NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi continued to lead India’s efforts to ensure the well-being of the Indian community and offset any negative impact of the conflict on India as he spoke to the leaders of Qatar, Oman and Kuwait and condemned the Iranian attacks on these countries. With this latest round of talks, PM Modi…
Oil prices spiked sharply on Tuesday as the Iran war disrupted supplies, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed and key energy infrastructure hit, AFP reported.The Brent North Sea crude contract, the international benchmark, jumped more than eight per cent to $85.12 a barrel, its highest level since July 2024.The main US oil contract, West…
NTA CUET PG admit card 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially released the Common University Entrance Test for Postgraduate (CUET PG) admit card on the official website, nta.nic.in. Candidates who have registered for the exam can download the hall tickets from the official website. The admit cards are released for the exams to…
NEW DELHI: Traversing all three levels of the judicial system and over four decades later, the curtains came down on a smuggling case – illegal import of 777 foreign-made wristwatches – on Feb 23, as Supreme Court held the three accused guilty, but said sending them to jail again would be harsh in view of…
MUMBAI: India’s trade and energy supplies face fresh risks after reinsurers and Protection & Indemnity (P&I) clubs announced cancellation of war risk insurance for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian waters, following an escalation in the Iran conflict. The cancellations, effective from this week, have left over 150 vessels stranded and disrupted a…
Florida Universities Face H-1B Hiring Freeze: What It Means for Careers and Research Florida’s public universities are considering a pause on hiring international faculty through the H-1B visa program, a move that could reshape career opportunities and research across the state. The Board of Governors is set to vote on a one-year freeze that would…
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Thirty-eight Indian flagged ships, mostly carrying crude and LNG with nearly 1,100 seafarers, were stuck in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday amid the conflict in West Asia. Shipping authorities here also confirmed the death of three Indian sailors and injury to one on board foreign-flagged vessels in “attacks”…
Russia on Tuesday claimed that India has signalled “renewed interest” in importing larger volumes of Russian crude oil as disruptions mount in global energy supplies following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after US and Israeli strikes on Iran.The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil shipping chokepoint, has been facing disruptions after…
The year 2021 upended classrooms across India. Lecture halls went quiet, attendance sheets turned virtual, and students were left staring at screens, wondering whether what they were learning would actually matter outside an examination hall.One such individual was Shreya Singhal. While studying for her on-campus computer application course, she was getting increasingly disillusioned. While the…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday released its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, even before the poll schedule was officially announced, signalling an early start to its campaign in the poll-bound northeastern state.Assam Congress president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi has been fielded by the party from…
