaming, and on-demand cricket in the US and Canada, has announced a major expansion of its cricket coverage for the 2026 season, headlined by the first-ever free broadcast of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches in the United States and Canada. The move begins with the highly anticipated…

The TOI correspondent from Washington: The apocryphal story goes that when a Bill Clinton envoy asked an Indian minister in early 1998 if New Delhi would conduct nuclear tests, he got the famous Indian headshake – the ambiguous 8-shaped nod that could mean yes or no or maybe. He took it as a no when…

US trade representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday outlined the Trump administration’s rationale for imposing an 18% tariff on Indian goods, citing Washington’s large trade deficit with New Delhi.Greer said the US is working to formally finalise the trade agreement with India announced earlier this week and is in the process of putting the details on…

NEW DELHI: The wing tips of a stationary Air India Airbus A320 and an IndiGo A320 scraped each other at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday. The Air India aircraft, getting ready to fly to Coimbatore as AI 2732, was stationary. The IndiGo aircraft, having flown into Mumbai from Hyderabad as 6E 791, was taxying.Both aircraft left…

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India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, center, with head coach Gautam Gambhir, left, and batting coach Sithanshu Kotak (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) NEW DELHI: In the last year, coach Gautam Gambhir has been under immense pressure after India lost two home Test series against New Zealand and South Africa. Without any doubt, he is under the pump when…