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This financial year, India’s economic numbers might lose some points to the ongoing Middle East chaos. The conflict has dented consumer spending, as households are feeling the pinch of rising costs.Global analytics firm Fitch Ratings on Tuesday cut its FY27 GDP forecast for the country to 6.4% from 6.7% projected earlier. The ratings agency said…
About 61 km from Shillong, Mawsynram sits in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills and is known as the wettest place on Earth. Here, clouds don’t hover above the landscape, they descend directly onto roads, rooftops and fields. During monsoon, visibility can drop within seconds as mist rolls through the village. Tin roofs echo constantly with rain,…
Escape this hot summer with trips to the hills and experience something beyond simply enjoyable temperatures. Many of India’s hill stations are located so high that banks of clouds form and drift below you as you walk, giving you a sense that you are walking on a cloud. These amazing features, paired with mist, dense…
Nepal’s spring Everest climbing season opened this week amid a police probe into an alleged insurance fraud worthe nearly $20 million in which guides, helicopter operators, hospital staff and agents are accused of staging or inflating medical emergencies to trigger costly helicopter evacuations and bogus insurance claims. Police said the methods included mixing baking soda…
Rashee Rice hints at uncertain future with the Kansas City Chiefs as legal battle drama clouds his NFL future.(Image via Getty Images) Rashee Rice, the Kansas City Chiefs’ star player, has found himself in an unstable situation with his team as he is engaged in a messy legal fight with his ex girlfriend, Dacoda Jones.While…
Indonesia coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama, who works with two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, had a close call after an explosion occurred near their location at Dubai International Airport as they were travelling to Birmingham for the All England Championships.Sindhu and Irwansyah were stranded at the airport after flight operations were suspended amid rising tensions…
CHENNAI: India’s solar exporters face a severe jolt after the US commerce department proposed countervailing duties of 125.9% on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from India, citing alleged subsidies. The preliminary finding covers shipments to the US, which absorbs more than 95% of India’s solar cell and module exports.The duty is likely to wipe out the…
What was once seen as the engine of India’s clean fuel transition is now grappling with oversupply, with ethanol production capacity significantly exceeding current blending needs.Industry estimates show nearly 20 billion litres of installed ethanol capacity, with another 4 billion litres expected shortly, against an annual requirement of about 11 billion litres to meet the…
NEW DELHI: Australia’s players will be firmly in Ireland’s corner on Tuesday as the Lorcan Tucker-led side face Zimbabwe in their Group B clash at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.It has been a disastrous campaign for Australia in this marquee tournament, and their qualification hopes now hang by a thread. They must register a thumping…
Height 472.4 m (1,550 ft) Floors 98 Completed 2020 Leading the list is the Central Park Tower in New York City, USA. Standing tall at 1,550 ft above sea level, this is the highest ever built residential building worldwide. Rising above Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row, this slender building overlooks the famous Central Park and the Hudson…
