Zubair Amin is a Senior Content Producer at NewsX. He produces multimedia content about world affairs, international relations and India's foreign relations. He tweets at @zubaiyramin
Indian equity markets pared early gains on Thursday, with key indices retreating from their opening highs. The Nifty 50 fell below the 22,550 mark, while the BSE Sensex hovered around 74,600 points. Broader market indices also showed weakness, as the BSE Smallcap index dipped nearly 2%, and the BSE Midcap...
Less than a week after Member of Parliament Charlie Angus sponsored a petition in the House of Commons calling for the revocation of Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship, the petition has garnered over 315,000 signatures. The petition urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to strip Musk of his Canadian citizenship, citing that...
Thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are facing abrupt terminations or administrative leave as the Trump administration moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency. Employees have been granted a narrow 15-minute window on Thursday and Friday to retrieve their belongings from their workspaces, according to...
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, incorporating recommendations from the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) report. The bill, which aims to improve the regulation and management of waqf properties, is set to be introduced in the second part of Parliament's budget...
The Union Cabinet has approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, following the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report tabled in Parliament on February 13. According to reports, the decision was made during a Cabinet meeting on February 19, paving the way for the bill to be introduced in the...
Pune Bus Rape Case: A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a stationary state transport bus at the Swargate bus station in Pune on Tuesday morning. The accused, identified as Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, is a history-sheeter with multiple criminal cases against him and had been out on bail since 2019....
In a striking policy shift during his second term, President Donald Trump has upended several decisions from his previous administration. Among the most notable changes is the resumption of funding to Pakistan for the maintenance of its F-16 fighter jet fleet, while extending an unexpected offer to sell F-35 stealth...
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday issued a temporary stay on a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump administration to release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid. The administration has claimed that meeting the deadline is not feasible, marking the first time President Donald Trump's...
Jeff Bezos, billionaire owner of The Washington Post, announced a significant shift in the newspaper's opinion sections on Wednesday, outlining a new editorial direction centered on libertarian principles. The decision comes just four months after Bezos's controversial move to cancel a presidential endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, which triggered...
India delivered a sharp rebuke to Pakistan during the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday, labelling its neighbour as a “failed state that thrives on instability and survives on international handouts.” The strong remarks were made by Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi in response to Pakistan's...
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