Asian equities edged higher on Monday September 21, as investors positioned themselves ahead of a US-China summit expected later in the week, while crude oil extended its losing streak into a fourth session. The MSCI Asia Pacific equities gauge added 0.2%, though trading volumes were thinner than usual with Japanese markets shut for a public…
AI Representation: An Australian geologist browsing Google Earth spotted an 850-foot circle in the outback. Image credits: Chatgpt In July 2007, a geologist scrolling through satellite images of Western Australia noticed a near-perfect circle in the outback. At the time, Arthur Hickman of the Geological Survey of Western Australia did not know he was looking…
A student claims police searched her home for nine hours without a warrant MUMBAI: Postgraduate student Harshada Borade has alleged that Bandra police’s anti-terrorism cell searched her home for over nine hours without a warrant and mistreated her friends after she took part in a pro-Palestine kite-flying campaign on Sept 15.Borade said the house owner…
The election is the first parliamentary vote since full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. (Reuters photo) Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has taken a strong early lead in the country’s State Duma elections, securing 57.5 per cent of the vote in initial results.The three-day parliamentary election ended on Sunday,…
Dehradun: From left to right, Maharashtra’s Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Rakesh Mane (PTI Photo) India’s shooting medal streak continued at the Asian Games on Monday, with Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane clinching silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event. The trio shot a combined 1890.1 points to secure India’s first medal…
Girish A.D. on teaming up with Mohanlal and Mammootty; ‘I see it as huge responsibility’; says he fears hearing, ‘He came and ruined it’. ‘Bethlehem Kudumba Unit’ director Girish A.D. has expressed his desire to make a film with Malayalam cinema icons Mammootty and Mohanlal. However, the filmmaker said he would take up such a…
More individual stock investors say they’re bearish than at any time since the early weeks of Trump’s tariff rollout in May 2025. More individual stock investors say they’re bearish than at any time since the early weeks of Trump’s tariff rollout in May 2025, according to the American Association of Institutional Investors. Continue Reading with…
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has issued operational guidelines for NPS Swasthya, a framework that combines a dedicated National Pension System (NPS) investment account with a separate super top-up health insurance policy. The guidelines are effective immediately. The scheme is designed to allow subscribers to build a retirement corpus while providing access…
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, dealing another setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).According to preliminary results, AfD won 38.3 percent of the vote, ahead of the Social Democratic Party…
India’s petrol pricing benchmark has risen to a 50-month high of $133.05 a barrel this month, putting state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) under renewed pressure as geopolitical disruptions threaten to push international oil prices higher, according to industry officials and official data. The sharp market price rise for petrol is already resulting in losses on…
