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Rupee slips 9 paise to 71.80 against USD in early trade

10:46 am November 20, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee opened on a weak note and fell 9 paise to 71.80 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday as US-China trade deal concerns weighed on the investor community. Forex traders said, the decline in the domestic unit was largely in tandem with other Asian currencies, after US President Donald Trump […]

Mother India’: US writer’s take on spiritual liberation

3:03 pm October 31, 2019

New Delhi: About 10 years ago, American writer Tova Reich started visiting India and a few years later, she began to write a novel about Jews who come here seeking transformation and eternal release from the sufferings of life. She wrote the first section and named it “Ma”, setting it in Varanasi and centering on […]

US Congressional Caucus to convene hearing on Kashmir

US lawmakers write to Indian envoy for access of journalists to Kashmir

11:47 am October 26, 2019

Washington: Seeking free access of foreign journalists and congressmen to Kashmir, six American lawmakers have written to Indian Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla, claiming that the picture portrayed by India in the Valley is different from the one being told to them by their constituents. The lawmakers’ letter to Shringla comes as the […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, quits ‘blood-stained’ Syria

2:04 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in “blood-stained” Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by US troops and their beleaguered Kurdish allies. “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” Trump said in a White House speech that formalized the […]

NZ bishop resigns over ‘unacceptable’ sexual relationship

7:17 pm October 4, 2019

Vatican City: Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a New Zealand bishop Friday over what church officials said was “completely unacceptable” sexual behaviour with a young woman. Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan, 59, had offered to resign following an independent investigation into the woman’s complaint, according to a statement from Cardinal John Dew, head of […]