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India on Thursday stated that it did meet the criteria of the trade privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), which the United States granted to several developing nations. President Donald Trump’s administration had withdrawn it for India earlier this year. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale underlined India’s eligibility for GSP trade privileges for duty-free exports of certain products to the US just a day after the US President himself hinted that he might make an announcement during his forthcoming joint appearance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ‘Howdy! Modi’ event in Houston on Sunday. Gokhale added that the US…

A railway court has framed charges against Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol and actress Karisma Kapoor more than 20 years after they allegedly pulled the emergency chain of a train while shooting for a film. The duo challenged the order in a sessions court on Wednesday, A K Jain, the counsel of Kapoor and Deol, said. The actors were accused of illegally pulling the chain of train 2413-A Uplink Express, which led to its delay by 25 minutes. The council said the charges were initially read out against both the actors in 2009, which they challenged in a sessions court in…

An autorickshaw driver from Adrasspally in Shameerpet Mandal of the Cyberabad police commissioner was reportedly thrown alive on to the burning pyre of a woman by a group of people who suspected that he had performed black magic on the woman, which led to her death two days ago while undergoing treatment at the Osmania Hospital. The incident took place on Wednesday night at Adrasspally, a village located merely around 40 km away from the city. Gyara Lakhsmi, 45, wife of G Chithaiah, a laborer from Adrasspally, was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes for the last five years. She…

If Pakistan wishes to dwell upon Article 370 they are welcome to do so’, but India will not discuss its decision to revoke 370 at the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said on Thursday. In fact, sources added, India wants to ‘completely ignore’ Pakistan at the UNGA. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan will be addressing the world body on September 27, and while Mr. Modi will focus on what India is doing ‘for development, for security, for peace, and our expectations and aspirations of other countries’, Mr. Khan is expected to dwell…

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Jhinuk Sen, a resident of Delhi, uses her smart speaker to turn on the lights in her room, set alarms, play music and more. She is among those users in India who have purchased Amazon’s Echo speakers in the past three years. But while the traditional smart home market here comprises of companies such as Xiaomi, Amazon, and Google, conventional household brands are also making their presence felt in this lucrative market that caters to millennial tastes. For instance, Hero Electronix (the Hero Group’s venture into the electronics space) announced its own smart home products this past week. While the company…

A senior football chief from the Central African Republic along with an alleged militiaman named Rambo has heard charges against them at a Hague court. Both are accused of leading a campaign of terror against Muslims. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday considered charges of serious war crimes against two alleged former rebel leaders in the Central African Republic (CAR). Former politician Alfred Yekaton, 44, and former football association on head Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, 52, stand accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Central African Republic peace deal – violated and fragile The two men, who allegedly led Christian militia…

A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a provincial official said, with casualties expected to rise as rescuers sift the rubble. The Taliban, who have been carrying out nearly daily attacks since the collapse of peace talks with the US this month, said the target was a nearby building of the government’s intelligence department in Qalat, the capital of Zabul province. “The bomb was huge and it was carried by a mini-truck,” said a senior defense ministry official in the capital, Kabul, speaking on…

A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labor in the fields, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir Tangi in eastern Nangarhar province, three Afghan officials told. “The workers had lit a bonfire and were sitting together when a drone targeted them,” tribal elder Malik Rahat Gul told Reuters by telephone from Wazir Tangi. Afghanistan’s defense ministry and a senior US official in…

The Kerala High Court ruled on Thursday that the right to access the Internet using mobile phones is a fundamental right under the Constitution. Justice P.V. Asha, in a landmark judgment, also said it was part of the right to privacy and the right to education. The court passed the verdict in a petition filed by Faheema Sherin, a third-semester student of B.A. (English) of Sree Narayana College, Chelannur, Kozhikode, challenging her expulsion from the college hostel for violating the restrictions on using the mobile phone from 6 pm to 10 pm. every day. The petitioner challenged the restriction on…