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As part of their limited-time offer, IndiGo is offering all-inclusive one-way fares starting from INR 1,499 for domestic and INR 4,499 for international flights for customers.

IndiGo announces ‘Summer Sale’: Domestic flights start at Rs 1,499, international trips at Rs 4,999

April 16, 2025 13:21 IST

As part of their limited-time offer, IndiGo is offering all-inclusive one-way fares starting from INR 1,499 for domestic and INR 4,499 for international flights for customers.

China appoints new top trade negotiator amid tariff tensions with US

April 16, 2025 11:59 IST

Earlier on Wednesday, China announced its economy expanded at a 5.4% annual pace in January-March, supported by strong exports.

White House starting new media policy to restrict wire services’ access to president

April 16, 2025 09:40 IST

The move would block the AP and other wire services that serve billions of readers through thousands of news outlets.

Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with hundreds fearing deportation

April 16, 2025 01:45 IST

Many of the students losing their legal status are from India and China, which together account for more than half the international students at American colleges.

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Indian Express wins 2 awards for best use of AI and podcast at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards South Asia 2025

April 15, 2025 22:10 IST

All Gold winners from WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards South Asia will automatically qualify for WAN-IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards, competing with top newsrooms from across the globe.

Civilian death toll in Sudan’s Darfur attacks tops 300 in 2 days as war nears 2-year mark, says UN

April 15, 2025 09:57 IST

Sudan plunged into conflict on April 15, 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions.

Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That’s likely illegal

April 15, 2025 07:23 IST

A second case highlights the risks of sending people to El Salvador. The administration admits it sent a Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, erroneously to El Salvador.

Yoon’s trial on rebellion charges opens in South Korea. Here’s what to know

April 15, 2025 07:05 IST

Yoon's decision to declare military rule and send troops to Seoul streets in December made him the country's first president to be indicted while in office.

Former Colorado deputy gets 3 years in prison for fatally shooting man who called for help

April 15, 2025 06:55 IST

Andrew Buen was convicted in February of criminally negligent homicide in the 2022 death of Christian Glass, which drew national attention to reform how authorities respond to people.

China’s Xi Jinping says there are ‘no winners’ in tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia

April 14, 2025 10:47 IST

Although Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, as he has kept in place 145% tariffs on the world's second-largest economy.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro recovering after 12-hour surgery

April 14, 2025 06:58 IST

Bolsonaro, 70, was hospitalized on Friday after feeling strong abdominal pain during an event with supporters in northeastern Brazil, forcing him to break off a regional tour.

South Korea’s ousted leader Yoon due in court as criminal trial starts

April 14, 2025 06:08 IST

Yoon, who has denied all charges against him, is due to attend the trial at the Seoul Central District Court on Monday at 10 am as required by law for a defendant in a criminal trial.

Trump-appointed official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves State Department

April 14, 2025 06:01 IST

President Trump's administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has slashed funding and dismissed contractors.

Hungarian opposition leader tells supporters will restore Western alliances if he defeats Orban

April 14, 2025 01:49 IST

Since taking power in 2010, he and his Fidesz party have led the country with a two-thirds majority in parliament, and easily defeated any opposition.

Trump ‘fully fit’ to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

April 14, 2025 00:49 IST

Trump may be the oldest person elected to the nation's highest office, but he is four years behind Democrat Joe Biden, who was 82 when his presidential term ended in January.

Aid worker missing after deadly attack on colleagues is held by Israel, ICRC says

April 13, 2025 23:18 IST

The UN and the Red Crescent accused Israeli forces of killing them after they were dispatched to respond to reports of injuries from Israeli airstrikes.

Tanzania’s main opposition party faces election ban after leader is charged with treason

April 13, 2025 19:58 IST

Human rights activists have accused the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan of heavy-handed tactics against the opposition. The government denies the claims.

Trump receives standing ovation as he enters UFC event in Miami

April 13, 2025 12:30 IST

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also joined Trump for UFC 314.

New laws complicate Wyoming’s abortion situation as bans set to be argued in state Supreme Court

April 13, 2025 11:33 IST

“This is an abortion ban without banning abortion,” said Julie Burkhart, founder and president of Wellspring Health Access.

Myanmar shaken by new earthquake in one of the biggest aftershocks since March 28 temblor

April 13, 2025 11:08 IST

There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties caused by the new quake, one of the strongest of hundreds of aftershocks from the March 28 temblor.

UK govt takes over day-to-day running of British Steel from Chinese owner Jingye

April 13, 2025 07:46 IST

PM Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting, only the sixth since World War II, to back a bill primarily aimed at blocking British Steel's Chinese owners, Jingye Group.

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro transferred to Brasilia after hospitalization for abdominal pain

April 13, 2025 05:21 IST

Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning while traveling in northeastern Brazil. The pain was caused by a bowel obstruction.

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Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Central Europe leads to animal culls and border closures

April 12, 2025 15:41 IST

The outbreak was first detected on a cattle farm in northwestern Hungary in early March, and animals on three farms in neighboring Slovakia tested positive for the highly transmissible virus two weeks later.

Bihar govt revamps tourism policy to attract hotel investments, boost job opportunities for people with disabilities

April 12, 2025 13:36 IST

To further modernise Bihar’s hospitality infrastructure, the government has floated Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for constructing hotels on three strategic sites — Hotel Patliputra Ashok, Bankipur Bus Stand, and Sultan Palace.

Turkey releases over 120 people charged with taking part in anti-government protests

April 10, 2025 22:40 IST

More than 2,000 people were detained for taking part in the country’s largest mass demonstrations in more than a decade. Of those, some 300 were jailed awaiting trial.