Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India’s strong economic growth. Excerpts: How do you look at global economy, given…
SINGAPORE: Payments giant Visa is looking to launch agentic commerce pilots across the Asia-Pacific region as regulatory and ecosystem readiness advances by early next year. Agentic commerce refers to a new era where AI-powered agents shop and pay on behalf of users. The company’s Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC) programme incorporates features like tokenisation, authentication, payment…
LUCKNOW/KANPUR: Investigators are racing to close the arc of a Jaish-e-Mohammed project they said was years in the making – one that turned a campus doctor into “Madam Surgeon” of a cross-border terrorist blueprint.The alleged architect linking these threads is 43-year-old Dr Shaheen Shahid – “Madam Surgeon” in the underground lexicon of the JeM module…
Lucknow: Drawn by soulful Bengali music, traditional food, and vibrant handicrafts, visitors thronged the final day of the three-day Bong Fest Season 3, organised by the Bengali Welfare Society at the Badshahnagar Railway Institute ground on Sunday.Women were seen draped in elegant sarees and men in kurta-pyjamas clicking selfies, while children enjoyed ice creams and…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: “I held my daughter for the first time when she was six months old. A clerical error kept me in jail for over a year,” said Sushant Bais, 26, of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh, whose wrongful detention under National Security Act (NSA) has become a stark example of how a bureaucratic bungle can…
Lucknow: A retired deputy general manager (DGM) of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) was duped of Rs 47 lakh after cyber fraudsters held him under a so-called “digital arrest” for nearly two days, police said.The victim, 80-year-old Om Prakash Narayan Mishra, a resident of Shringar Nagar, Alambagh, approached the cyber cell after realising he…
Lucknow: As RJD chief Lalu Prasad‘s daughter Rohini Acharya triggered a political storm in Patna after the party’s debacle, severing ties with the Yadav Pariwar and blaming “outsiders for misguiding and weakening the family” the spotlight was trained on Rameez Nemat Khan.The 39-year-old former first-class cricketer, Rameez, is one of the two ‘outsiders’ Rohini was…
Lucknow: A 41-year-old woman from Malihabad died under suspicious circumstances on Friday night, triggering a police investigation after her daughter alleged that the victim was murdered by her husband.According to the police statement, a panic-stricken caller, identified as Muskan, dialed 112 around 9:15 pm, claiming that her mother Madhuri, a resident of Mau Ramgarha village,…
Lucknow: More than 6,000 people turned up for the fourth edition of ‘Aao Chalein,’ a health walk in the city on Sunday. With the theme “Fight Diabetes,” the walkathon began at 6 am from LDA Colony and brought together people of all ages in a spirited show of fitness and awareness.The event was flagged off…
Mahima Chaudhry is stepping forward as a strong voice for women’s health, using her own experience as a breast cancer survivor to emphasise the life-saving impact of early detection. Speaking at the Young Women Breast Cancer Conference 2025, the actress urged women across all age groups to prioritise regular medical screenings. Mahima stresses that breast…
