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Oil prices surged to $120 a barrel before retreating to $102 Monday as Saudi Arabia was reported to be cutting output, adding to the supply squeeze due to disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.Finance ministers of developed G7 nations, who met Monday evening, deferred plans to tap their strategic reserves to cool down the global…

NEW DELHI: The company you keep may shape your life – and if it includes stressful or toxic people, it could even make you age faster.A new international study suggests that difficult or persistently stressful people in one’s social circle may quietly accelerate biological ageing and affect overall health.Researchers analysing social network data and biological…

NEW DELHI: Nearly 97% of employers in India say English proficiency among employees is more important today than it was five years ago, while 87% believe the rapid adoption of AI is increasing the need for English skills at workplace, according to a global survey by ETS (Educational Testing Service), the organisationwhich is behind the…

NEW DELHI: Days after it criticised Bengal govt for frequently rushing to SC with ‘vague and irrelevant’ reasons to delay the ongoing SIR of the state’s poll rolls, petitions by persons complaining against deletion of their names from voter lists saw the court finding itself facing the same issue, leading an exasperated bench of CJI…

NEW DELHI: A call sign confusion led to IndiGo’s flight to Manchester on Monday flying for over 13 hours and then returning to Delhi from over Africa.The reason: The aircraft operating was a wet-leased (hired with operating crew) Norse Atlantic Boeing 787 which had got the clearance. But being operated by IndiGo and the clearance…

NFL Trade News: Atlanta Falcons linked to $124M Miami Dolphins quarterback (Image via Getty: Atlanta Falcons logo and Miami Dolphins logo) ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques reports the Miami Dolphins will release their longstanding quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, after the start of the new league year [March 11 at 4:00 PM ET]. The move will result in an…

As the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran enters its second week, Iran’s leadership is showing visible signs of internal strain, even as officials continue to publicly reject calls from Washington for an “unconditional surrender” and vow to continue fighting.The divisions have come into sharper focus after the death of Iran’s supreme leader…

Pakistan on Monday announced a series of austerity measures aimed at reducing fuel consumption, including temporary school closures, reduced government fuel allowances and a four-day workweek for public offices, as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East threatens energy supplies.Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said the measures were being introduced to conserve fuel and manage…

Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigned all of a sudden, citing “inappropriate relationship” and the university’s Board of Trustees accepted the resignation in an emergency board meeting on March 7. Carter told trustees in advance of that meeting that he had an inappropriate relationship with “someone seeking public resources to support her personal business.”…

Japan has begun preparations to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles, with launchers arriving at an army camp in Kumamoto Prefecture early Monday, officials said.The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles are set to be operational at Camp Kengun by the end of March, completing the initial deployment phase, chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara…