BEIJING — US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at easing deep tensions between the rival superpowers. Beginning the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, Trump touched down on Air Force One at Beijing Capital International Airport […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has received USD 1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund under two separate ongoing financing arrangements, the central bank said on Wednesday. Funding was secured on Tuesday through separate International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes, split between the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), aiming to stabilise Pakistan’s […]
NEW DELHI — The CBSE class 12 exam results were declared on Wednesday as a senior official announced that over 85 per cent candidates have cleared the exams this year. The results show that the overall pass rate dipped by over three percentage points compared to the last year. Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj confirmed that […]
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was due in Beijing Wednesday on the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to ramp up trade despite potential friction over Taiwan and Iran. Leaving Washington on Tuesday on a trip that was delayed by his war, Trump said he expected a […]
NEW DELHI — The government on Wednesday hiked import duties on gold and silver to 15 per cent from 6 per cent as part of measures to curb inbound shipments of precious metals amid a rising import bill due to the West Asia crisis. Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for curbs on […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran’s latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse. The war, which erupted more than two months ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread throughout the […]
WASHINGTON — The United States’ war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, an increase of $4 billion from an estimate provided late last month. With just six months before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump’s Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House […]
MUMBAI — The Indian rupee is set to weaken at Tuesday’s open, with a possible slide to a lifetime low against the U.S. dollar, on concerns that the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire may be fraying, keeping oil prices high and the currency under pressure. The rupee is expected to open at 95.45–95.55, traders said, after sliding […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached an immovable property allegedly acquired through proceeds of narcotics trade in Shopian district. According to a police statement, the attached property belongs to Arshid Ahmad Dar, son of Abdul Rehman Dar, resident of Nadender Trenz Imamsahib Shopian. Police said the property, measuring […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a wanted criminal and recovered a commercial quantity of heroin-like substance along with an illegal pistol and live ammunition from his possession in the Bahu Fort area of the Jammu city. According to a police statement, a team from Police Station Bahu […]