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Mirabai Chanu (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India added five medals on Wednesday as Mirabai Chanu ended her long wait for an Asian Games medal with a silver in weightlifting, while the men’s and women’s skeet teams, Jay Meena and the men’s badminton team won bronze medals.India’s overall tally now stands at 12 medals – one...

Can Pakistan afford to be the Muslim world’s ‘security guard’? Pakistan is betting that military muscle can buy it a bigger seat at the global table. Islamabad has deepened defence ties with Saudi Arabia and Turkey through the Mecca pact, sought a larger role in Gulf security, marketed its fighter jets and drones abroad and...

Jaishankar met Rubio in NY (Image credit: Jaishankar on X) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar brought up Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (SRIA) in a meeting with US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday.The two officials met on the sideline of United Nations General Assembly session. “Good to meet Secretary Rubio of...

When the US Fed hikes rates, dollar assets such as US Treasuries become more attractive. (Image for representative purpose only) Last Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since July 2023. Thousands of miles away, sitting in your home which you have bought on loan, your EMI may take a...

Image Credit: news9.com. An Oklahoma homeowner who bought five acres of land from his grandfather in 1994 has learned that local authorities claim ownership of a narrow strip of land right next to his house, which is now set to be sold at a public tax auction. Thirty-two years after buying the rural property, the...

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro launched at a higher price point than its predecessor, the iPhone 17 Pro, largely driven by the rising cost of key components like processors and RAM. Cashify said that this price hike is expected to trigger a fresh surge in trade-ins, while also boosting demand for older, refurbished iPhone models, as...

In 2020, George Floyd’s memorial GoFundMe raised $14.7 million; six years later, three of his siblings are asking brother Philonise for a full accounting of the fundraiser and its distributions (Image Credit: ANGELA WEISS/ Getty Images) When George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis in May 2020, donations quickly poured into a GoFundMe campaign created to...

​DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle a New York City probe into its pay practices for delivery workers. The company said the agreement will result in payments to more than 260,000 Dashers. The company also acknowledged that between April 2022 and June 2026, some employees were underpaid or paid late.​More than $115 million of...

Alonzo Mourning’s affordable housing mission reaches senior citizens(Getty Images) Alonzo Mourning was approached about affordable housing in South Florida around 2015, after retiring from the NBA and spending years involved in community work. His own childhood had given him a personal connection to the need for stable housing. At 12, Mourning entered foster care after...

SIR row explodes into political confrontation as Opposition demands action against CEC NEW DELHI: The reported objections raised by two Election Commissioners to decisions linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls triggered a major political confrontation on Wednesday, with opposition parties demanding action against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an immediate halt...