NEW DELHI: Oil-producing group OPEC+ Sunday approved another modest increase of 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in production for Aug, the fifth such hike in as many months since the war broke out in West Asia.Analysts said the move is expected to increase crude availability in the market, put downward pressure on prices and ease…
NEW DELHI: Fresh uncertainty awaits India and several other countries, with the US Trade Representative moving ahead with just one of the two probes against American trading partners, as the deadline for phasing out the 10% additional tariff approaches.From Tuesday to Thursday, USTR will hold public hearings on the probe related to forced labour which…
Brazil’s Neymar (10) reacts (AP Photo) Neymar‘s international career came to an emotional end on Sunday as the Brazilian icon confirmed he has played his final match for the national team following Brazil’s heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Norway in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16. The 34-year-old was overcome with emotion after the final…
A floating solar farm in the Netherlands is turning out to have an effect nobody quite expected; it is giving underwater life a real boost. Bomhofsplas is a large artificial lake near the city of Zwolle, and its surface is now covered with more than seventy thousand solar panels installed by the energy company BayWa…
The spy action film ‘Alpha’, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari in lead roles, continued its steady run at the box office on Sunday, thus ending its debut weekend on a high. As per box office reports, the film registered healthy growth in collections on Sunday, thus crossing the Rs 50 crore mark at the box…
The day begins with a useful, practical shine around money and effort. This is one of your better days for building, saving, and setting things in order. Saturn gives persistence, while Jupiter supports wise accumulation. So yes, you may need to work hard, but the work has a purpose and a result. That makes all…
NEW DELHI: Childcare and household chores keep around 69% women out of the labour force in India’s top 46 cities with million-plus population, highlighting the gender-bias in nature of care work even among the more affluent areas of the country, a new National Statistics Office survey has shown.The survey on labour market indicators for the…
NEW DELHI: Chinese artificial intelligence startup Z.ai is emerging as a fresh challenger to OpenAI and Anthropic after its latest flagship model GLM-5.2 gained traction among developers for delivering advanced coding and AI agent capabilities at a significantly lower cost.The Beijing-based company’s latest model has climbed developer rankings and drawn praise from prominent AI figures,…
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup heats up, the Golden Boot race has become nothing short of legendary. Erling Haaland has surged to join football icons Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé, each netting seven goals. (AP Photo) The 2026 FIFA World Cup has transformed into a theatre of the sublime, setting the stage for a…
In 2018, Chinese state media announced one of the most ambitious weather engineering projects ever proposed, an attempt to build a permanent airborne water corridor across the Tibetan plateau. Named Tianhe, meaning sky river, the plan aimed to use tens of thousands of fuel burning cloud seeding chambers scattered across an area roughly the size…
