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If refiners are ultimately required to raise their stock levels to cover about 30 days of national consumption, they would collectively need to maintain around 150 million barrels of crude oil. (AI image) Drawing lessons from China, India may look to push its domestic refiners to increase the stockpile of crude inventories with energy security...

The US government instructed Anthropic to ban access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals last week. The Trump administration then cited national security concerns behind the decision to restrict AI models. Now, Bloomberg has obtained the letter sent by US Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick, directing the Claude-maker to restrict access...

Lionel Messi (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Lionel Messi celebrated a historic night with tears, a hat-trick and yet another record as Argentina began their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign with a dominant 3-0 win over Algeria in Group J at the Kansas City Stadium.The 38-year-old was seen emotional after scoring the first of his three...

NEW DELHI: Petrol bombs were hurled at an RSS office in Jharkhand’s Ranchi in the early hours of Wednesday, with opposition leader Babulal Marandi cautioning that this was “preparation for a bigger incident”.Marandi said the matter had been brought to the notice of the district administration.“At around 12.36am, two men threw petrol bombs at the...

Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar tops the national list as the wealthiest chief minister, with declared assets of Rs 1,413 crore. He is followed closely by Andhra Pradesh’s Chandrababu Naidu at Rs 931 crore, and Joseph Vijay at Rs 648 crore. BENGALURU: Chief ministers from the five southern states and Puducherry account for nearly 84%...

Amidst reports of a Shiv Sena (UBT) split, MP Sanjay Raut alleged two MPs were flown to Delhi on a chartered plane, calling it an attempt to evade scrutiny. MUMBAI: Amid reports of “Operation Tiger” being underway to engineer a split in Shiv Sena (UBT), and speculation that six Sena (UBT) MPs had reached Delhi...

A small plane crashed onto a highway in southern Texas late Tuesday night (local time), prompting an emergency rescue operation as flames erupted from the aircraft and crews rushed to free those trapped inside, AP reported.The crash occurred shortly after 10pm in the city of Laredo, according to Jose Baeza, an investigator with the local...

Image credit: rahulgandhi.in NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to address a mega rally in Kota today, accusing the BJP government of “shattering millions of dreams” through paper leaks and exam mismanagement, even as a political row erupted over allegations that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s office tried to derail the event.Former Rajasthan...

Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) celebrates after scoring the opening goal. (AP Photo) Lionel Messi added yet another extraordinary chapter to his storied career, scoring his first-ever World Cup hat-trick to lead defending champions Argentina to a commanding 3-0 victory over Algeria and move level with Germany legend Miroslav Klose atop the tournament’s all-time scoring charts.The...

Image credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a light-hearted moment at the G7 summit that quickly went viral, with Meloni saying that they are “the most famous couple on Instagram.”As leaders assembled for the traditional group photo, Meloni greeted Modi with “Nice to see you again.”...