Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) The iconic American daily, The Washington Post, on Wednesday laid off about one in three employees across the company, delivering another major blow to a newsroom already under strain and sharply scaling back its international coverage. The cuts included large portions of the paper’s foreign staff, prompting anguished reactions from journalists who said the move would weaken global reporting at a moment of rising international turbulence.Among those laid off was Ishaan…
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Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) After months of rancor and uncertainty, the United States and India have announced an initial trade deal. The agreement eases a standoff that had become untenable for both sides, but it will not magically restore trust, a former senior US government official has opined.The assessment comes from Evan A Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who made the argument in an opinion piece published on the think tank’s blog on …
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Since US President Donald Trump posted a message announcing his telephonic conversation with one of his “greatest friends,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and agreeing to a trade deal, the knives are out. The knives were out earlier, too, over the recently concluded trade deals with the United Kingdom and the European Union. The knives will be out in the future, too, when India inks a trade deal with New Zealand.The current cry over President Trump’s, as wel…