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Joe Biden a familiar dilemma, but on steroids — how to balance support for a difficult ally while preventing the nightmare scenario of a wider war? Tensions with Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's war on Gaza were papered over as the US president offered «ironclad» support, including shooting down Iranian drones. But the White House has made it clear it does not want further escalation following Iran's unprecedented assault and will not support an Israeli counterattack that could trigger a full-blown regional conflict.

₹375 crore from ₹170 core in the interim budget presented on 1 February. The key objective behind the plan is to make tooth implants a cost-effective process, the second person cited above said, adding the research for developing medical textiles will require a significant budget allocation. The technology will be shared with private players for manufacturing to make it economically viable, the person added.

Israel decided to carry out a retailtory attack on Tehran on Sunday morning, however it was cancelled after a phone call took place between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation. After Israel successfully intercepted Iranian missiles and drones, the Biden administration cautioned Tel Aviv to avoid escalation in the Middle East, The Jerusalem Post reported citing NYT. More than 300 drones and missiles were intercepted by Israel, which US officials called a major strategic win while advising that further retailition is not required.

New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao on Sunday met his sister K Kavitha, who is in the CBI custody in a case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, at the agency office. Kavitha, 46, was arrested on April 11 by the CBI in Tihar jail, where she was lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged scam. A special court sent her to the CBI custody till April 15. Sources said with court's permission, K T Rama Rao met his sister for half an hour at the CBI headquarters. Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of former state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody after the ED arrested her in Hyderabad on March 15.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh met Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien at his residence on Sunday. «We are together in the fight to save democracy and the Constitution,» Sanjay Singh posted on social media platform X.

Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai facing DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK's Singai Ramachandran. Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan, who was the BJP candidate from Coimbatore in the past two Lok Sabha elections of 2019 and 2014, had suffered back-to-back defeats. CPI (M) MP PR Natarajan defeated CP Radhakrishnan with a victory margin of 1,79,143 votes. The vote share of CP Radhakrishnan was 31.3 per cent. PR Natarajan got a 45.7 per cent vote share of the total polled votes.

WASHINGTON—Sen. Maria Cantwell said she wants to end China’s control of TikTok. She also wants such legislation to hold up in court.

Read full story) At least 19 people have been found dead and two more are missing after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on Sunday. (Read full story) Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders will face Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday termed the BJP's Lok Sabha poll manifesto as a «jumla patra» saying it «breaks world record of lies». People have already made a resolve to make the INDIA bloc win and they will not trust the saffron party's manifesto, he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released the BJP's Lok Sabha poll manifesto at the party headquarters in Delhi. The manifesto has a special focus on the poor, youngsters, farmers and women. PM Modi made a pitch for electing a strong and stable government in an uncertain world beset by geopolitical tensions, prioritising development and welfare while shunning populist measures and contentious issues like the NRC.

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Donald Trump will become the first former president to sit for a criminal trial when he appears in a New York court Monday, kicking off a highly unusual stretch in which the Republican will campaign for a new term while defending himself against accusations he directed an illegal scheme to pay off a porn star. The case of People v. Trump itself is a mixed bag, with the lowest stakes of the four prosecutions he faces.

Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilise the Middle East. Here are some of the main reactions so far:

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, but his government has honoured him. Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad, Modi also said the Congress never recognised the contribution of adivasis (tribals), but the BJP government has honoured them. «The Congress always insulted Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, we have honoured him,» Modi said on the birth anniversary of the architect of India's Constitution. Because of the Constitution given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, a tribal woman became the President of India, he said, referring to Droupadi Murmu's election to the country's top constitutional post.

NDA are in the Lok Sabha race in Karnataka, heating up the campaign scene in the Congress-governed state. Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), Jagadish Shettar (Belgaum) and H D Kumaraswamy (Mandya) joined a long list of predecessors who wanted to play an innings in national politics and many of them successfully as well. While Bommai and Shettar — both Lingayats — are from the BJP; Kumaraswamy, a Vokkaliga, is the JD(S) state President and son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda.

India to the Maldives has left the island nation as demanded by him, President Mohamed Muizzu has said. Muizzu, a pro-China leader, also reaffirmed that foreign ambassadors in Male will not wield authority over him emphasising that ultimate power rests with the citizens. Last month, he had alleged that his predecessor Ibrahim Mohamed Solih operated on the orders from «a foreign ambassador» without naming any country. He announced the withdrawal of the second Indian military contingent from the Maldives while speaking during a campaign event for the ruling People's National Congress party candidates ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 21.

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Israel, Italy — which holds the rotating presidency of the group of developed nations — said. «The Italian presidency of the G7 has summoned G7 leaders for a video conference early this afternoon», the government said as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack and said she feared «destabilisation of the region».

U.S. Steel shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the firm’s sale to Nippon Steel of Japan for $14.1 billion in cash, voicing unequivocal support for a combination that has drawn opposition from the Biden administration on economic and national secu...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in China on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule from the Biden administration

Tech executive Elon Musk and Argentine President Javier Milei have sealed their budding bromance at a Tesla electric car factory in Texas — their first meeting after months of mutual admiration on social media