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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...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130088485,imgsize-166850,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/article-12.jpg" alt="US-Israel launches fresh strikes on Kharg island — why this oil hub is vital for Iran" title=" Kharg island ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Kharg island US-Israel targeted Kharg Island in a fresh wave of attacks on Tuesday, striking Iran’s key oil export hub as the conflict intensifies. Multiple explosions were reported on the island,...

NEW DELHI: Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that “standards should not be lowered” as the Bharatiya Janata Party latched on to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s recent ‘people illiterate in Gujarat’ remark. The Congress chief on Sunday had stirred row after saying that voters in Kerala were “educated and clever” and could not be...

The story of Kerala’s electoral politics is often told through binaries. Left versus Congress, secular versus communal, reform versus identity. But beneath these familiar frames lies a quieter, decisive current that has shaped outcomes for decades and is now beginning to shift in ways that could redraw the map ahead of the 2026 assembly polls.At...

PSL (File photo) Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Islamabad United had a scare during a net session at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre on Tuesday after Mir Hamza Sajjad was hit on the head by a ball and briefly lost consciousness.The incident happened when Mark Chapman, who is part of the squad, played a shot...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130087085,imgsize-137124,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/article-10.jpg" alt="'Whole civilization will die tonight': Trump threatens 'revolutionarily moments' as deadline for Iran nears" title=" Donald Trump (File photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Donald Trump (File photo) US president Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a stark warning to Iran as his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, saying “whole civilisation will die tonight”.“A...

Three of America’s biggest tech rivals—OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—are sharing intelligence through the Frontier Model Forum to combat distillation attacks from Chinese AI labs. Anthropic has named DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax as having run industrial-scale extraction campaigns against Claude using 24,000 fraudulent accounts. Both companies have flagged the threat to US lawmakers, framing unauthorized distillation...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130086165,imgsize-112722,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-04-07t173206.jpg" alt="Gold price today: Yellow metal slips; check 24K, 22K city-wise rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and more" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo Gold prices eased in futures trade on Tuesday, even as retail rates showed a mixed trend across major Indian cities.Gold prices declined by Rs 610 to Rs 1.49...