Rupee continues to weaken against US dollar Rupee remained under pressure against the US dollar on Wednesday, slipping 3 paise to 95.97 in early trade. The fall came as demand for the greenback from state-run oil marketing companies and higher crude oil prices weighed the currency down.Rupee began the session at 95.87 at the interbank…
File photo: A student walks past a burning bicycle next to the Baggio High School, blocked in protest of the government’s release of next year’s draft budget, in Lille, France France was hit by a nationwide wave of strikes and student protests, with civil servants walking off the job and high school students blocking hundreds…
Google has announced a major initiative to help 25,000 US veterans and military families transition into skilled trade careers, as demand for electricians, pipefitters, and project managers surges amid the AI-driven data center boom. Tim Chadwick, Google’s Data Center Operations Area Lead, says there are “hundreds of thousands” of skilled trade jobs open across the…
A 34-year-old woman was discovered dead in a hotel room in SR Nagar after her male companion left HYDERABAD: A 34-year-old woman was found murdered inside a OYO hotel room in SR Nagar on Tuesday, hours after the man she had been staying with allegedly left the premises, telling hotel staff that she would check…
The main exterior with the large circular/“hobbit” entrance (Photo: Homes.com) A 30-acre estate in Provo, Utah, inspired by The Lord of the Rings, has received a $5 million price cut and is now listed for $38 million, Realtor reported. The 32-room property was previously asking $43 million. It includes a nearly 23,000-square-foot main house, a…
India’s Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav celebrate after winning gold in the compound mixed team event at the 2026 Asian Games. The duo edged South Korea 20-19 in a shoot-off after the final was tied at 157-157. India’s compound archery campaign at the Asian Games produced another gold medal on Wednesday as Chikitha Taniparthi and…
The Delhi High Court recently directed a son and his wife to vacate his parents’ house. (Image for representative purpose only) Your husband buys a property in your name. Does that give your son an automatic right to co-ownership by staying there? What if the son claims to have spent money on construction?In one such…
Shoaib Akhtar-Mohsin Naqvi Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could soon move from being one of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s most vocal critics to having a role in shaping its cricketing decisions.Akhtar is reportedly in line for a major position within the PCB as chairman Mohsin Naqvi looks to restructure the board’s cricket think tank…
Dalal Street is set for a crucial session after the benchmark indices extended their losses in the previous sessions. The market outlook remains shaped by elevated crude oil prices, persistent foreign fund selling, currency movements and global rate expectations. Domestic equities have faced correction-led headwinds, with continued FII outflows and elevated US Treasury yields adding…
Meta Platforms has recruited MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai to head its new enterprise initiative focused on AI tools. BENGALURU: Indian-origin technology executive Chirantan “CJ” Desai has been named head of Meta’s new enterprise platform, less than a year after taking over as CEO of database company MongoDB. As chief enterprise platform officer, he will report…