Devendra Pratap Singh 
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States fell sharply in July, even as the median price of those properties dropped to its lowest level in five years, according to the latest federal data. New home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000 units in July, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, down … Read more
In Jan, railway board chairperson Satish Kumar had said the project cost had increased by around 83% to Rs 1.98 lakh crore. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The cost of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train has been revised to around Rs 2.1 lakh crore, nearly double the original cost of approximately Rs 1.1 lakh crore. The proposal … Read more
Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80. Video footage shows the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Aug. 25. … Source link
Chairing the monthly Pragati meeting on Tuesday, PM Modi is learned to have told the top bureaucrats that such things are “unacceptable”. NEW DELHI: “Do we now need to go for a fourth-party audit?” PM Modi is learned to have asked secretaries at the Centre and chief secretaries in states while expressing concerns over reports … Read more
Crude oil prices extended their losses as traders weighed the United States’ move to ratchet up economic pressure on Iran rather than pursue military strikes. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate—the benchmark for U.S. oil prices—declined more than 3 percent, or around $2.80, to nearly $82 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. However, U.S. crude … Read more
Ajit Doval and Wang Yi after the meeting. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India next month, India and China held the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) Dialogue on the Boundary Question, endorsing efforts to formalise the recent turnaround in the relationship on the back of border peace and discussing issues like … Read more
Despite Ottawa unveiling an aid package for Canadian businesses affected by the trade war with the United States, industry leaders say the measures do not go far enough to help them stay afloat, especially in the wake of Canada’s new counter-tariffs. The federal government announced a $7.5-billion package on Tuesday, including new loan programs for … Read more
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi govt has set a goal to make the country illegal immigration-free in a “very short period of time” and, for this purpose, reached out to the border states over the past eight months, sharing with them its document on a quadrangular approach to … Read more
Commentary Periods of geopolitical frustration often tempt nations into strategic overcorrections. Today, as some Western allies grow disillusioned with the United States—frustrated by political volatility, shifting priorities, or perceived unreliability—an alluring but dangerous idea has begun to circulate: if Washington cannot be counted on, perhaps Beijing can. The logic is seductive in its simplicity. China … Read more
Faster access to some newer medical devices. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Patients in India could get faster access to some newer medical devices already approved in the European Union, with the government expanding its list of trusted foreign regulatory jurisdictions while also easing licensing requirements for manufacturers outsourcing sterilisation.The Health Ministry has amended the Medical … Read more