NEW DELHI: Rupee fell 32 paise to an all-time low of 95.20 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, pressured by rising global crude oil prices and a strengthening American currency.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.01 and weakened further to touch a record low of 95.20, extending losses…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Saturday cut the special additional excise duty (SAED) on exports of diesel, petrol and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), effective June 1.The SAED on petrol exports has been reduced to Rs 1.5 per litre from Rs 3, on diesel to Rs 13.5 per litre from Rs 16.5, and on ATF to Rs…
US President Donald Trump’s second term has seen a striking trend: most major geopolitical moves, trade signals and domestic policy pushes appear to orbit a single strategic axis—oil.What once sounded like campaign rhetoric in the form of “drill, baby, drill” has now evolved into a structured economic doctrine, where energy dominance is not just a…
Jefferies has identified semiconductors, space, electronics, solar, aerospace and data centres as the top 6 themes. Global investment bank Jefferies, in its latest report ‘India’s New Industrial Revolution’, has highlighted sectors that are poised for growth due to a combination of India’s large domestic market, greater participation from private companies and continued government policy support.Jefferies…
A total of 60 economies were being probed by the Donald Trump administration under the Section 301 probe. (AP Photo) The Donald Trump administration has announced a fresh set of tariffs as its Section 122 duties expire on July 24. The new tariffs, imposed under the Section 301 probe, see India being levied a reduced…
File Pic: Tanya Chaudhary (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian athletics received a major boost just days before the Asian Games as Uttar Pradesh’s Tanya Chaudhary shattered the women’s hammer throw national record at the Indian Athletics Series Final on Thursday.Tanya sent the hammer to a distance of 68.35m, bettering the previous national record of 67.02m…
A Sri Lankan-origin doctor at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children has been arrested and charged with possessing and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, Toronto Police said in a press release.Dilan Dissanayake, 44, was held by officers from the force’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit after an investigation into the alleged use of an electronic…
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury welcomed their second child together on June 3, and fans had been eagerly awaiting the announcement of their newborn son’s name. The couple, who met on ‘Love Island’ and rekindled their relationship after a brief split, kept the name under wraps for days following his arrival. Now, the meaning behind…
In 2023, an Ontario court banned backyard burning after neighbours complained of smoke; three years later, repeated incidents ended with a ban on barbecues and any fire-producing device/Image: Getty Images An Ontario man at the centre of a three-year dispute with his neighbours has been barred from using a barbecue or any other fire-producing device…
Polygamous sect leader, Samuel Bateman, convicted on three accounts of child abuse A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison term for child sex crimes was found guilty on Friday of state child abuse charges linked to three young girls discovered in a trailer he was towing through Arizona.Authorities were alerted to the…