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The Middle East is on the boil but your wallet might feel the heat too as the ongoing conflict ripples across your grocery bills. The crisis is set to impact your daily dal-chawal, dry fruit and your sweet tooth craving as prices are expected to rise up to even a whopping 30%, according to traders….
The ongoing US-Israel conflict with Iran has both geopolitical and economic consequences for the world, and India is expected to be impacted too if it persists. Policymakers are closely monitoring crude oil prices and cargo movement following the renewed tensions in the Middle East, though they maintain that it is premature to gauge the broader…
The lavish and ultramodern city of Dubai also came under the radar amid the massive unrest in the Arab world, as grief-stricken Iran unleashed strikes on multiple nations in the Middle East following the killing of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top leaders in a coordinated attack carried out by the…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (File photo) A newly released high-resolution satellite image revealed significant destruction at the official residence compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, following US-Israeli military strikes early Saturday morning.The image, captured by Airbus Defence and Space and obtained by The New York Times, shows multiple collapsed buildings, heavy structural…
NEW DELHI: In an unusual introspective remark, Chief Justice Surya Kant-led bench of the Supreme Court on Friday said on several occasions the apex court passes sweeping orders unmindful of India’s social ground realities and without understanding their adverse impact on the social fabric.When a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the sedition provision…
Travelling is always fun, but can be stressful too at times, especially when you are travelling abroad. While some countries ease you in gently, many add to the shock value too. Just like India that can both overwhelm, scare, and surprise foreign visitors.A foreign traveler was recently on a 15-day journey through Delhi, Jaipur and…
IBM share price crash (AI image) IBM share price crash: Anthropic’s latest business move has hit shares of International Business Machines Corp or IBM hard. The stock tumbled on Monday after artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced that its Claude Code tool can assist in upgrading COBOL, an aging programming language predominantly operated on IBM systems.In…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying percentile for NEET-PG 2025-26 would affect standards in postgraduate medical education.Justice Narasimha observed that while the Union was justified in stating that NEET-PG was not an entry-level MBBS exam and that candidates are already qualified doctors, the…
Eighty-six countries and two international organisations have signed the AI Impact Summit declaration, signalling broad global support for shared principles on responsible and inclusive artificial intelligence, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. The declaration was adopted at the conclusion of the India AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi, with signatories including the US,…
New Delhi: The impact of AI on the labour market will be like a “tsunami” and can create havoc in financial markets, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday, while estimating that it can lift global growth by 0.8%.The IMF managing director estimated that nearly 40% of jobs in emerging markets and 60%…
