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NEW DELHI: The increase in retail prices of petrol and diesel is expected to drive headline inflation print by 10-25 basis points (bps) in the coming months, with analysts cautioning that cascading impact of higher fuel costs could force RBI to reassess its inflation projections for the year.Several companies, which were holding on to price…

US President Donald Trump has raised fresh questions over Washington’s long-standing support for Taiwan, describing the island as “a little bit of a difficult problem” because of China’s geographical and military advantage.“When you look at the odds, China is a very, very powerful, big country. That’s a very small island. Think of it; it’s 59…

Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood Pakistan’s crushing defeat to Bangladesh in the opening Test has reportedly sparked serious dressing-room tension, with captain Shan Masood and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi involved in a heated exchange after the loss.Pakistan were bowled out for just 163 while chasing 268 in Dhaka, slipping to a 104-run defeat —…

Henry Nowak (18), who was in his first year studying accountancy and finance, was walking home from a night out with football mates when he was stabbed to death. (Photo credit: BBC) TOI correspondent from London: A British Indian Sikh man is facing trial for murdering a British white student at Southampton University with a…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set aside Delhi high court order which suspended the jail sentence and granted bail to former BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar, convicted of raping an alleged minor in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, and asked HC to hear the politician’s bail plea afresh during pendency of his appeal against conviction.Sengar’s…

NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur.PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper….

El Nino’s shadow over this year’s monsoon in India may have just got longer. Latest forecasts from international agencies suggest El Nino could be just weeks away, setting in earlier than expected. It’s now likely that the weather condition will prevail during most of the four-month monsoon period as opposed to previous expectations that it’ll…

Govt, in an affidavit, said the issue is not what the appointment process should be, but whether SC can examine Parliament’s chosen mechanism at all NEW DELHI: Justifying the decision to drop the CJI from the appointment panel for the chief election commissioner and election commissioners (ECs), Centre has told Supreme Court that the Constitution…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the West Asia conflict and its implications, including the Strait of Hormuz situation, in their first bilateral meeting since the US-Israel and Iran war started in February. Araghchi said later that he had a fruitful engagement with Jaishankar, discussed regional developments and…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States later this year at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The announcement was made on Friday by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi following talks between Trump and Xi in the Chinese capital. According to the Chinese foreign ministry, Xi will make a state visit to…