Senate rejects resolution to halt Trump’s global tariffs amid economic strain

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden | Photo Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Senate Republicans narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution Wednesday that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win as lawmakers in both parties have remained skeptical of his trade agenda. Trump announced the far-reaching tariffs on…

Sharad Pawar supports discussion on Pahalgam attack, calls for national unity

NCP chief Sharad Pawar while expressing solidarity with the victims, said, “The government must take appropriate steps, and we will support constructive measures.” File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) said he supports the Congress’ demand for a discussion in Parliament on the recent…

Fifty years after the war, Vietnam faces a new US threat: tariffs

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Reporting fromHo Chi Minh City BBC/ Lulu Luo Tung Linh, a 20-year-old Vietnamese college student, says she is excited for Vietnam’s future On a searing afternoon in Vietnam, Tung Linh declared she “basically knows nothing” about the bloody, decades-long war that pitted her country’s Communist-run North against the United States-backed South. “My grandparents…

Govt. ready for debate on Kaleshwaram and welfare schemes, says Revanth

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka , Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar along with others at Sri Mahatma Basaveshwara Jayantotsavam at Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Taking a dig at Opposition leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his comments against the…

US, Ukraine ink economic deal following Trump’s call for cost-sharing on war efforts

The US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday an economic agreement after a weekslong press by President Donald Trump on Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a video posted to X that “this partnership allows the United States…

Modi to lay stone and dedicate development projects in Amaravati worth over ₹58,000 crore on May 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying the foundation and dedicating to the nation multiple development projects in Amaravati worth over ₹58,000 crore on May 2. The projects mainly include the Legislative Assembly, High Court, Secretariat, other administrative buildings and houses for the poor costing about ₹11,240 crore. The other works / projects are trunk…