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Trump steps up his 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, risking inflation on promise of more jobs

WASHINGTON, February 11, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday removed the exceptions and exemptions from his 2018 tariffs on steel, meaning that all steel imports will be taxed at a minimum of 25%. Trump also hiked his 2018 aluminum tariffs to 25% from 10%. “We were being pummeled by both friend and foe alike,” Trump said as he signed two proclamations changing his orders during his first term that go into effect on March 4. “It’s time for our great industries to come back to America.” The moves are part of an aggressive push by the president to

Five hundred crore people globally lack access to medical oxygen, poor nations most affected: Lancet

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Five hundred crore people, which is nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, lack access to medical oxygen, with the highest inequities in low-and middle-income countries, estimated a new Lancet Commission report. Medical oxygen is essential in a healthcare system for treating patients, including those with surgery, asthma, trauma and maternal and child care. It is also critical to a country’s pandemic preparedness by helping prevent a repeat of the COVID-19 oxygen shortages and the mass fatalities that resulted, an international team of researchers said. The report, by the Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen

Indians deported from US: Punjab Police lodges 8 FIRs against fraudulent agents

Chandigarh, Feb 10 (PTI) A Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the issue of illegal human trafficking following the deportation of Indian citizens domiciled in Punjab from the US, has registered eight FIRs against fraudulent immigration consultants, the state police said on Monday. Acting on complaints from the victims, police have registered eight first information reports (FIRs) against travel agents based on the statements of the deportees. A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar airport on February 5. This was the first batch of Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump government

How can a person return to Parliament after conviction in criminal case? Supreme Court asks

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Flagging “criminalisation of politics” as a major issue, the Supreme Court on Monday asked how could a person return to Parliament after being convicted in a criminal case. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan therefore sought the assistance of the attorney general of India on the issue. It was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a life ban on convicted politicians aside from the expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in the country. The court sought the responses of the Centre and the Election Commission of India

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