File photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London. (AP) London: British PM Keir Starmer on Tuesday averted a parliamentary inquiry over his choice of Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as British ambassador to Washington, but failed to quell questions about whether he bent the…
It almost took less than 24 hours, as in just one day, Amazon moved to capitalize on OpenAI’s new relationship status with Microsoft. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) company launched a preview of OpenAI’s models on its Bedrock platform. The announcement came just hours after the ChatGPT maker ended its exclusive cloud arrangement with Microsoft,…
President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump welcome King Charles III, Queen Camilla at White House during state visit King Charles III called Tuesday for the United States and Britain to renew their longstanding transatlantic alliance, in a speech at a White House state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump amid tensions over Iran and Ukraine.Speaking…
Police have identified the accused as 31-year-old Zaib Zubair Ansari. MUMBAI: A chilling video from Mumbai’s Mira Road has captured the moments a man allegedly confronted and attacked two security guards at an under-construction site in Naya Nagar in what investigators are probing as a possible “lone wolf” terror attack. The footage, filmed from an…
New Delhi: Industrial production growth moderated to a five-month low of 4.1% in March on back of the West Asia conflict. The growth was 3.9% a year ago and a little slower than the 5.1% growth registered in Feb.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) Tuesday estimated that manufacturing sector, which accounts for nearly…
Bangladesh begins fuel loading at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday entered the era of nuclear power generation as its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant began fuel loading in its VVER-1200 reactor – the latest Russian Gen III+ pressurised water reactor technology that India too is looking at for its future nuclear power projects,…
New Delhi: Govt has indicated to exporters that Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) may run container ships to West Asia to help them tide over the problem of high freight costs.Responding to complaints over high input and freight costs, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal is said to have conveyed SCI’s plan during a meeting…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters to turn out in record numbers as Phase-2 polling of the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 got underway.In a post through X, he made a special appeal to women and young voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers, highlighting their crucial role in strengthening the electoral…
Mumbai: The rupee touched a low of 94.57 per dollar on Tuesday, its weakest level since March 30, before closing at 94.54, down 35 paise on the day. The currency’s losses were contained by dollar sales from state-run banks, most likely on behalf of RBI. Meanwhile, sensex settled 0.5% lower at 76,887 while Nifty declined…
New Delhi: Two days before revision of jet fuel (ATF) prices, the airline industry has sent an “SoS” to the Centre, seeking its “urgent intervention” on fuel pricing.While commercial carriers had won a reprieve last month on ATF (aviation turbine fuel) prices, with the hike in base price for domestic flights capped at 25% and…