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A US federal appeals court on Friday ruled that most tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump under emergency powers were illegal, striking at the heart of his trade policy and setting up a likely battle in the Supreme Court, news agency Reuters reported.The ruling by the US court of appeals for the federal circuit in…

NEW DELHI: On the inaugural day of his visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma doll, considered auspicious and a good luck charm in Japanese culture. The Daruma has an Indian connection. “Takasaki City in Gunma is the birthplace of the famous Daruma dolls. The Daruma tradition in Japan is based on the…

NEW DELHI: The Army is now raising the first lot of five ‘Bhairav’ light commando battalions, each with 250 specially trained and equipped soldiers, to enhance swift strike capabilities along the borders with Pakistan and China.The plan is to progressively raise 23 “agile and lethal” ‘Bhairav’ battalions from existing troops to bridge the gap between…

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand recorded nearly 369% excess rainfall in past 24 hours, triggering landslides, flash floods, and casualties across districts, the regional meteorological centre said on Friday.Bageshwar was worst-hit, logging nearly 2,000% excess rainfall with 84mm against a normal of 4mm. Two women, Basanti Devi and Bachuli Devi, were killed in Kapkot tehsil after heavy rain…

RAIPUR: An HIV+ man in Chhattisgarh, calling his infection an “act of god”, embarked on a decade-long looting spree in Durg, stealing money from temple donation boxes to “take revenge for his fate and show god his place”. Police said he contracted the virus during a year in prison following his arrest in a 2012…

A US federal appeals court on Friday ruled that most tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump under emergency powers were illegal, striking at the heart of his trade policy and setting up a likely battle in the Supreme Court, news agency Reuters reported.Trump has relied heavily on tariffs in his second term, using them as…

NEW DELHI: In a first, the ED has secured an Interpol Purple Notice on trade-based money laundering modus operandi. The notice was published on August 21 and alerts all investigative agencies across Interpol’s 196 member countries to keep watch on shell entities engaged in such activities.The enforcement agency has shared an organised network of domestic…

NEW DELHI: New Delhi: Kohima, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar are top scorers among seven cities that qualified as safest for women in the ‘Index on Women Safety (NARI) 2025’ – based on a survey conducted in 31 major cities covering all states. Ranchi and Srinagar have the lowest scores on the index.Among metropolitan cities, Mumbai figures…

Fans are brutally trolling Travis Huner and his wife, Leanna Lenee.(Image via Leanna Lenee/Instagram) Travis Hunter, the 21 year old Jacksonville Jaguars’ rookie, and his wife, Leanna Lenee, have welcomed a son together, a few days ago. The two had gotten married in June and while there were rumours of a pregnancy, neither Travis Hunter…

Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan has launched a sharp attack on Donald Trump’s latest trade move against India, warning that the “massive trade offensive” risks undoing years of work to bring New Delhi closer to Washington – and instead pushing it into Beijing’s orbit.Speaking on The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller, Sullivan accused…