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Govt trying to evaluate impact of US duties on certain countries: Report

India is likely to analyse with the domestic industry the impact of tariffs announced by the US on countries like China to assess the positive or negative implications, if any, sources said on Thursday. Though the duties on China are expected to help increase exports from India to the US due to the duty arbitrage, there could be a possibility of dumping of goods from the neighbouring country as it has excess capacity in almost every sector. India has imposed anti-dumping duties on several goods, including chemicals imported from China, and a number of anti-dumping investigations are going on. "We are trying to analyse the announcements made by the US on increasing tariffs. We will take the decision in due course. We are also asking our industry how these tariffs are going to affect them positively or negatively. We are looking at the exact items on which tariffs will be imposed in China," they said. They added that India was the fourth-largest gainer when the US imposed higher duti

Families of US deportees recount horror stories of 'dunki' routes

With dreams of a bright future and a better life for their families back home, youths from Haryana's Kurukshetra district broke the bank to pay agents to help them settle in the US. They traversed treacherous routes, crossing several rivers and forests while facing extortion and getting roughed up, to reach the US. But their American Dream turned into a nightmare as they were handcuffed by US authorities and deported. Recounting the horror faced by 27-year-old Robin Handa, his father Manjit Singh said his son travelled across Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala, crossed a sea and passed through jungles, staying hungry for days, to reach the Mexico-US border. Handa, who studied till class 12, left his native Ismailabad village in Kurukshetra district on July 18 last year and by the time he reached the US border, he had paid Rs 45 lakh to different agents while his mobile phone was also snatched, his father claimed. He was handed over to the "immigration mafia" in

Panama agrees to eliminate fees for US govt vessels transiting the canal

It further said the decision will save the US government millions of dollars each year

Democrats protest Trump's alleged move giving Musk's team classified info

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Donald Trump gave billionaire Elon Musk and his staff access to sensitive data and classified secrets as part of their work to overhaul the federal government. The lawmakers on Wednesday wrote to Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff, and asked what security precautions had been taken to prevent unauthorized leaks of information by staff at the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE. Trump tapped Musk to run the taskforce, which has quickly gotten to work dismantling whole agencies of the federal government. As part of that effort, Musk and his staff have gained access to computer systems that the senators say contain potentially sensitive medical and financial information about millions of Americans as well as federal payroll information, classified documents, information from foreign intelligence partners and the identities of undercover agents and intelligence sources. In the .

Pam Bondi sworn in as US attorney general as DOJ braces for major shakeup

Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that has long provoked his ire. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office and it was the first time that the Republican president had participated in a second-term swearing-in of a Cabinet member. It was further evidence of Trump's intense personal interest in the operations of the department that investigated him during his first term and then brought two since-abandoned indictments after he left office in 2021. Bondi is expected to radically reshape the department, which in recent days has seen the firing of career prosecutors and FBI officials as well as the undoing of the massive prosecution into the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot with Trump's sweeping day one pardons. The former Florida attorney general enters as the department is embroiled in a dispute with the FBI over an effort to identi

DeepSeek's AI boom: How a GenZ hiring bet overtook ChatGPT in the US

DeepSeek's CEO Liang Wenfeng rejects traditional hiring norms, recruiting Gen Z talent and book lovers to build a $1 billion AI startup that outpaced OpenAI in the US

Toyota announces EV, battery push in China, US as quarterly profit surges

Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday, under a new partnership with the Shanghai government. Toyota Motor Corp. also announced it will start producing batteries for EVs, hybrids and plug-ins at a new USD 14 billion facility in North Carolina, with shipping starting for North American models in April. The moves highlight Toyota's aggressive push in electric cars, a sector where some critics have said it's fallen behind rivals like Tesla and BYD at a time when the Chinese EV market is booming and the world's concerns about sustainability are increasingly crucial. Toyota is setting up a company in Jinshan district in southwest Shanghai for that effort, with production of the new Lexus EVs starting in 2027. Initial production capacity there totals 100,000 vehicles a year, which will create about 1,000 jobs, the world's top automaker said. The battery plant in the US will create some 5,000 jobs, according to ..

