Global crude oil prices are likely to decline to an average of $79 per barrel by 2027 as oil production in the Middle East gradually increases, news agency ANI reported citing the latest outlook released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).The agency said Brent crude prices, which surged sharply following disruptions around the Strait…
Despite a mandate for free maternal services in public healthcare, out-of-pocket expenditure for maternal care remains a significant burden on Indian families, primarily incurred for medications and diagnostic procedures, as per a journal published at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine last year. In public health centres, the largest proportion of…
From a small rural hut in India to invitations to high-level NASA-linked programmes, Dr Anand Megalingam’s journey does not feel like a straight academic success story. It feels more like something stitched together through setbacks, sudden turns, and long stretches of uncertainty. A tractor driver’s son who once walked kilometres to school, later dropping out…
Bengaluru continues to stand tall as one of India’s most resilient and future-focused real estate markets. Driven by its robust technology ecosystem, expanding infrastructure network and steady influx of global corporations, the city has evolved into a dynamic urban powerhouse. Against this dynamic backdrop, the Times Real Estate Awards 2026 is set to bring together…
US senator Eric Schmitt derides India’s ‘visa temple’ in his tirade against H-1B visa program. Senator Eric Schmitt who is a staunch critic of the H-1B visa and the OPT (Optional Practical Training) targeted India’s Chilkoor Balaji temple in his latest tirade against visa fraud and said American workers should not have to compete against…
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group on Thursday reported a 57.4 per cent decline in net profit to 1.184 billion Singapore dollars (SGD) for the financial year ended March 2026, impacted by losses from Air India and the absence of a one-time accounting gain recorded in the previous year from the Air India-Vistara merger, PTI reported.The airline…
VD Satheesan and Shehzad Poonawalla (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Hours after the Congress announced VD Satheesan as Kerala’s next chief minister, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the party, alleging that the decision was influenced by the Indian Union Muslim League and accusing the Congress of surrendering to its alliance partner.Soon after the announcement, BJP…
In a discovery that mirrors the cinematic history of its location, archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb containing the remains of 12 people and a mysterious ceramic chalice beneath the Treasury at Petra. The archaeologist Pearce Paul Creasman, of the American Centre of Research, revealed a chamber filled with complete skeletal remains and grave goods…
VD Satheesan has been chosen as Kerala’s next chief minister after the Congress-led UDF secured a decisive election victory. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping projected a cooperative tone during their Beijing summit amid efforts to stabilise US-China ties. The Election Commission of India has announced Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision exercise covering 16…
A satellite survey in Sudan’s Atbai Desert has uncovered 280 large stone burial monuments. These findings unveil the social complexity of a long-lost society of cattle herders. The study, published in the African Archaeological Review, explores these structures known as ‘Atbai Enclosure Burials’ (AEBs). Dating back to the Middle and Late Holocene, with diameters reaching…