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Congress on Friday hit out at the Modi government over the Delhi airport roof collapse, saying "corruption" and "criminal negligence" is responsible for the shoddy infrastructure created in the last 10 years. One person died and six were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport's Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, including taxis, amid heavy rain early Friday, leading to suspension of flight departures. Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said he was monitoring the situation and the injured had been hospitalised. «Corruption and criminal negligence is responsible for the collapse of shoddy infrastructure falling like a deck of cards, in the past 10 years of Modi Government,» Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post on X..

Donald Trump has said his administration opted out of the landmark Paris Climate Accord in 2017 as it was a «rip-off» which would have cost Washington USD 1 trillion, as he claimed that India, China and Russia weren't paying for it. Trump, the presumptive candidate of the Republican Party, made the claims at the first of presidential debates with his Democratic Party rival President Joe Biden on Thursday, where the two 2024 presidential candidates sparred over the state of the economy, border, foreign policy, abortion, national security and climate change. During their roughly 90-minute debate marred by personal attacks, Trump, 78, claimed that the Paris Climate Accord would have cost USD 1 trillion and the US was the only country that had to pay.

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) will prove to be one of the «biggest game-changers» of the 21st century, President Droupadi Murmu said in Parliament on Thursday. She also said the global order is taking a «new shape» and that the government's efforts are resulting in «Bharat» giving a new confidence to the world as a «Vishwa-Bandhu» (friend of the world). In her address to a joint sitting of the Parliament, Murmu said India today is the first responder in any crisis and has become a strong voice of the Global South in view of its human-centric approach. Outlining priorities of the Modi government in the foreign policy domain, the president said India is giving great emphasis on connectivity.

Taiwan has urged its citizens to avoid travel to China and the semi-autonomous Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macao following threats from Beijing to execute supporters of the self-governing island democracy's independence. Spokesperson and deputy head of the Mainland Affairs Council Liang Wen-chieh issued the advisory at a news conference Thursday. That came amid growing threats from China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

Ebrahim Raisi. Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, 53, dropped his candidacy and urged other candidates to do the same “so that the front of the revolution will be strengthened," PTI reported.Ghazizadeh Hashemi was one of Raisi's vice presidents and the head of the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.

European Union on Thursday, disbursed Euro 1.9 billion for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen, said that the fund under the Ukraine Facility is aimed to keep the Ukrainian state running as they «fight for freedom.»

shipping companies for transporting Iranian oil, saying it was a response to Tehran's nuclear «escalation,» on the eve of presidential elections in the Islamic republic. «Over the past month, Iran has announced steps to further expand its nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose,» Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

Donald Trump laid the blame for the Ukraine war at US President Joe Biden's feet Thursday, insisting that the invasion never would have happened «if we had a leader.» «This is a war that never should have started. If we had a leader in this war… He's given $200 billion now or more to Ukraine, he's given $200 billion.

inflation in the United States would allow the Federal Reserve to ease rates later this year. Friday is packed with risk events for markets after a relatively subdued rest of the week, with U.S. Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump set to take the stage at 0100 GMT for their first debate of the year ahead of November's U.S. presidential elections.

Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump traded attacks on abortion and their handling of the economy early in their debate on Thursday night, giving voters a rare side-by-side look at the two oldest candidates ever to seek the U.S. presidency. Biden, sounding hoarse and tentative at times, stumbled over his words on occasion, while Trump rattled off one attack after another that included several well-worn falsehoods, including claims that migrants have carried out a crime wave and that Democrats support infanticide.

«The index would have the next target of 24500 level, as mentioned earlier, with 23500 zone maintained as the support as of now,» said Vaishali Parekh, Vice President, Technical Research, Prabhudas Lilladher.

indices closed at fresh highs on Thursday, with Nifty and Sensex crossing the 24,000 and 79,000 milestones, respectively, for the first time, maintaining their bullish momentum since the election results earlier this month, amid high expectations from the budget after President Droupadi Murmu's speech in Parliament Thursday. Analysts said the sustained run-up in indices of late is part of the pre-budget rally, aided by renewed flows from foreign investors in June. The optimism, however, did not rub off on the broader market where there were more losers than gainers.

Donald Trump's from-the-hip style may start making financial markets volatile again — and that's just fine for a breed of global fast-money traders who thrive on that. With he and President Joe Biden running neck-and-neck ahead of their first debate Thursday night, investors have already been trying to game out how the Republican's return to the White House could affect everything from the electric-vehicle industry to the direction of long-term interest rates.

wax statue of Abraham Lincoln simply melted down due to this heat that somehow made Lincoln slump into his chair, pictures and video of which instantaneously started pouring in on social media, while netizens claiming that this was the perfect visual depiction of the heatwave rampaging across the country, says a USA Today report.

Nate Silver has predicted that Donald Trump is easily winning the upcoming US presidential elections in November 2024. His predictions are different from the various national surveys which have predicted a close competition between the two candidates. He has predicted that Trump will win by a large margin in the electoral college votes. In the event that neither of the candidates are able to secure the bare minimum votes of the electoral college, Trump will have an upper hand in the US Congress which will then elect the new president. He made these comments writing on the Silver Bulletin which is his Substack account. He added that though he is a supporter of Biden, all data reveals that Trump is on his way back to the Whitehouse.

Lok Sabha is set to turn stormy with INDIA bloc deciding to move adjournment motions on Friday to discuss NEET paper leak. The Opposition will move the motions under Rule 267. The decision was taken at a meeting of floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties held at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday. The Opposition parties unanimously decided to raise NEET, Agniveer, unemployment and other issues in Parliament. According to sources, a uniform strategy will be employed in both Houses. Both Houses are scheduled to debate the motion of thanks to the President's address on Friday. While Rajya Sabha's business advisory committee has allotted 26 hours for this discussion, the Lok Sabha is likely to allot a similar time. The business advisory committee of the Lok Sabha has not been formed yet.

What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas has won approval from a federal commission

NEET and UGC-NET paper leak, President Droupadi Murmu emphasised that her government is committed to an impartial probe and will ensure that those involved in the crime are given the severest sentence. In her first address to the joint sitting of Parliament after the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha, President Murmu also brought up the 1975 national emergency, terming it an attack on the Constitution and a «dark chapter». Her remarks came a day after Speaker Om Birla moved a resolution in the House against the Emergency. The ruling coalition has raked up Emergency as a counter to the INDIA bloc attacking it on the alleged threat to the Constitution under the new regime.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday put new limits on the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce securities laws — the latest ruling in a series of cases that take aim at federal agencies.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President and CEO James Bullard looks ahead to the next rate decision, unpacks jobs data and reacts to Yellens housing development.

Laffer Tengler Investments CEO and CIO Nancy Tengler explains why she's recommending investing in equities over bonds for the long term.