IANS- US President Donald Trump’s administration is ratcheting up its hardline policies in two areas where India’s interests run counter to Washington’s – the latest is in Iran, where America has declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Three weeks before the waiver given to India to buy Iranian oil expires, […]
IANS- Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find US President Donald Trump’s campaign or associates conspired with Russia, Attorney General William Barr said on Sunday. Mueller also did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute obstruction of justice, Barr wrote, but he did not exonerate the President, CNN reported. “The special counsel’s investigation did not […]
IANS- US President Donald Trump has said that he would be donating part of his annual presidential salary to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Monday, Trump posted a photo on Twitter of a cheque for $100,000 — one-quarter of his annual $400,000 salary — made out to DHS, CNN reported. “While the […]
Arul Louis(IANS)- US President Donald Trump has announced that he was ending India’s $5.6 billion trade concessions under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme accusing New Delhi of not providing Washington “equitable and reasonable access” to its markets. Trump, who is on a mission to expand marker access abroad and end trade deficits, […]
Arul Louis- US President Donald Trump has said that there was a “dangerous situation” between India and Pakistan because of the terrorist attack in Kashmir and he “understood” why New Delhi is seeking a strong response. He also hinted on Friday that Washington may also be doing something to defuse the situation. New Delhi […]
IANS- Sixteen states on Monday evening filed a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The group of states, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. “We’re going to try to halt the President from violating the Constitution, […]
IANS- The international community has strongly condemned the terror attack by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 45 CRPF personnel, with US President Donald Trump asking Pakistan to “end immediately” the support and safe haven provided to all terrorist groups operating on its soil. “The US calls on Pakistan to […]
Arul Louis(IANS)- There may be a golden lining for India in the dark clouds of the tariff war waged by US President Donald Trump against China, and it is likely to increase its exports by as much as $11 billion if the proposed tariffs go into effect next month, according to the UN’s trade […]
IANS – US President Donald Trump kicked off his annual State of the Union address before Congress with a call for bipartisanship. He used the speech late on Tuesday to restate his case for a wall along the border with Mexico and outlined his major achievements after two years in office. He called for […]
IANS- US President Donald Trump has set out new plans on his Mexican wall project to try to end a partial government shutdown lasting more than four weeks. One of his “compromises” was on so-called Dreamers — who entered the US illegally when young. He still wants $5.7 billion to fund the wall, the […]
