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…

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…

US and Ukraine sign critical minerals deal

Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC Sean Seddon BBC News, London US Department of the Treasury US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant (l) and Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (r) sign the natural resources deal The US has signed a much-anticipated natural resources deal with Ukraine, which the treasury department said would help…

New study on Chandrayaan-3’s landing site reveals potential presence of primitive lunar mantle materials

The portion of Chandrayaan-3’s landing site taken by Vikram Lander after the successful landing. Photo: ISRO In a new finding, scientists of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have revealed that the landing site (Shiv Shakti point) of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is a promising site to access primitive mantle samples, which was otherwise lacking in the…

CPI(M) opposes approval of Sainik School named after M.P.’s Minister’s late nephew; alleges criminal record against him

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opposed the Union Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s decision to approve a new Sainik School in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur, named after State Cabinet Minister Prahlad Singh Patel’s late nephew.  Speaking to The Hindu on Wednesday, CPI (M) state secretary Jaswinder Singh raised objections to naming the new school Maninagendra…