Category: Events

More than six weeks of sustained air bombardment in the Middle East have depleted air defence stockpiles, pushing key US allies such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to urgently seek alternative weapons suppliers and systems.With a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran in place, Gulf nations are widening their...

Brett Lee with Asha Bhosle (Pic credit: Lee’s Instagram post) NEW DELHI: Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary singer Asha Bhosle, recalling their unique musical collaboration following her passing at the age of 92.The unlikely partnership between Lee and Bhosle had captured widespread attention in 2007 with the release...

Delhi Assembly premises NEW DELHI: Days after a security breach Delhi Assembly, another scare came on Monday at the Delhi Legislative Assembly after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a multi-agency response, police sources, cited by PTI said.The alert was flagged by Assembly authorities, following which teams of the Delhi Police, along with...

Aditya Dhar’s espionage masterpiece, ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’, continues its record-shattering journey at the box office. On day 26 (fourth Monday), the Ranveer Singh-starrer has officially amassed over Rs 1,084 crore India net, solidifying its status as the highest-grossing Hindi film in history. Despite the intense IPL 2026 season, the film’s strategic family-friendly edits and...

TCS CEO K Krithivasan TCS CEO K Krithivasan has now pushed back against the claims that India’s IT services industry will be obsolete by 2030. Krithivasan believes that the enterprises will actually need more support from the IT companies like TCS in the era of artificial intelligence. Speaking to The Economic Times in an interview,...

Global markets were rattled after US President Donald Trump’s announcement of naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The immediate fallout was visible in Asian trading, where stocks in Japan and South Korea opened lower as investors reacted to the escalation. At the same time, crude oil prices surged sharply, with Brent and WTI jumping...

Abbas Araghchi (Image/ANI) Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran was “inches away” from sealing an agreement with Washington during high-level ceasefire negotiations held in Islamabad, before what he described as US “maximalism” caused the talks to collapse.In a post on X, Araghchi said Iran had entered the talks “in good faith” with the...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya cut a dejected figure after his side suffered a third consecutive defeat in IPL 2026, going down to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 18 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.MI, chasing a massive 241-run target, were always under pressure after RCB...

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan. (AP photo) As Donald Trump threatened a naval blockade on Iran, Tehran hit back with an unusual warning—this time using mathematics to make its point on rising fuel prices.Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf cautioned that global consumers...

US President Donald Trump escalated his public clash with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, launching a sharp attack on the head of the Catholic Church and questioning his political judgement. Hours after the criticism, Trump posted an AI-generated image that portrayed him in a Jesus-like role performing a biblical-style miracle. The digitally created picture...