Oil prices rose on Friday with Brent Crude climbing above $96 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude near $99 a barrel, as markets reacted to renewed supply risks in the Middle East.In the early hours of trade, Brent crude rose by 0.87% to $96.75 per barrel while WTI was up by 1.06% to…
FILE – President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticised America’s Nato allies over their lack of support in the Iran war, “vented his frustration” at Nato secretary-general…
Satya Nadella, chairman & CEO, Microsoft Almost two years after Google CEO Sundar Pichai declared a company-wide ‘Code Red’ over AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has now deployed his own emergency overhaul, dubbed ‘Copilot code red’, according to a report by Benzinga. The report adds that Nadella is driving a sweeping effort to improve the…
Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty50, opened in green in trade on Friday after a day of losses on Thursday. While Nifty50 went above 23,900, BSE Sensex was up over 400 points, crossing the 77,000 mark. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was at around 23,921.05, up 146 points…
Easiest Houseplants to Keep Alive: Top 5 Beginner-Friendly Plants Keeping houseplants alive can sometimes feel like an uphill battle, even for people with years of plant-keeping. However, according to gardening experts, the secret to success is less about having a green thumb and more about choosing the right plants to start with.In a recent 2026…
Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel (Getty Images) Photos of Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel at an Arizona resort didn’t just spark curiosity, they triggered a wave of speculation that quickly moved beyond the facts. Both have denied anything inappropriate, and there is no confirmed evidence suggesting otherwise. Still, in today’s media climate, perception often outruns…
OpenAI has announced that the company is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project in the United Kingdom (UK). According to a report in Bloomberg, OpenAI has cited the high cost of energy and regulatory environment in the country as the reasons. While maintaining the OPenAI sees huge potential for the UK’s AI future,…
KOLKATA/RANAGHAT: A 97-year-old Partition refugee who never missed a vote is struck off the rolls. A 72-year-old retired teacher who presided over a dozen polls is deleted despite papers. A 68-year-old collapsed and died in a tribunal queue. Fallout from SIR has rippled across Bengal. Subarna Bala Poddar, born in undivided Bengal and displaced in…
R Vaishali (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: As the FIDE Candidates 2026 in Cyprus heads into a much-needed rest day, India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu has emerged as the woman to beat.The 24-year-old, despite a draw in the 10th round, has broken away from the pack to become the sole table-topper in the women’s section, which…
Former chief minister J Jayalithaa often campaigned from her campaign vehicle, with her close aide V K Sasikala seated in the back, watching as constituents and media gathered around her van. Sasikala has now moved to the front.Evoking memories of Jayalalithaa’s roadshows, Sasikala delivers short speeches from her van at key constituencies in south Tamil…
