US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate “quite yet” after suffering from a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”. It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to hospital in mid-June. A photo was released by…
“The image matches classical descriptions of Gayatri in the Silpasastras,” said archaeologist Ramesh Yadav BHOPAL: Wrong goddess. Wrong identity. Wrong for over 900 years. But a missing veena and a digital deep dive supplied the mantra as a silent stone goddess spoke her true name.A striking 12th-century sculpture from Dhar in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, long…
NEW DELHI: State-run oil marketing companies are considering expanding the use of lightweight 10-kg LPG cylinders beyond domestic consumers, with the cylinders likely to be sold at commercial LPG rates if approved.The move could benefit migrant workers, tenants, students, street vendors, cafes and food kiosks that need LPG but lack space for larger 19-kg commercial…
Brokerage firm Goldman Sachs sees room for the Nifty 50 index to recover back to levels of 26,500, which is higher than its current record high of 26,373, by June 2027. In its latest note on Saturday, July 11, Goldman Sachs said that India’s outlook has improved in recent weeks, amidst lower commodity prices, a…
PATNA: A suspected gang war among alleged liquor smugglers in Samastipur district of “dry” Bihar has left three of them dead in the last four days.In the first incident on the night of July 7, liquor smuggler Prabhat Choudhary and his associate, Sunny Kumar, were allegedly lured into a trap and shot dead.Police said Prabhat…
The accused has been identified as Vijay Mallikarjun Kamath BENGALURU: A routine parcel delivery turned into a frightening ordeal for a 27-year-old Bengaluru food vlogger after a delivery agent allegedly forced his way into her washroom and flashed her.Based on the woman’s complaint about the episode on Saturday, police arrested the agent, identified as 22-year-old…
The strikes came after the US accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of targeting commercial vessels in Hormuz The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iran on early Monday (Sunday local time), with the Pentagon saying the operation was aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait…
The biggest storyline of this year’s NBA free agency has centered around LeBron James. After spending eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, the four-time NBA champion decided to leave the franchise, bringing an end to the longest uninterrupted tenure of his career with a single team. Lebron James’ next team announcement may not be…
Crude oil prices rose on Monday, July 13, in early Asian trading after the US and Iran traded fresh round of strikes over the weekend and also offered contrasting versions on the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent Crude is now trading above the $78 a barrel mark for contracts that expire in September….
A firetruck is parked at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 42nd Street after buildings in the area were evacuated The temporary suspension of one of New York City’s largest office-to-residential conversion projects after few steel columns buckled last week drew attention to the engineering complexities of transforming ageing office buildings into housing, a…
