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Host Conan O’Brien appears during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The 98th Oscars hosted by Conan O’Brien saw a dip in ratings after several years of gains. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said that just under 17.9 million viewers tuned into Sunday’s…
Energy-efficiency star labelling will become mandatory for a wider range of appliances, including refrigerators, televisions, LPG gas stoves, cooling towers and chillers, from January 1, as part of the government’s push to curb power consumption.According to a gazette notification issued by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), as reported by PTI, the mandatory star-labelling regime…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday cited India’s strong growth and sovereign rating upgrades to counter claims that the country was a “dead economy”, telling the Lok Sabha that such upgrades would not have been possible if the economy were weak, PTI reported.Responding to Opposition members who sought the government’s reaction to US President Donald…
Indian corporates with inadequate foreign-exchange hedging could face rating pressure if the rupee weakens sharply, global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings cautioned in a new commentary released on Thursday. The agency said that companies in sectors with limited natural hedges remain the most vulnerable to currency swings, ANI reported.Fitch noted that “in sectors with significant…
Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India’s strong economic growth. Excerpts: How do you look at global economy, given…
US President Donald Trump launched a fresh tirade against ABC after the network announced the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, weeks after suspending the late-night show over controversial remarks about conservative MAGA activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.Trump, who has repeatedly sparred with Jimmy in the past, reacted furiously to ABC’s decision branding the late-night host a…
Former US President Barack Obama has criticised the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after its host made controversial remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last week. Obama reacts Taking to his handle, Obama tweeted, “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new…
