Four fertiliser ships exit Hormuz NEW DELHI: Four ships carrying around 1.8 lakh tonnes of urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and sulphur have crossed the Strait of Hormuz and are now heading to ports in India, the fertiliser department said on Monday.The ships crossed the conflict-hit sea channel last week. TOI has learnt they sailed through…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Imran Masood on Friday targeted activist Sonam Wangchuk for ending his 26-day hunger strike and accused him of “striking a deal” with the government.Terming the climate activist “Anna part two”, Masood said that just as Anna Hazare remained silent for 12 years, Sonam Wangchuk would also remain silent from now on.“He…
Image credit: Korea Times South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has nominated Han Seong-sook, the country’s minister for small and midsize businesses and startups, to be prime minister, the presidential office said on Sunday.If approved by parliament, Han would become South Korea’s first female prime minister in 20 years.Han, who previously served as chief executive of…
Retired analyst claims top prize in Who Wants To Be a Millionaire quiz show A correct sequence of 15 answers brought victory for Roman Dubowski, a former IT specialist based in Stockport. He secured a £1m jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, becoming the seventh contestant to reach the top prize on the…
AIADMK factions are moving towards reconciliation, signaling an end to internal rifts CHENNAI: Warring factions within the AIADMK on Wednesday moved towards reconciliation, with leaders from both camps signalling unity and a possible end to the internal rift.“It is over. We are all together like mother and child,” former minister K C Veeramani said after…
MUMBAI: Parle Products retained its position as India’s Most Chosen In-Home FMCG brand for the 14th consecutive year, while Britannia once again topped the Out-of-Home rankings, showed the annual Brand Footprint India report published by Worldpanel by Numerator on Thursday.The study tracks Consumer Reach Points (CRP), a measure combining how many consumers buy a brand…
Dalal Street ended Thursday on a bright note, with benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty closing nearly 1% higher. The momentum was buoyed by a sharp rally in IT stocks and easing crude oil prices as geopolitical tensions showed signs of cooling. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 579.48 points, or 0.75%, to close at 77,502.12…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming the longest serving elected Prime Minister of India. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that PM Modi is “strong, healthy and wise man” and will have many years of “greatness and success” ahead of him. “Congratulations to my friend,…
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…
FDI was supposed to be the dependable kind of foreign money — the kind that built factories, brought technology and stayed for the long haul. FPI was the flighty cousin, quick to exit when markets turned. But India’s net FDI has now shrunk to a trickle as rising repatriation and disinvestment offset strong inflows. What…