School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top international, national other news of August 21
National
Five Delhi schools get bomb threat, third such incident in 4 days
NDA's VP pick CP Radhakrishnan files nomination
Online gaming bill gets LS approval within 7 minutes
Amid Trump tariffs, Jaishankar invites Russian firms to engage more intensively
No change in blood donation rules for transpersons: Government
Rajya Sabha approves bill to set up IIM in Guwahati
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta attacked during public meet at residence, attacker held
International
Frank Caprio, 'America's nicest judge', dies at 88
Russia says oil trade with India won't be hit despite Trump tariffs
Cindy Singh, accused of fleeing to India after 6-year-old son's murder, arrested by FBI
Sports
Shreyas Iyer to replace Rohit Sharma as India's new ODI captain
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Time of India
5 minutes ago
- Time of India
India's oil purchase from US increasing, we're not biggest buyer of Russian oil: EAM Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday said that India's oil purchase from the US has been consistently increasing, as the August 27 deadline set by the Donald Trump administration to impose additional 25 per cent tariffs on India for buying Russian energy inches closer. During a press briefing here, EAM Jaishankar said that India is not the biggest purchaser of Russian oil. "That is China. We are not the biggest purchasers of LNG; that is the European Union. We are not the country which has the biggest trade surge with Russia after 2022; I think there are some countries to the South," the EAM emphasised. He further stated that "We are a country where the Americans have said for the last few years that we should do everything to stabilise the world energy market, including buying oil from Russia". "Incidentally, we also buy oil from the US, and that amount has increased," EAM Jaishankar told the media. The EAM said it is not only about oil, but India and Russia are "going forward" in looking at nuclear energy, greater market access, fertilisers, and labour mobility - something which he is "really very satisfied with". According to official figures, India's oil and gas imports from the US have jumped by as much as 51 per cent from January to June this year. The country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from the US also nearly doubled to $2.46 billion in the financial year 2024-25 from $1.41 billion in 2023-24. India has increased purchases of oil from the US, with Indian Oil Corporation , the country's largest oil company, placing orders of around 2 million barrels of oil in August for October delivery. Indian Oil Corporation has bought another cargo of US crude in August for delivery in October. India also bought 2 million barrels per day of Russian oil in August against orders placed in June and July to replace purchases from Iraq due to geopolitical tensions in the region. The increase in Russian flow was at the cost of purchases from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to Kpler data. Meanwhile, Deputy Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India, Roman Babushkin, on Wednesday reaffirmed that crude oil exports to India will remain steady despite the evolving global sanctions and trade pressures. The Deputy Ambassador highlighted that trade between the two countries has grown nearly sevenfold in recent years, with Russia supplying around 250 million tonnes of oil annually to India, offering an average discount of five per cent subject to negotiation.
Indian Express
5 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Satan fears Donald Trump, Tim Cook gifts him gold and Washington is under military control in new South Park episode
The highest office of the United States of America is under attack from the television community. Late-night show hosts like Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert already dedicate the start of every episode to bringing down President Donald Trump, and now the show South Park has taken another shot at Trump. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker aren't backing down and have now taken their onslaught on Trump's reign to another level. Borrowing from real-life events around Trump's plan for reclassifying marijuana, the premise of the entire episode is a plea for him to do the same. The viewers of the show will be familiar with the character Towelie, who is basically a towel who likes to be stoned all the time. Towelie takes a trip to Washington DC in order to push the president over the edge so that he can continue his recreational activities without judgement, but that isn't the only goal. Apparently Randy Marsh (another character) wants to turn his marijuana farm into a global tech company, and he needs Trump's help to do it. ALSO READ: Jimmy Kimmel slams CBS' reason for cancelling Stephen Colbert's The Late Show: 'This is beyond nonsensical' The city shown in the episode is under full military control, with tanks patrolling the roads in front of the Capitol Building. Even the Union Station is swarming with military personnel; somewhere the real-life vice president and the defence secretary of the country actually went and were welcomed by travellers with some jeering. Towelie gets into a long line, filled with people trying to appease the leader and get their demands heard. Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of the people in this line, and he gifts the president a 24-karat golden plaque (another event that took place in real life). Towelie gets his chance, and through a hologram, Marsh explains his plan to Trump. The president keeps Towelie for himself in the White House, where our stoner friend meets Satan. Remember the episode where Donald Trump was in bed with Satan? Yeah, that relationship is now out of the window, and Satan can be seen hyperventilating in the bathroom. He says to Towelie, 'What am I doing here? Towelie tells him, 'Please, I want to get out of here,' to which Satan replies, 'So do I, but there is no escape from this place.' The episode also pokes fun at ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and shows them rounding up all the workers at Marsh's marijuana farm. The president's office has responded to the past references made by the show, but they haven't commented about the recent episode.
NDTV
5 minutes ago
- NDTV
Moscow Interest in Joint Energy Projects With India, Says Russia's Foreign Minister
Moscow: Russia and India have achieved good results in energy cooperation and Moscow is interested in working on joint energy projects with New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Indian counterpart in Moscow on Thursday. Moscow and New Delhi have talked up their "strategic partnership" since US President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on imports from India earlier this month because of its purchases of Russian oil. "We have good results in cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector, in the supply of Russian oil to the Indian market. And we have a mutual interest in implementing joint projects for the extraction of energy resources, including in the Russian Federation - in the Far East and on the Arctic shelf," Lavrov said. He was talking at a joint news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow. Russia was able to divert its exports of oil, a significant source of state revenue, away from Europe and mainly to China and India after the West imposed sanctions on Moscow over its conflict in Ukraine. India and China are the biggest buyers of Russia's oil. Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday that Russia expected to continue supplying oil to India despite pressure from the United States, adding that Moscow hoped trilateral talks with India and China would soon take place.
