Ukranian president Zelenskyy announced during a press conference that they are ordering preemptive strikes on Russian war facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered preemptive attacks on facilities Russia is using for its war, as Kyiv expands its drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure in an attempt to force Moscow into talks.“I instructed our intelligence…
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and his counterpart US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer spent the last two days reviewing the progress of the trade deal with market access, digital trade, supply chain resilience, reduction of non-tariff barriers and expanded cooperation in strategic sectors being on the table.While the initial tranche of the…
NCERT Textbooks adds a new section on Emergency New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has, for the first time, introduced a section on the Emergency in a Class IX textbook, describing it as “one of the major challenges” to Indian democracy during a period when a majority of Fundamental Rights…
MUMBAI: Amazon chief Andy Jassy is stepping up the company’s quick commerce push in India, having lost a lot of ground to local competitors Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto and amid an aggressive ramp up of Minutes by e-commerce rival Flipkart.Jassy, who is on his first visit to India since assuming the CEO’s office in…
Donald Trump loses temper at fellow Republican over Iran (File photo) US President Donald Trump and Republican Senator Bill Cassidy engaged in a heated shouting match during a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday (local time), exposing growing divisions within the GOP over Trump’s handling of Iran and his broader political agenda. The confrontation…
Venezuela declares state of emergency after powerful earthquakes; Acting President Rodriguez confirms fatalities (Image source: ANI) Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after two powerful earthquakes and a series of aftershocks rocked the country, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and prompting fears of significant casualties.The earthquakes, which struck…
Noel to step down from 6 Tata companies boards in November Mumbai: Come Nov, Noel Tata will step down from the boards of six Tata group companies as he turns 70, triggering the conglomerate’s retirement age limit for non- executive directors. Noel, who chairs Tata Trusts, the foundations that control the group’s holding company, Tata…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate arrested Harpreet Singh Talwar, a known figure in Delhi‘s party circuit who once held the nightclub franchise of Playboy Club, Wednesday for smuggling drugs in collusion with Pakistanis and Afghan nationals allegedly aligned with ISI.Talwar, who ran the nightclub from Samrat Hotel and was linked, along with others, with the…
NEW DELHI: A day after it searched nine premises of Rajesh Exports Ltd, ED said Wednesday it has found suspicious foreign transactions of Rs 3,000 crore through UAE, could not find any evidence of a Rs 1,035 crore investment it claimed to have made in African mines, and found that the MD of the company,…
Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (7) celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Brazil in Miami Gardens, Fla., Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Vinícius Júnior continued his outstanding FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign by writing his name into Brazilian football history during the Seleção’s…