Data reveals a decline in India’s US T-bill investments in June compared to the previous year, whilst its gold reserves increased during this period. (AI image) US Treasury bills seem to be losing favour, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stepping up gold holdings to increase India’s foreign exchange reserves. India’s central bank has…
Security personnel with the whistleblower, in mask, near a site of an alleged burial related to the Dharmasthala mass burial case (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sujata Bhat, who had previously alleged that her daughter Ananya disappeared from the Dharmasthala temple premises in 2003, had reportedly expressed her desire to withdraw the complaint during the Special…
Rohit Sharma named Shikhar Dhawan as the funniest player in the Indian team that was also his go-to for whenever he wanted a laugh (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) India’s ODI captain Rohit Sharma recently lifted the lid on some dressing room memories, recalling the light-hearted moments he has shared with former opener Shikhar Dhawan….
A private investigation led by a British lawmaker has identified “gang-based child sexual exploitation” in at least 85 areas across the UK, amid an ongoing national inquiry into grooming gangs. The investigation, set up by Independent MP Rupert Lowe, found that “rape gangs”, predominantly comprising men of Pakistani heritage, have been active for decades and…
Buried nearly a kilometre beneath the Atlantic seabed west of Guinea-Bissau lies a geological time-capsule: gigantic 117-million-year-old mud waves sculpted by dense, underwater avalanches. A new study published in Global and Planetary Change reveals that these ancient structures were formed when early Atlantic waters carved through the Earth’s crust, much earlier than previously believed. This…
China on Thursday criticised the United States for imposing steep new tariffs on India over its continued purchase of Russian oil, calling it a clear case of “tariff abuse” and urging restraint. The strong response came after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order placing an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods,…
A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: UN reports are not widely read. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed countries on Friday on the report, produced by his UN80 reform taskforce that focused on how UN staff implement thousands of mandates given to them by bodies like the General…
Elon Musk-led Tesla to pay $243 mn in Florida crash case A federal jury in Miami has ruled that Tesla must pay over $200 million in damages after finding its Autopilot driver-assist technology was partly responsible for a fatal 2019 crash that killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and severely injured Dillon Angulo in Florida.The jury…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Wednesday said it has had 263 ‘findings’ (lapses found during audits) across eight airlines in the last one year. Among big airlines, 51 ‘findings’ were at Air India, followed by 25 at Air India Express and 23 at IndiGo.Of the total 263, 19 were level one…
FILE – Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) As President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second term on January 20, 2025, a less visible but deeply consequential shift began to take place across the country….