India was slapped with a reciprocal tax by the United States on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump raised trade barriers on all goods entering America. Below are some of the key points: Tariff rate and comments on India A flat 26% tariff was imposed on all goods being exported by India to the United States, … Read more
Amid frosty ties between Delhi and Dhaka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to Bangladesh’s interim government, wishing him on his country’s Independence Day and reiterating India’s commitment to advancing the partnership between the two countries. “Excellency, I extend my felicitations to you and the people of Bangladesh on the … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who today began her return journey to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after being stranded there for more than nine months. In a letter dated March 1, which was shared by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on X … Read more
Washington DC: Days after Tesla started hiring staff in India, signalling its potential entry into the market, US President Donald Trump has said that any potential plans of the EV maker to build a factory in India, to circumvent that country’s tariffs, would be ‘very unfair’. The US President made the remarks during a joint … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in for a pleasant surprise during the 2025 edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha when a student from Kerala spoke chaste Hindi while greeting him. The Prime Minister could not resist asking the schoolgirl how she spoke Hindi so well. Akansha, the student, replied, “I like Hindi a lot.” … Read more