Arkansas Ten Commandments law struck down by federal judge in the US. A federal judge in the United States has struck down an Arkansas law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, reigniting a long-standing debate over the role of religion in educational institutions, as reported by AP News.The ruling comes…
NEW DELHI: India is deploying additional warships in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman to ensure safe passage for its fuel and LPG carrying vessels as tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported citing sources.The Indian Navy has positioned more than half a dozen warships, including logistics vessels, as a precautionary…
US wholesale prices rose more than expected in February, reflecting mounting inflationary pressures even before the recent surge in global energy prices linked to the Iran conflict, according to data released by the Labor Department as reported news agency AP.The department reported on Wednesday that its producer price index (PPI), which measures inflation at the…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has temporarily waived the century-old Jones Act for 60 days in a bid to ease rising energy costs in the United States, after the US-Israeli war with Iran sent oil markets sharply higher and pushed up petrol prices.As per news agency AFP,…
Senegal’s Sadio Mane (AP Photo/Youssef Loulidi, File) NEW DELHI: Senegal’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph has been thrown into controversy after the Confederation of African Football overturned the final result and awarded the title to Morocco months after the match.The decision has sparked outrage in Senegal, with the government rejecting the ruling and demanding accountability.The…
US equities edged lower in early trade on Wednesday as a fresh surge in crude oil prices reignited worries about inflation and dampened investor sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision.The S&P 500 fell 0.3 per cent and was on course for its first decline this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 180…
BMW India today launched the new BMW M2 CS in the Indian market, priced at Rs 1.66 crore (ex-showroom), before options. The company has allocated only a limited number of units of the M2 CS for India, and will be bought for India as CBU. The standard M2 is priced at Rs 1.02 crore (ex-showroom),…
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has announced a recruitment drive for the post of Scientific/Technical Assistant-‘A’ (Group ‘B’, Non-Gazetted S&T post) at Pay Level-6 (₹35,400 – ₹1,12,400). This is an opportunity for candidates with a background in electronics, computer science, software systems, or emerging fields like data science and AI to join NIC, the government’s…
Fundamentally, remittances are cross-border money transfers to support families back home. (AI image) ‘Gulf se paisa aaya hai’ – it’s a common statement in several households across India whose family members work in the Middle East countries. But will this money keep flowing in as much as it does in the wake of the US-Iran…
A £1 million research project led by the University of Sheffield is developing a new generation of “smart” drug delivery vehicles that could deliver chemotherapy directly to post-surgical sites in patients with glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, while also opening new treatment possibilities for severe inflammatory skin diseases and difficult fungal…
