Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday, as expected, kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of a ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month-and-a-half-long conflict in West Asia has disrupted energy supplies, driven up crude oil prices, and created fiscal and inflationary pressures…
Cuddalore(Tamil Nadu): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that free bus travel scheme for women could undermine the financial viability of projects like metro rail, and claimed that Modi doesn’t seem to care for women. The remark came as he was addressing a…
Washington: US envoy to India Sergio Gor met US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick here and discussed the commercial roadmap for the two countries and the opening up of a market of 1.4 billion people for American products. In a social media post, Gor said he discussed with Lutnick a new Memorandum of Understanding that seeks…
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday invited the US and Iran for talks in Islamabad on Friday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a social media post announced that the US and Iran, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire amid the ongoing West Asia conflict. “With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce…
Vinay Rao At a time when cricket seasons across India are already in full swing, Hyderabad finds itself confronting a question that should never arise in any serious sporting ecosystem: will the season begin—or be stopped before it even takes off? While associations in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, and Karnataka have moved ahead with seamless scheduling,…
Dubai/Jerusalem/Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian infrastructure. Trump’s announcement on social media represented an abrupt turnaround from earlier in the day, when he issued an…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would win the upcoming elections despite what he alleged were attempts by the BJP to manipulate the process. He also questioned the basis of the proposed women’s reservation exercise in Parliament during an interaction with reporters here. Responding to…
New York: Billionaire Gautam Adani has moved a US court seeking dismissal of a US Securities and Exchange Commission’s securities fraud lawsuit, arguing the case represents an impermissible extraterritorial application of US law and fails for lack of personal jurisdiction. The SEC had sued Adani Group founder and his nephew, Sagar, in November 2024, alleging…
New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilisation will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified. In a post on X,…
Guwahati: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned a rain-curtailed IPL match into a fireworks show as Rajasthan Royals registered a commanding 27-run win over Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday. Rajasthan amassed an imposing 150 for 3 in 11 overs, riding on Jaiswal’s unbeaten 32-ball 77 and Sooryavanshi’s explosive 39 after being sent in to bat….
