Spread the love MUMBAI, 15 Dec 2025 — The Indian rupee weakened sharply to record lows against the U.S. dollar this week, extending a prolonged slide that has made it one of Asia’s weakest-performing currencies in 2025. The currency slipped past ₹90.70 to a dollar on Monday and touched intra-day levels near ₹90.80, surpassing earlier all-time lows as global and domestic...
‘Acted intentionally, maliciously’: Trump sues BBC over edited Jan 6 speech; seeks $5bn in defamation claim
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125993438,imgsize-905698,width-400,resizemode-4/image-2025-12-16t073343.jpg" alt="‘Acted intentionally, maliciously’: Trump sues BBC over edited Jan 6 speech; seeks $5bn in defamation claim" title=" US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing Britain’s public service broadcaster of misleadingly editing...
Why Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr’s story of how science becomes technology is incomplete
Spread the love On December 8, economic historian Joel Mokyr delivered his lecture in Stockholm as part of the ceremony in which he received his share of the special Nobel Prize for economics, for “having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”. His talk recapitulated his long-standing argument that a self-reinforcing relationship between science and technology has sustained...
Why Joel Mokyr’s story of how science becomes technology is incomplete
Spread the love On December 8, economic historian Joel Mokyr delivered his lecture in Stockholm as part of the ceremony in which he received his share of the special Nobel Prize for economics, for “having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”. His talk recapitulated his long-standing argument that a self-reinforcing relationship between science and technology has sustained...
Joel Mokyr’s story of how science becomes technology is incomplete
Spread the love On December 8, economic historian Joel Mokyr delivered his lecture in Stockholm as part of the ceremony in which he received his share of the special Nobel Prize for economics, for “having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”. His talk recapitulated his long-standing argument that a self-reinforcing relationship between science and technology has sustained...
UP road accident: Several buses catch fire on Delhi-Agra expressway due to fog; 4 killed
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125993358,imgsize-543045,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72/delhi-agra-expressway-in-mathura.jpg" alt="Delhi-Agra Expressway crash: Several buses catch fire after collision, many feared dead; 4 bodies recovered" title=" Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura AGRA: At least four people were dead after a major collision involving multiple vehicles led to several buses catching fire on the Delhi–Agra Expressway amid dense fog on...
Maruti Suzuki, Lenskart & more: Top stocks to buy today — Check list
Spread the love Citigroup maintained its buy rating on Maruti Suzuki with the target price hiked to Rs 19,000 from Rs 18,900 earlier. Analysts said they were making minor changes to their estimates for the company’s numbers to account for the recent strength in volume growth. They increased the volume growth for Maruti for FY26 to FY28 by 2–3%, and...
‘This individual definitely targeted Brown University’: Police release new footage, suspect details
Spread the love In the Brown University shooting case. the police dropped new details about the suspect, who killed two students and injured 9 people on Saturday. The Providence Police Department released surveillance videos on Monday that showed a person of interest walking around the area of Brown University on Saturday, two hours before the deadly shooting at the campus....
‘Dhurandhar’: Ranveer, Akshaye, Madhavan starrer sets new record; inches towards Rs 400 cr
Spread the love The cash register at the box office continues to make the ‘Ka-Ching’ sound, as the Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Dhurandhar’ refuses to slow down. The film made a strong entry into its second weekend on Friday and has set a new record with its second Monday collections. The trade reports suggest that the film has surpassed the collection...
How is Asia-like artemisinin resistance emerging in Africa?
Spread the love In the late 1960s, at the height of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese government was facing a serious crisis. It was losing more soldiers to malaria than to the war itself. Chloroquine, the antimalarial drug used for decades, had lost its effectiveness because Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite, had become resistant to it. Desperate for a solution, Vietnam...
