North Atlantic Treaty Organization is discussing the possibility of deploying forces to help protect commercial shipping through the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz if the waterway remains blocked into July, Bloomberg reported, citing senior alliance and diplomatic officials.According to Bloomberg, the proposal has backing from several Nato members, though the alliance has not yet reached…
US president Donald Trump said the United States was just an hour away from launching a fresh military strike on Iran, with naval warships armed and ready, before a possible diplomatic opening prompted a pause. Speaking at the White House, Trump warned that the US could still deliver “another big hit” if negotiations to end…
Mark Cuban has deleted his post defending his appearance at a White House event to announce the expansion of the TrumpRx platform. The former Shark Tank judge and outspoken Kamala Harris supporter appeared beside President Donald Trump during the rollout of TrumpRx.gov – an initiative aimed at lowering the cost of 600 generic prescription drugs….
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday proposed a revised disclosure framework under Basel III norms that would require banks to publish more detailed information on capital adequacy, leverage, liquidity and risk exposure, in a move aimed at strengthening transparency and market discipline, PTI reported.Under the proposed framework, banks would be required to make…
Standard Chartered will eliminate roughly 7,800 jobs by 2030, around 15 per cent of its corporate functions, as the Asia-focused lender leans on AI to slim down its back office. The bank employs nearly 82,000 people worldwide, and more than 52,000 of them sit in the corporate functions being targeted.CEO Bill Winters, the UK’s longest-serving…
One has seen many actors from the 80s and 90s talk about the times when there were no vanity vans and actresses faced trouble for changing their costumes or even going to the washroom. Cut to present when actors enjoy the luxury of having their personal vans and big entourages. During earlier times, actors often…
NEW DELHI: An official of the Indian High Commission in Chattogram was found dead inside the mission premises on Tuesday, according to a report by bdnews24.com.The deceased was identified as Narendra, 38, who was serving as an assistant protocol officer at the Indian mission. He hailed from Chandigarh in India. His body was recovered from…
There are many ways to measure a civilisation, but one of the more reliable methods is to examine what it does with cats. Cleopatra had Egypt, the Nile, Roman generals losing their minds in her general direction, and a place in history so large that Elizabeth Taylor needed four hours and several costume changes to…
A man died by alleged suicide after self-immolation in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Monday. NEW DELHI: A man died by alleged suicide after self-immolation in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Monday. The man had allegedly set himself on fire outside his wife’s residence following an altercation amid an ongoing matrimonial dispute.According to police, a PCR call…
In 1956, independent India was just nine years old, and as a sovereign republic, the country was just five years old.As the country was finding its footing, former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru authorised Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to build a supersonic fighter aircraft. Until then, only the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom,…
