Armed with recent research findings, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday claimed iron age had commenced from the Tamil landscape, shattering the previously conceived notions as this region had possessed the technology to segregate iron from ore in 5300 BCE itself.
Hours before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said that he agreed to "approve" TikTok on the condition that the USA will own 50 per cent of the Chinese app to "save" American jobs and prevent "our business" going to the communist nation.
Lack of friends at a time when India is a significant military and economic power surprises oldtime diplomats. Within living memory, the pendulum has swung from one extreme to the other; in the 1950s and 1960s when we had little to offer to the world except moral guidance, we were the undisputed leader of developing nations.
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA, with the intention to facilitate academic and research collaboration between the two institutions.
Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff won their respective singles matches in straight sets as the United States of America (USA) dominated China 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the United Cup, making a perfect start to the year 2025 and made it to the semifinals of the mixed-gender team competition here on Wednesday. Frit defeated Zhang Zhizhen 6-4, 6-4 at the RAC Arena while Gauff defeated China's Shuai Zhang 7-6(4), 6-2 to clinch victory for USA.
Also expected is a joint statement which will mention an open and free IndoPacific, increased cooperation within the Quad, criticise Chinese hegemonistic attitudes and bullying as also ‘violations of a nation’s territorial integrity.’
If countries can forget their differences, their people will prosper, which is the objective of any governance. Imagine what could happen when a common government can attract ideas from billions of citizens, channel their creativity for innovation and direct their energies for development it could usher in a world beyond the wildest of our imagination. If nations can forge alliances to promote regional integration, scaling it up to be continental integration and finally to a world government, where every country retains their uniqueness yet is guided by a common agenda driven by such a government, we can become what scientists have called a Type-I civilisation
The NCTTA is a national organisation member of USA Table Tennis and the prestigious award is given to the best performing male athlete across USA and Canadian universities at the end of every season.
Decoupling any major country’s economy from China was always impossible and sounds harshly radical, but it has been a commonly used and divisive word in China policy circles.
The seven counts against Trump include obstruction of justice, false statements and willful retention of documents.
