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India-US ties in turbulent times, each day a fresh challenge: Congress on Trump’s new tariff threat

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday said the India-US relationship is going through “turbulent times” and each day is a “fresh challenge” as US President Donald Trump backed a sanctions bill that could impose 500 per cent tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the India-US ties are seeing a “new abnormal”, notwithstanding posts of appeasement from the Indian prime minister. “Senator Lindsay Graham, a close ally of President Trump, is pushing a Bill that will impose vast new sanctions on India for its trade and other ties

Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, activists say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 8, 2026 (AP) — Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have now gone nationwide in the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge the country’s theocracy. Wednesday saw the most-intense day of demonstrations, reaching rural towns and major cities in every province though still localized enough for daily life to continue in Tehran, Iran’s capital, and elsewhere. So far, violence around the demonstrations has killed at least 38 people while more than 2,200 others have been detained, said the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The

“JNU is the most nationalist university”: University VC Santishree Pandit on PM Modi, Amit Shah slogan controversy

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) vice chancellor Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Thursday described the institution as the “most nationalistic” in the country, amid ongoing controversy over slogans raised against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on the university campus. Pandit added that the matter has been resolved and asserted that “Vande Mataram” is sung at the institution, asking which other university does so. “It has been totally resolved. You see JNU today. Do you see anything of it? Nothing. JNU is the most nationalistic university in this country. We sang Vande Mataram. There

Supreme Court reserves verdict on plea of Justice Yashwant Varma assailing validity of inquiry panel by LS

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea of Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma challenging the legality of the parliamentary panel probing corruption charges against him. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and SC Sharma reserved its decision after hearing senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Varma and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing both houses of Parliament. During the hearing, Rohtagi and Luthra questioned the procedure adopted in setting up the parliamentary panel and said under the Judges (inquiry) Act of 1968, only the Speaker of Lok Sabha and

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