Howard Lutnick (Picture credit: Reuters) US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, CEO of brokerage and investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as his nominee for commerce secretary.A Long Island, New York native with a background in trading and real estate, Lutnick has been a vocal supporter of Trump on Wall Street, hosting fundraisers and advocating…
Free trade talks between India and the UK will be relaunched in the new year, Downing Street has announced. The news comes after Sir Keir Starmer met Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit in Brazil. A post-Brexit deal could unlock valuable markets for British cars, Scottish whisky, and financial services worth billions…
Thousands of protesters marched through New Zealand’s capital Wellington on Tuesday to oppose a proposal that they say could harm relations between Maori and non-Maori citizens. The protesters, numbering an estimated 15,000, marched to the parliament building in Wellington. The demonstration was the culmination of a protest march that began in other parts of the…
NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the UK would resume talks with India for a free trade agreement, aiming to strengthen economic ties and deepen strategic cooperation. The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Starmer on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil, where the two leaders…
Vivek Ramaswamy hinted that DOGE may take a leaf out of how Argentina cut cost. A day after Vivek Ramaswamy revealed that his Department of Government Efficiency is looking to ax complete agencies which are not contributing to the country’s development but incurring costs on the government, the new DOGE co-chief said the government staff…
Last Updated:November 18, 2024, 15:25 IST Washington had refused to allow missile strikes against Russia as it feared escalation. But the policy reversal comes two months before Donald Trump, who is skeptical of the US aid to Ukraine, will take over the White House President Vladimir Putin said in September that the West would…
Last Updated:November 18, 2024, 11:08 IST The image posted on Khamenei’s X account shows him in his office talking to Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon on Sunday. (Image: X/@Khamenei_fa) Amid reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seriously ill, the Iranian Supreme Leader on…
By Air Marshal RGK Kapoor (R) China has often used the Zhuhai air show to showcase its growing air superiority and technological prowess to the world. However, this edition of the air show was extra special, even by its own standards, as it is indeed rare for three fifth-generation fighters to participate in an international…
Vivek Ramaswamy elaborated on how his DOGE department will go about axing government agencies. Department of Government Efficiency co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy Sunday said entire agencies are at the risk of being axed by their newly set up department if those agencies are doing nothing. “We want to go right in through executive action…the dirty little…
The Ophiophagus Kaalinga. | Photo Credit: P. Gowri Shankar P. Gowri Shankar with a king cobra | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Karnataka’s own king cobra found in the Western Ghats and known as ‘Kalinga Sarpa’ in the vernacular parlance will get its name ‘Kaalinga’ etched in the scientific world. A species that has inspired film…
