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The Centre assured that LPG supply across the country is normal, despite rising tensions in the Middle East, with shipments sailing through the Strait of Hormuz without any disruption. Dismissing fears of any shortage in the nation, petroleum and natural gas secretary Neeraj Mittal, on Thursday, said that domestic availability remains stable. “I don’t see...

Nine-judge constitution bench hears review pleas. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday supported restrictions on the entry of women of menstruating age into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, arguing before the Supreme Court that the 2018 verdict lifting the ban was based on an assumption of men being superor to women.A nine-judge Constitution bench, led...

Day 2 of truce saw disruptions as Israel-Lebanon fired at each other. (AP photo) The fragile truce between Iran and the United States showed early signs of breaking down on Thursday, day two of the ceasefire, with Tehran warning it could resume hostilities as Israeli forces intensified strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah responded by firing...

File photo: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar pays tribute to late Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar during a visit at deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s home, at Baramati in Pune district. NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar is set to be elected unopposed as Baramati’s new MLA after the Congress decided to...

Less than 24 hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, confusion and conflicting claims over its scope have cast doubt on the agreement, with Pakistan’s role as mediator emerging at the centre of the controversy. While Washington has maintained that the truce is limited to Iran and does not extend...

At present, 16 India-flagged vessels remain stuck in the Persian Gulf. (AI image) Looking to take advantage of the two week ceasefire window, India is urging Iran to help expedite the movement of India-bound oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The aim is to make sure these ships are quickly offloaded so that they...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has defended its strategy of backing competing artificial intelligence firms, with CEO Matt Garman saying the cloud giant is well-versed in managing such conflicts as it deepens investments in both OpenAI and Anthropic. Speaking at the HumanX conference in San Francisco, Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI —...

As US President Donald Trump edged closer to his self-imposed 48-hour deadline for possible military action against Iran, an unusual social media post by Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, briefly uploaded as a “draft”, raised questions over whether Washington used Islamabad to signal an off-ramp before announcing a ceasefire.According to The New York Times, Sharif’s...

One more India-flagged LPG carrier, Green Asha, reached Indian shores on Thursday, after crossing the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week. The vessel, carrying 15,400 tonnes of LPG, docked at the BPCL-IOCL liquid berth at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA). It is the first such tanker to dock at JNPA since the outbreak of the...