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CLSA maintains an outperform rating on Reliance Industries, citing improved confidence in its new ventures. HSBC has a reduce rating on Avenue Supermart, noting its pricing advantage is not substantial. Morgan Stanley raises Delhivery’s target price, expecting strong volume growth and margin expansion due to a favorable industry environment. CLSA has an outperform rating on…

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended greetings to those celebrating Holi, describing the Hindu festival as a time that marks the arrival of spring and symbolises the triumph of good over evil.The message was shared on X by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who…

LONDON: An Indian-origin senior British diplomat has quit the UK foreign office, criticising it for being woke, stuffed with paper-pushers and underperformers and putting the “worship of international law” above national security.In a column in the UK Times titled ‘Foreign Office fails to put Britain first’, Ameer Kotecha wrote: “Our impotence on Iran and craven…

Mohammad Kaif and Mohammad Amir (Agency Image) Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has delivered a sharp response to ex-Pakistan quick Mohammad Amir after the latter continued to cast doubts over India’s campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup.Amir had initially predicted that India would stumble against the West Indies and miss out on a semifinal…

File photo: General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Iran is launching significantly fewer missiles and drones than it did at the start of the war on Saturday, the United States’ top military officer said on Wednesday, even as Washington signalled an expansion of its offensive deeper into Iranian territory.“We will now…

India’s Abhishek Sharma drops the catch of West Indies’ Roston Chase (ANI Photo) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel has flagged India’s slipping standards in the field as a major worry ahead of their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal against England at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.Despite an impressive run to the last four, India’s…

MUMBAI: The government’s decision to hold back cuts in retail petrol and diesel prices despite the earlier fall in global crude has given oil marketing companies (OMCs) room to cushion the impact of fresh spikes. According to a report by Nomura, this buffer means that a 10% rise in crude oil prices is likely to…

Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into…

Ashmolean museum acquired the statue in 1967. In 2019, a French scholar flagged that its provenance was unclear, leading to a probe A 16th-century bronze statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, taken from a temple in Tamil Nadu, is among several Indian heritage items that are being returned to India from the UK.The Ashmolean Museum in…

File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the American campaign against Iran was performing beyond expectations, rating it “about a 15” on a scale of 10 and pledging to press ahead with operations alongside Israel.“We’re doing well on the war front, to put it mildly. Somebody said on a…