A senior White House official has claimed that US President Donald Trump has left detailed instructions for Vice President JD Vance in case of an assassination attempt or other emergency during his second term.Sebastian Gorka, who serves as deputy assistant to the President and senior director for counterterrorism, made the remarks during an interview on…
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors is witnessing a surge in electric vehicle demand as rising fuel prices and inflation concerns push more consumers towards lower running-cost mobility options, particularly in the affordable passenger vehicle segment.“There is a sharp jump in just two months; it is about 2 to 2.5 times what it used to be for…
Zohran Mamdani and King Charles (Image/AP) New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday suggested that he would ask King Charles III to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond during the British monarch’s visit to city.The comment came as King Charles and Queen Camilla were in the city for a series of engagements, including a visit to the…
Nihal Sarin (Photo by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: Last February, Nihal Sarin was busy playing a game of online chess in TakeTakeTake’s Titled Tuesday event. His opponent was Armenian player Emin Ohanyan. In a tense endgame, Nihal outwitted his counterpart. With the game played on a computer rather than over the board, a gentleman’s handshake…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will depart for a five-nation tour on Friday, beginning with the UAE, said govt in an official announcement. Modi will visit the UAE, Sweden and the Netherlands on his way to Norway for the India-Nordic summit that was postponed last year in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.Modi will…
Wall Street edged higher on Wednesday, with benchmark indices approaching record levels after a strong two-week rally driven by optimism that the global economy may avoid a worst-case fallout from the US-Iran conflict.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early trade and was on track to surpass its January record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Homes were evacuated and a major security alert was triggered after reports of a car explosion outside a police station in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast in Northern Ireland.Police rushed to the scene in the Kingsway area, where cordons were put in place and residents were asked to leave their homes as a precaution,…
Some quotes stay popular because they sound clever. Others survive because they feel emotionally true, even years later. This line from Diana, Princess of Wales, belongs firmly in the second category. It does not try to impress with complicated language or dramatic philosophy. In fact, part of its power comes from how ordinary it sounds…
The Strait of Hormuz, just 29 nautical miles (54 km) wide at narrowest point may be one of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints. But as disruptions rattles the waterway, an unexpected trend is emerging, as China which is Iran’s biggest oil customer is buying significantly less crude.While Beijing continues to rely on Tehran for…
The United States Court of International Trade on May 7 delivered another setback to Donald Trump’s tariff strategy, striking down the 10% global duties imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The 10% tariffs were imposed by the Trump administration after the US Supreme Court blocked the “Liberation Day tariffs”, which had…