NEW DELHI: Despite the surge in gold and silver imports upsetting the trade balance, the trends for the two precious metals are very different. With the average price of gold rising nearly 25% on a year-on-year basis to $94,554 a kg during April-Dec, buyers became cautious, resulting in demand falling. Data released by the commerce…
A strike that would have disrupted teaching, grading and research at the University of Pennsylvania was narrowly avoided on Monday night, after administrators and the graduate student union reached a tentative agreement following more than a year of negotiations.According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, representatives from Graduate Employees Together, University of Pennsylvania said the agreement was…
CHENNAI: Over eight years after a trial court acquitted 23 accused of killing a man over an election rivalry in Villupuram in 2013, Madras HC on Tuesday reversed the order and convicted and sentenced 21 of them to life imprisonment.“On a careful re-appreciation of the entire evidence on record, we find that the prosecution proved…
Draft Income Tax Rules 2026: Redesigned income tax return (ITR) forms, broader criterion for applicability of ITR forms, and more pre-filled details are some of the changes that income taxpayers can look forward to for the upcoming tax year 2026-2027 for which returns will be filed in 2027-28.The Income Tax Department has released the Draft…
How apprenticeships are helping higher education weather challenges and create paid learning opportunities. (Getty Images) Colleges across the US are expanding apprenticeship pathways as they confront mounting pressures over enrolment, affordability and graduate outcomes. Leaders describe a volatile climate marked by demographic shifts, technological disruption and political scrutiny, prompting institutions to rethink how credentials are…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that development isn’t an absolute goal and that the right to a clean environment, which is part of the right to life, cannot be traded off with economic benefits. Declining permission for change of land for a cement factory to come up at Sangrur, Punjab, close to farms…
Türkiye’s Getir Demands $700M From Abu Dhabi Investor Mubadala in Bitter Breakup In a major escalation of the ongoing dispute between a once-high-flying delivery start-up and its largest investor, the co-founders of Turkish food and grocery delivery startup Getir, Nazım Salur and Serkan Borançılı, have filed a $700 million lawsuit against Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment…
APSC CCE result 2026 cancelled Assam’s top recruitment body has abruptly withdrawn the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2024 result, triggering confusion and anxiety among thousands of aspirants across the state.The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), in a short notice issued from Guwahati on February 16, 2026, cancelled the result with immediate effect after detecting what…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: At a joint press meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Indian soldiers who participated in the first World War and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, as the PM recalled their association with France’s port city Marseille which he had visited last year.“Marseille is…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has purchased government securities equivalent to 47 per cent of the Centre’s total bond issuances so far in FY26 to support liquidity in the banking system, according to public data.According to news agency PTI , the data compiled from RBI showed that the Centre raised Rs 13,65,000 crore between…
