Mexico’s Senate approved a bill imposing 5-50% tariffs on over 1,400 Asian products, including India’s, starting next year. This move, targeting China’s massive output, could significantly impact India’s automotive and auto parts exports, valued at $1.1 billion. The tariffs aim to boost Mexican revenue and potentially ease US trade pressure. Mexico’s Senate Wednesday voted in…
Lok Sabha proceedings saw a brief disruption when BJP MP Anurag Thakur alleged a Trinamool Congress member was repeatedly using an e-cigarette in the House. Speaker Om Birla, confirming no such permission was granted, assured action if the information is substantiated. The incident prompted calls for decorum and adherence to rules from the treasury benches….
JAMMU: Reasi Police have formed 97 new Village Defence Guard (VDG) groups to strengthen the district’s village-level defence grid. As part of the security augmentation plan, as many as 726 aged VDG personnel have been replaced, and 1,902 additional members have been recruited across existing VDG groups, Reasi SSP Paramvir Singh said Thursday.The SSP was…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has circulated a series of one-page confidential documents to European governments outlining a sweeping US peace blueprint to end the Russia-Ukraine war—an initiative that is generating deep trans-Atlantic tensions and could reshape global energy and financial markets, while coming as a relief to India. The American proposals,…
Axar Patel, Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: Indian men’s cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir, the experiment-in-chief, took a gamble as he sent all-rounder Axar Patel at no.3, but it didn’t pay off as Patel didn’t look in touch and struggled to find rhythm in his short-lived inning.Patel came to bat in the very first over…
Shubman Gill (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Batter Shubman Gill’s lean patch in T20Is continued on Thursday as the opener was dismissed for a golden duck in the second T20I against South Africa in Mullanpur, triggering a wave of criticism and trolling on social media. Gill lasted only one delivery before Lungi Ngidi found his outside edge…
AI generated image for representation The European Union has initiated an in-depth investigation into yet another Chinese security hardware firm. The European Union’s competition authority, the European Commission, has raised concerns about the Chinese company Nuctech under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The practices of this company, which is among the world leaders in airport security…
US President Donald Trump (AP) The TOI correspondent from Washinton: Amid strained ties with New Delhi, the Trump administration has notified Congress of a $686 million sustainment and modernisation package for Pakistan’s aging F-16 fighter jet fleet just weeks after Islamabad’s high-profile lobbying blitz secured warmer ties with the White House.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency…
Court denies interim bail to Luthra brothers (Image credits: IANS) NEW DELHI: Delhi court on Thursday denied transit anticipatory bail plea of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthras, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa where a massive fire last week killed at least 25 people.The brothers sought four weeks of transit anticipatory bail…
The US Department of Defense has launched GenAI.mil, a new AI platform powered by Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government, to equip nearly 3 million personnel with advanced capabilities. This initiative aims for AI technological superiority, enabling tasks like policy summarization and risk assessment. The platform ensures secure, unclassified use, with Google guaranteeing data won’t train…