US postal service suspends incoming packages from China, Hong Kong

The Trump administration imposed an additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods that came into effect on Tuesday

Ukraine ready for talks on war, US, Europe must also take part: Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy, who had long called for all Russian troops to leave Ukraine as a pre-condition, has in recent weeks spoken of the need for talks on moving the conflict to a just end

US Postal Service suspends some inbound parcels from China amid trade war

This suspension only applies to inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts and does not affect the delivery of letters and flats from these regions

USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential

The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home and targets the aid agency's six-decade mission overseas. Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance after taking office. Elon Musk's budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency had taken USAID's website offline over the weekend as it steadily dismantled the agency, which has been a special target of Musk, Trump and Republicans in the first two-and-a-half weeks of Trump's second term. The website came back online Tuesday night, with the notice of recall or termination for global staffers its sole post. The move had been rumoured for several days and was the most extreme of several proposals considered for consolidating the agency i

US deports 205 Indian migrants amid Donald Trump's border crackdown

Punjab officials will receive those deported at Amritsar airport

China hits back at Trump tariffs with 10-15% duty on select US goods

This announcement comes in response to the 10 per cent tariffs announced by Trump on China

EU leaders scramble to avoid friction with US, avoid 'stupid tariff war'

After three years spent trying to deter Russia from destroying Ukraine, European Union leaders grappled on Monday with how to respond to a major ally who appears determined to start a trade war or even seize part of their territory. It would be a cruel paradox if, during the time of this direct Russian threat and Chinese expansion, the EU and the United States might end up in a conflict among allies," said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose country currently holds the EU's rotating presidency. Since taking office last month, US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on EU imports and refused to rule out military force to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. Trump has also mystified Europeans by showing little sign of how he intends to end the war in Ukraine within six months as promised, let alone in a day, as he boasted while campaigning last year. We have to do everything to avoid this totally unnecessary and stupid tarif

Donald Trump's tariff reversal feeds reputation as paper tiger on trade

Trump's threats and the prospect of them becoming real dropped US stocks and the currencies of his targets, including the Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, euro

Trump admin ends temporary deportation protection for 350,000 Venezuelans

US President Donald Trump's administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the US. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's order affects 348,202 Venezuelans living in the US with Temporary Protected Status slated to expire in April. That's about half of the approximately 600,000 who have the protection. The remaining protections are set to expire at the end of September. The termination notice will be published Wednesday and go into effect 60 days later. It's among the latest Trump administration actions targeting the immigration system, as officials work to make good on promises of cracking down on people illegally living in the country and to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history. Congress created TPS in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife, giving people authorization to work in ...

Here's all you need to know about USAID and why Trump, Musk want to end it

Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has made significant changes to the US agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas that has left aid organisations agonising over whether they can continue with programmes such as nutritional assistance for malnourished infants and children. Then-President John F Kennedy established the US Agency for International Development, known as USAID, during the Cold War. In the decades since, Republicans and Democrats have fought over the agency and its funding. Here's a look at USAID, its history and the changes made since Trump took office. What is USAID? Kennedy created USAID at the height of the United States' Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union. He wanted a more efficient way to counter Soviet influence abroad through foreign assistance and

Panama offers concessions to US after Rubio meets President Mulino

The Panamanian leader played down the tensions but reiterated his country won't give up the canal, as his government offered other concessions to the US

WHO proposes to cut budget by $400 mn after US exit, defends its work

The budget cut will be addressed at the Feb. 3-11 Geneva meeting, during which member state representatives will discuss the agency's funding and work for the 2026-27 period

EU leaders hold summit no longer certain about aims of their old ally, US

European Union leaders are gathering on Monday for informal talks focused on defence with no clear sign yet from US President Donald Trump about how he intends to try to end Russia's war on Ukraine. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will join the bloc's 27 leaders at a self-styled retreat at Egmont Place in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The summit will focus on EU-US cooperation, military spending and ramping up Europe's defense industry. The meeting comes as Europe's biggest land conflict since World War II approaches its third anniversary, and with confidence in Trump shaky as he threatens his allies with tariffs. Trump already slapped duties on European steel and aluminum during his first term. Last month, Trump also left open the possibility that the American military might be used to secure Greenland, as well as the Panama Canal. We need Greenland for national security purposes, he said. Greenland, home to a large US military base, is an ..