The shine faded from gold on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve cooled expectations of additional rate cuts in 2025. After recently breaching Rs 1.21 lakh, prices have softened over the past few sessions. On Thursday, MCX December gold futures slipped Rs 1,671 to open at Rs 1,18,995 per 10 grams. With the Fed’s guarded…
Team India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Dubai: Sri Lanka gave India a wake-up call on their way out of the T20 Asia Cup, forcing a Super Over in an otherwise inconsequential Super Four clash on Friday. Chasing India’s 202 — the first 200-plus total of the tournament — the islanders rode on a record…
Elon Musk on resignation of Kairan Quazi, the engineer who joined SpaceX when he was 14 years Elon Musk has responded to the resignation of his teen prodigy Kairan Quazi from his space company SpaceX. “First time I’ve ever heard of him,” the tech billionaire wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Kairan Quazi joined SpaceX in…
NEW DELHI: The US govt has declined to provide specific answers on the fate of Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets during ‘Operation Sindoor‘.“We refer you to the govt of Pakistan to discuss its F-16s,” the US State Department said. According to an NDTV report, Washington maintains continuous oversight of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet through US…
NEW DELHI: Incidents of extremist, insurgent and terrorist violence have recorded a sharp fall from 446 in 2022 to 163 in 2023. The decline spans across categories, with left-wing extremism, jihadi terrorism and North-East insurgency showing significant reductions.The steepest fall has been in jihadi terrorist activities, which dropped from 126 in 2022 to just 15…
Several explosions were reported in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Tuesday, with witnesses saying smoke was seen rising over the Katara district, according to Israeli media citing senior government officials.According to Israeli Army Radio, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) carried out a targeted strike against senior Hamas officials. The IDF…
China, the world’s largest consumer of gold, is planning to relax licensing norms for the export and import of the yellow metal, as the nation continues to steer away its reserves from the US dollar.According to a draft proposal from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country plans to expand the use of “multi-use…
Trump administration targets Black student success plans: How legal challenges are reshaping US education. (AI Image) School districts across the US, particularly those with programmes aimed at supporting Black students, are increasingly facing legal scrutiny under President Trump’s administration. Initiatives designed to hire more Black teachers, introduce more Black history classes, and address concepts such…
AI image for representation China on Tuesday positioned itself as an option for open markets and regional cooperation, signing an upgraded free trade pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while taking a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance.Premier Li Qiang said the new pact — the ASEAN-China Free Trade…
Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan NEW DELHI: The IPL 2026 auction delivered many big-money headlines, but few stories matched the emotional weight of Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan scripting their return to the league after early rejection. Once touted as India’s next batting stars, both were initially left unsold, only to find new life in…
