US stock markets opened sharply lower on Thursday as surging oil prices and uncertainty stemming from the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran weighed on investor sentiment.Shortly after opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1 per cent to 46,879.09. The broader S&P 500 declined 1.0 per cent to 6,706.10, while the…
Bihar Board Class 10th result 2026 The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) is expected to release the Class 10th results by March 30 or 31st, 2026. Officials can visit the official websites to download the result. The Board has released the Class 12th result on March 23, 2026. The overall pass percentage for the board…
Mars has been viewed as a multi-millennial effort to terraform since the inception of the term, but there is new evidence that the time frame has changed dramatically. A published study in Science Advances gives new hope to those wishing to terraform Mars through nanoscopic engineered aerosol-like dust particles made from iron and aluminium found…
A 21-year-old Pakistani national based in Canada has pleaded guilty in the United States to plotting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at a prominent Jewish centre in Brooklyn, authorities said on Wednesday.According to the US Department of Justice, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, admitted to attempting to carry out “acts of terrorism transcending…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to arrive in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit that comes at a crucial moment in UK-US relations.The trip, the most significant foreign tour of Charles’s reign, coincides with the 250th anniversary of American independence and marks the first such visit by a…
HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan said in an interview with TOI that there were matters on which he and the former chairman agreed to disagree, and these were dealt with maturity on the board, and his resignation came as a surprise. However, Chinese whispers gave these a dramatic flavour outside.When did you come…
54-year-old Ganesh Shenoy who fled to India after causing a deadly crash in Hicksville in 2005 pleaded guilty to manslaughter and has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. Just 14 days after the crash, Shenoy boarded a plane at John F Kennedy International Airport to Mumbai, India and stayed in India for…
Mojtaba Khamenei is set to take charge as Iran’s Supreme Leader following a formal announcement by the country’s powerful assembly of experts — the clerical body responsible for choosing the nation’s top leader.This comes after Mojtaba’s father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint operation launched by US and Israeli forces.Mojtaba, however, is not only…
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul celebrates his century (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) KL Rahul produced a historic knock for Delhi Capitals, becoming the first Indian batter to score 150 in the IPL, as he hammered an unbeaten 152 against Punjab Kings in Delhi. The innings now stands as the third-highest individual score in the history of the…
While growing a home garden for a betel leaf plant (paan plant) may appear unusual, with the correct approach, it is actually quite possible. Many home gardeners are now trying their hand at minimum propagation methods, and the idea of growing a paan vine using a single leaf has become a talking point. According to…
