Former Foreign Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla remains hopeful that India will be able to conclude a “satisfactory mutually beneficial” Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US as 50 per cent tariffs kick in on Wednesday.

An Indian-origin administrator has stepped down from his duties as Mayor of an Australian city after he faced a barrage of racist remarks on social media.

A 10-year-old girl died after she was allegedly pushed by a classmate during a quarrel at a primary school in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, police said on Wednesday.