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A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Government has sought to reimpose tariffs struck down by the nation’s Supreme Court by invoking a different law. But the Supreme Court judgment that dealt with the tariffs imposed by exercising President Donald Trump’s emergency powers strikes at the very root of his unilateral decision to impose tariffs. It requires him to seek Congressional approval, reinforcing a central tenet of U.S. governance model and public life — checks and balances and the seeking of consensus. U.S. Supreme Court rejects tariffs LIVE | India faces…

Germany’s decision to establish an expert commission to examine economic dependence on China is welcome, overdue, and deeply revealing. Welcome, because Berlin is finally acknowledging what many in industry and security circles have warned for years. Overdue, because the risks have been visible for a long time. Revealing, because it exposes how hard it still is for Europe’s largest economy to turn strategic awareness into political action.The Bundestag-approved commission, expected to meet for the first time in February, has a broad mandate: assess dependencies, evaluate risks to critical infrastructure and supply chains, and recommend policy responses. Its members include representatives…

AIADMK cadre staging a demonstration in Salem on Monday to condemn the DMK government for not taking action to curb the sale of illegal drugs. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) cadre staged a demonstration in Salem and Namakkal districts on Monday against the ruling DMK government for failing to curb the sale of illegal drugs in the State.In Salem, the cadre gathered at Fort Maiden, near the Salem Corporation office, and raised slogans against the DMK government. Former minister S. Semmalai, who took part in the protest, said that people have started comparing…

Trade experts have said that striking down of Trump tariff will result in countries that already have trade deals with the U.S. to re-examine them, and also called for India to do the same regarding its Interim Agreement that is yet to be signed.  | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto While the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on various countries, including India, several other tariffs remain in place that still have an impact on various sectors, trade analysts and export data show.The Supreme Court on February 20 found that Mr. Trump’s…

The year 2018 was monumental in American foreign policy. The US dealt with two Asian nations that are militarily and financially weak compared to its military might and economic power.However, there was a stark difference in Donald Trump’s approach—impractical and brash with one nation, practical and cordial with the other.Iran and North Korea.How Trump Dealt With IranIn May 2018, Trump pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal despite Tehran complying with the agreement.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADTerming the deal “a giant fiction”, Trump said that it was “a horrible one-sided deal that…

Image for representation. The Vidhana Soudha police on March 4 arrested three people for allegedly raising “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans in the corridors of Vidhana Soudha during the victory celebrations of Rajya Sabha member, Syed Naseer Hussain.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central division, Shekhar H.T., confirmed that the arrest is based on FSL report, circumstantial evidence and statements of the witnesses gathered at the event. The accused have been identified as Iltaz from Delhi, Munawar from RT Nagar in Bengaluru and Mohammed Shafi Nashipudi from Byadagi in Haveri district. The accused have been produced before the court for further investigations. A video…

Last week, India and the European Union (EU) achieved what, until just a year or two ago, many observers considered impossible: meeting halfway to conclude a long-elusive trade agreement. Negotiated, stalled, revived and reimagined over a quarter of a century, the deal represents far more than a technical breakthrough on tariffs. It marks a strategic inflexion point in what could become one of the most consequential partnerships to stabilise an international order that is marked by rapid, uncertain and conflictual transition.A meeting point with a risk-averse BrusselsThe commercial breakthrough did not emerge from a vacuum. It is the result of…

For much of the past four decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) impressed the world not because it was democratic, but because it was adaptive. It learnt from mistakes, tolerated internal debate, and crucially allowed decentralised experimentation. That adaptive capacity is now under unprecedented strain.Since the end of the Mao era in 1978, the CCP has passed through three distinct phases of governance. The first was post-revolutionary consolidation under Deng Xiaoping and his successors; the second, an oligarchic but technocratic one-party system geared towards construction and growth; and the third, the current phase under Xi Jinping, marked by extreme centralisation…

BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao holding a meeting with leaders of Khammam and Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituencies in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement hyderabadThe Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leadership has named candidates for Khammam, Mahabubabad, Peddapalli and Karimnagar Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) seats — Nama Nageswara Rao, Maloth Kavitha, Koppula Eshwar and Boinapalli Vinod Kumar, respectively — on Monday.Names of the candidates were announced by party president and former chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao after a meeting with the party leaders from Khammam and Mahabubabad Parliamentary constituencies, at the Telangana Bhavan here on Monday. He had held a…

India will remove or reduce tariffs on all industrial goods and a “wide range” of agricultural goods imported from the U.S., according to the joint statement between the countries issued early Saturday (February 7, 2026) morning. In return, the U.S. will reduce its tariffs on Indian imports to 18% from the existing 50% by amending the relevant executive order, the statement confirmed. Notably, the statement did not have any mention of India’s imports of Russian oil. India-U.S. trade deal LIVE updatesThese commitments are part of the framework the two countries have worked out in an Interim Agreement on trade.Staged implementationEarlier, Commerce Minister…