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US air travel should recover from ground stop by end of Sunday, FAA says

US air travel should be fully recovered from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years by the end of Sunday, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said Saturday. Bedford said the flights "will still have delays and cancellations" on Saturday but promised that the "worst is behind us." His comments came as airlines across the US worked to recover from a ground stoppage that lasted four hours, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers. New technology being added to the nation's air traffic control system overloaded antiquated equipment and caused "intermittent" communications and radar gaps, leading to the flight shutdown of more than four hours, Trump administration officials said. Planes were taking flight and landing Saturday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said. But the effects could be felt for days. Officials say the system will likely return to normal in time to handle the Thanksgiving travel rush. The nationwide stop was the first since January 2023, when another

US must respect India's right to self-defence, oppose terrorism: Blinken

The US must respect India's right to defend itself and should maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism, former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, while describing Washington's ties with New Delhi and Islamabad as "fundamentally different". "India is a global force," Blinken said, adding that the relationship and shared interests between Washington and New Delhi were "really global in nature". In contrast, the US relationship with Pakistan is "regional", he said during a conversation with Jawed Ashraf, chairman of the India Trade Promotion Organisation, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2026 in New Delhi. "The relations with Pakistan are regional, and there are still going to be important areas where we need to do things with them, particularly, for example, when it comes to counter-terrorism, but these are fundamentally different relationships," he said. "We have to have a zero-tolerance policy for terrorism. Period. And that means that we have

Zelenskyy says US-proposed Europe security framework could benefit Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States had raised the possibility of a new security framework for Europe as part of efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine, warning that Moscow could use such discussions to weaken NATO and reshape the continent's borders. "In my view, this can be dangerous," Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday. "This should not be the main agenda." His comments were embargoed until Saturday. Zelenskyy also said the United States had asked for the first time whether Ukraine would withdraw from parts of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine that Russia does not control if Kyiv were admitted to NATO. He said he believed Moscow was interested in reopening broader questions about European security rather than focusing exclusively on ending the 4 1/2-year war. "(Russian President Vladimir) Putin's desire to change borders in Europe is a fact. I am sure this is part of his concept of revising security guarantees in Europe," he said. "This is dangerous

US wholesale inflation hits highest annual rate since 2022, PPI rises 6.5%

Excluding food and energy, wholesale prices climbed 5 per cent from a year ago and 0.3 per cent from September.

Trump says ex Apple CEO Cook is 'a legend', should replace Huang at Nvidia

Cook stepped down after a 15-year stint as Apple's CEO in September and is now executive chairman at the iPhone-maker

Alembic bets on 30 US drug launches to sustain growth as exclusivity ends

The drugmaker expects around 40 per cent US growth in FY27 despite the end of Bosutinib exclusivity, while focusing on complex generics and improving domestic sales productivity

Hegseth calls impeachment bid politically motivated, vows to fight removal

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth dug in for a fight Tuesday against his potential impeachment in Congress, telling reporters that a rogue lawmaker is targeting him over "policy disagreements" and not the high crimes or offenses the nation's founders intended. The embattled Pentagon chief spoke at his first press briefing from the five-sided building in six months, launching a counteroffensive against outgoing Representative Thomas Massie's effort to impeach him over his handling of the unpopular war against Iran and other actions. "In the 250 years of our American republic, no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defence has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations," Hegseth told reporters. The briefing was Hegseth's first since May even as the US military has kept up intermittent operations against Iran as well as fatal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in Latin America. Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who lost his primary to a ...

US midterm results may ease India's oil import bill, but tariff risks stay

Democrats' gains in the US midterm polls have raised hopes of easing tensions with Iran and lower crude prices, potentially benefiting India, though uncertainty over sanctions and tariffs persists

US set to become first country to fully shun UN Human Rights Council review

The United States is set to become the first country to fully shun a regular review of its human rights record at the UN's top rights body since it was created two decades ago. The Trump administration last year pulled the US out of the Human Rights Council, accusing it of an anti-US and anti-Israel bias, and alleging that it didn't uphold the very values it promotes. Supporters back the council's mandate to keep tabs on human rights in all UN member states including the US, which has drawn criticism for its policies including strong-arm deportations and targeted killings of alleged drug-runners in the Caribbean and Pacific - which the administration has said are designed to protect US workers and help keep the country safe. The Geneva-based council regularly examines the rights records of all 193 UN member states - generally about every four to five years - as part of a process known as the universal periodic review. The United States, under Trump, already skipped its appointment

US visa curbs: Will Indian IT firms shift more technology work offshore?

US visa restrictions and the PERM suspension are adding pressure on Indian IT firms to rethink workforce strategies, potentially accelerating the shift towards offshore technology delivery

Meet Nithya Raman, the India-born politician who won LA mayoral race

India-born Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral election, becoming the first South Asian and Asian American to lead the second-largest US city

US AI data centres turn to retired jet engines to meet power demand

With AI infrastructure driving electricity demand, US data centre operators are turning to retired aircraft engines converted into generators to secure power faster

Private jet carrying 9 crashes near Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida

The aircraft crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 PM, approximately nine miles from US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence

Iran warns of wider retaliation even as diplomatic talks with US progress

Diplomatic shuttling continued on Saturday, with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying an Iranian delegation was in Qatar for talks with mediators there

US Secretary of State Rubio hosts Quad meet, wraps up G20 gathering

Rubio hosted a final plenary session with ​foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies during a two-day summit in Atlanta

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang reportedly targeted in Chinese spy plot

US intelligence agencies reportedly identified a Megaspeed executive with ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as a Chinese intelligence asset, raising concerns over AI chip exports.

Refining the crude argument

Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted, and instinctive in India, cutting across party lines. We only undermine our own interests by doing so

Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes despite renewed US push for peace

Russia and Ukraine exchanged missile and drone attacks despite renewed US-led peace efforts, with both sides signalling possible talks in November amid differences over territorial demands.

Rubio urges India to boost US energy, defence buys amid strained ties

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday described India as a refining superpower, adding that the US delegation will discuss with Reliance about producing oil in Venezuela. Asked what role India can play in meeting the world's energy demand, Rubio, who arrived in Mumbai this afternoon on a three-day India visit, said, "India is a refining superpower. They have the capability to refine heavy crude. They've done so in the past, and I think as more and more Venezuelan oil comes online, it's something they can do." "They also, by the way, have pre-existing oil concessions in Venezuela that can produce more themselves," Rubio told reporters in Mumbai. He said all these are positive things. "I'm not claiming to you that Venezuela alone can fill the hole that could be caused by some of the things that are happening around the world, but I think over time, it most certainly can, and in the short term, it can certainly help. "So, that's one of the things we'll talk about. With India,

US bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from civilian government agency IT systems

The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI products and related services from IT systems, citing national security risks and concerns over potential data transfers to China.