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Trump has waived 100% tariffs on India and China under the Graham Act, named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham, two days before the October 18 deadline. The order, citing national interest, follows a separate US-Russia diesel agreement.
Read Full ArticlePakistan has been named incoming chair of the IMF and World Bank Boards of Governors for 2027, its first since 1953, as Minister Ahad Khan Cheema was announced at the Bangkok annual meetings, even as the country remains under an active IMF programme.
American singer Mary Millben alleged CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke is funded by US donors opposing PM Modi, urging Indian youth to counter-protest. Dipke called it foreign interference. The funding claim remains unverified, with no Indian agency confirming any investigation.
The parents of murdered Uttarakhand receptionist Ankita Bhandari were briefly detained by Delhi Police early Thursday morning during a sit-in protest at India Gate, hours after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined their demonstration.
Actor Imran Khan has been asked to leave India by October 28 after joining an anti-CEC protest in Mumbai, bringing his OCI status and immigration rules under scrutiny.
A Meerut court has sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death in the Blue Drum murder case, over a year after they killed her husband Saurabh Rajput and sealed his dismembered body in a cement...
CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody for entering Jantar Mantar a day after Delhi Police denotified it as a protest site. A third leader, Ajinkya Shinde, wa...
Delhi Police has denotified Jantar Mantar as the capital’s designated protest site, naming Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground as replacements. The October 11 order follows weeks of CJP pro...
Bangladesh has signed a $335.78 million concessional loan with China’s Export-Import Bank to modernise Mongla Port, 80 km from India’s border, a year after cancelling an Indian-backed economic zon...
US national Matthew Van Dyke has returned home after India’s NIA dropped UAPA terror charges in a case alleging he trained Myanmar rebels in drone warfare. He was granted default bail and 30-day tra...
OHCHR voiced concern over mass detentions during Delhi’s October 10 protests against India’s CEC, urging release of those “arbitrarily detained.” India called the remarks “unwarranted interf...
Musk questioned why Starlink has “no license” in India despite 165-country compliance. Records show India already licensed Starlink and favoured it over Jio on spectrum policy, while Starlink itse...
Over a single week in early October 2026, India found itself at the centre of several, separately unfolding international and domestic developments.
Elon Musk accused unnamed “oligarchs” of blocking Starlink’s India launch, calling it “a crime against the people of India.” India’s Communications Ministry rejected the claim, saying Star...
Jailed activist Umar Khalid has won the 2026 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, six years into his UAPA detention over the 2020 Delhi riots case. His third bail plea was de...
The Senior Citizen Rights Handbook is a comprehensive guide designed to empower elderly citizens with clear and accessible knowledge of their legal and social rights in India.
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