Spread the love       NEW DELHI: West Asia conflict has pushed shipping freight charges for cargo bound for the region up nearly ten-fold in the case of containers and more than doubled rates for LPG and crude oil, the shipping ministry said.While average maritime freight charges for LPG have increased from $94 per tonne before the war to around $207 per...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Indian PM to visit Norway in 43 years, the countries upgraded ties to a green strategic partnership, signed deals for cooperation in outer space, health and technology, while announcing 8 other outcomes from his meeting with counterpart Jonas Gahr Store.PM Modi also announced that both sides concluded...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The three-member committee headed by SC judge Aravind Kumar, which was looking into allegations of corruption against Allahabad HC judge Yashwant Varma, submitted its report to LS Speaker Om Birla Monday. While Varma sent his resignation to President Murmu last month, his name continues to figure among judges of Allahabad HC on its portal and...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: As benchmark Brent crude touched $111 a barrel due to supply crunch, making global markets nervous, US administration on Monday extended the sanctions waiver allowing countries to buy Russian seaborne crude.The move is likely to help soften crude prices, which will also benefit Indian refiners. State-run oil retailers are still losing Rs 750 crore a...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Supreme Court seems split on the issue of bail and right to liberty, enshrined as a fundamental right. An SC bench Monday expressed “serious reservations” on the court’s verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying it didn’t follow a larger bench judgment — which is “law of the land” and as per...

Spread the love       A rare strain of the Ebola virus has infected an American doctor in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the outbreak continues to spread across the country and into neighboring Uganda.The World Health Organization on Sunday declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. More than 300 suspected cases and 118 deaths have been reported...

Spread the love       US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that the United States had been preparing to launch a military attack on Iran on Tuesday, but said he had decided to halt the operation after requests from key Gulf leaders as “serious negotiations” with Tehran continue.In a post on Truth Social, Trump revealed that a US military assault on...

Spread the love       MEERUT: Sikandrabad Nagar Palika chairman and BJP leader Dr Pradeep Dixit announced a Rs 1 crore reward for beheading Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Saayoni Ghosh over an old social media post related to a Shivling, triggering a political row in Bulandshahr district. In a video of the protest circulating on social media, Dixit can be heard...

Spread the love       LONDON: Britain’s youngest Indian-origin councillor at 20 has gone on to become the country’s youngest Indian-origin mayor three years later.Tushar Kumar, who lived in Haryana’s Rohtak until he was 10, was elected mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council last week, marking a quick transition from rookie councillor to deputy mayor to the top of the hierarchy.When...

Spread the love       Sam Altman 1, Elon Musk 0 Elon Musk has lost his $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI. A nine-person jury in Oakland on Monday ruled unanimously that the world’s richest man waited too long to sue—and on that basis cleared CEO Sam Altman, president Greg Brockman and OpenAI itself of his core allegation that they “stole a charity”...