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Representative AI image The ongoing Middle East crisis is emerging as a disruption for India, with risks spreading across energy markets, trade flows and supply chains, according to a recent white paper by Dun & Bradstreet.The report shows that countries in the Gulf–Levant region account for nearly 15 per cent of India’s merchandise exports and...

Image: AI Generated Elizabeth Bishop was one of the most original and well-known poets of the 20th century. People knew her for her clear writing, sharp observations, and ability to control her feelings in her works. While she was alive, she didn’t publish a lot of work, but what she did publish was very well...

AI Image generated by GPT We are all familiar with the adage of the boy who cried wolf, whose modern storytelling equivalent is the president who posts threats on social media. On Easter Friday, Donald Trump threatened Iran with words that are not even publishable in most mainstream outlets, promising that Tuesday would be “Power...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130091858,imgsize-58882,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/article-14.jpg" alt="Russia, China veto UN resolution to reopen Strait of Hormuz" title=" Image used for representative purposes ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Image used for representative purposes Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, dealing a blow to Gulf-backed efforts to restore navigation through...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130091254,imgsize-131500,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-04-07t212331.jpg" alt="US stocks today: Wall Street slides as Donald Trump’s Iran deadline rattles markets; oil surges" title=" File photo (Picture credit: AP) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo (Picture credit: AP) US stocks fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with...

Intel has officially joined forces with Elon Musk’s ‘mega company’: SpaceX, Tesla and xAI, to help build “Terafab,” a massive new semiconductor manufacturing project. As a part of the tie-up, the US chipmaker will bring its expertise in designing, fabricating and packaging high-performance chips to the table. Following the announcement, Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan publicly...

TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to erase Iranian civilisation if it did not re-open the Hormuz Straits by 8 pm on Tuesday night (5.30 am IST Wednesday), inviting the label of a potential war criminal amid calls for a constitutional coup from some of his own horrified MAGA supporters.In a...

Gold, which is often considered the safe haven asset, has also failed to rise to the occasion for investors. (AI image) Stock markets are in deep red and in all likelihood so is your investment portfolio since the start of the US-Israel-Iran war. The conflict has been a perfect storm for stock markets globally, and...

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday issued an advisory for its nationals still residing in Iran to stay where they are for the next 48 hours and to remain indoors. “In continuation of previous advisories, Indian nationals who are still in Iran must stay where they are for the next 48 hours, avoiding all electric, military...

AIADMK’s Lalgudi candidate Leema Rose Martin NEW DELHI: AIADMK’s Lalgudi candidate Leema Rose Martin has emerged as the richest contestant in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, declaring assets worth approximately Rs 1,049.56 crore in her election affidavit filed ahead of the April 23 polls.The 58-year-old, wife of lottery businessman Santiago Martin, filed her nomination...