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NEW DELHI: India on Thursday raised serious concerns at the United Nations over threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, urging the immediate restoration of safe navigation and calling for restraint and de-escalation amid continuing tensions in the Middle East.Addressing the UN General Assembly debate under the Veto Initiative on “The Situation in…

Oil prices fell in early trade on Friday, extending losses as optimism grew that the Middle East conflict may be nearing an end following a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and fresh signals of possible US-Iran talks over the weekend.Brent crude futures declined $1.34, or 1.35%, to $98.05 a barrel, while US West Texas…

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI‘s Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane is reportedly very upset with all AI doomers. For those unaware, AI doomers are those who believe that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence pose an existential, extinction-level threat to humanity. In an interview with The San Francisco Standard, he termed such conversations around AI irresponsible. “Some of…

Jefferies has a buy rating on Adani Enterprises with the target price cut to Rs 2,600 from Rs 2,750. Analysts said Adani Airports is facing near term traffic softness, delaying Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL) ramp-up, but non-aero revenues and airport-led real estate monetisation continue to build. They also said that the company’s new energy…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said “he would go to Pakistan” if a peace agreement between the United States and Iran is finalised in Islamabad.“I would go to Pakistan, yeah,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for Las Vegas. “If the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go. They want…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israeli forces will continue to remain in southern Lebanon during the ongoing 10-day ceasefire, asserting that “we are not leaving.”In a video statement issued after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, Netanyahu said, “We will remain in a 10-kilometre security zone, which will allow us to…

‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, starring Ranveer Singh, continues its dominant theatrical run, crossing the Rs 1,100 crore mark at the Indian box office while adding a new record to list of the highest fourth-week collections.Dhurandhar 2 Review ‘Dhurandhar 2’ week 4 collection The Aditya Dhar directorial appears to have showed signs of slowing down at the…

New Delhi: A weaker rupee and a change in the base year for GDP have resulted in India slipping one rank to be the sixth largest economy in dollar terms during 2025, latest estimates released by the International Monetary Fund showed.According to IMF data, India was the fifth largest economy in 2024 with GDP at…

In an unprecedented move, the newly formed govt led by PM Balendra Shah in Nepal has set up a five-member judicial panel to investigate the assets of people who held public offices from 2006 to the fiscal year 2025-26, opening the widest scrutiny yet of the country’s post-monarchy political and bureaucratic elite.The move will bring…

New Delhi: As he held talks with visiting Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, PM Narendra Modi stressed that India and Austria backed stable, sustainable and lasting peace in Ukraine and West Asia, reiterating that military conflict will not resolve issues. The visit, the first by an Austrian chancellor in 42 years, saw over a dozen agreements…