Washington/New York, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday morning that he will impose higher tariffs on India in the next 24 hours for buying Russian oil and reselling products abroad, even though he asserted New Delhi was going to offer zero tariffs.Trump, who announced a 25 per cent tariff on India last week, told CNBC: “I think I’m going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours, because they’re buying Russian oil.””India went from the highest tariffs ever (t…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with German MP Jurgen Hardt in New Delhi on Tuesday, discussing bilateral cooperation and various other global developments. In a post shared on X, EAM Jaishankar stated, “Always nice to catch up with German MP Jurgen Hardt. Discussed our bilateral cooperation and global developments.”In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada’s Kananaski…

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is going to further raise tariffs on India in the next 24 hours, after announcing 25 per cent tariffs from August 7.In an interview with CNBC, Trump said he will raise tariffs on India, revising the earlier settled rate of 25 per cent.”India has the highest tariffs. We do very little business with India. We settled on 25 per cent, but I think I am going to raise that substantially within the next 24 hours,” the US Preside…

Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) China, which has for long claimed of having a “noninterference” foreign policy and not providing direct military assistance to nations engaged in conflict, reportedly supplied batteries for surface-to-air missiles to Iran in exchange for oil during the recent conflict with Israel, a new report has cited. This comes after Beijing is already facing heat for its alleged involvement in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and backing Pakistan in its conflict with India in May f…

Moscow, Aug 5 (IANS) Russia on Tuesday backed India and while criticising US President Donald Trump over his threats to increase tariffs on New Delhi for buying oil from Moscow, saying that “sovereign nations must have the right to choose their trading partners.”Speaking at a regular press briefing on Tuesday, Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia has noted the US threats against India and does not consider them to be legitimate. He emphasised that nations should h…

Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Marking the second anniversary of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Tuesday launched a protest movement with workers and activists taking to the streets across the country, demanding the release of their leader. PTI workers claimed that at least 300 PTI activists have been arrested in Lahore in raids conducted overnight. .In a message posted on PTI’s X account, Imran Khan urged his supporters to “come out and hold …

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s public outreach to Pakistan is straining India-US ties, prompting New Delhi to question the value of its strategic engagement with Washington, a report has cited. “Pakistan’s sponsorship of cross-border terrorism is a direct national security threat to India. Any United States administration that ignores this point is guilty of diplomatic negligence. India does not ask for unconditional alignment, only consistency and respect for its core in…

Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) Two to three typhoons are expected to make landfall in or affect China in August, the office of the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief and the Ministry of Emergency Management said at a briefing on Tuesday.One of the typhoons is expected to affect areas north of the Yangtze River, according to the briefing.In August, all seven major river basins across China fully entered the main flood season of the year, the authorities said, adding that som…

Jakarta, Aug 5 (IANS) Indonesia and Belarus have officially agreed to elevate their bilateral cooperation in several sectors, including food security, agricultural modernization, technology development, and investment. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono met with visiting Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov at the ministry’s building in Jakarta on Tuesday, where they discussed various fields, Xinhua News Agency reported.Sugiono mentioned that the meeting marks Ryzhenkov’s first official…

Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) With his actions in the recent weeks, US President Donald Trump is now in the process of tanking the India-US relationship built over 25 years. His actions will affect the bilateral ties after more than 20 years of bipartisan effort to transform the relationship between India and the US, including during his own first term, US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace detailed in a report on Tuesday. Trump has threatened to substantially raise tariffs on India and…