The United States is rapidly increasing its military presence in the Middle East, deploying thousands of Marines and multiple warships in the region as tensions with Iran continue to rise during the ongoing war.Around 2,200–2,500 Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are being deployed aboard the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, according to…
Lobbying group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers (CISPE) in Europe has urged EU antitrust regulators to temporarily stop U.S. chipmaker Broadcom from ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider programme in Europe. Ramping up its fight against the US tech company Broadcom, the trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim…
A fire broke out at a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad airport in Iraq, according to security sources quoted by Reuters. A pro-Iranian militant group, Ashab al-Kahf, later claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Visuals shared online showed a large and intense blaze, with thick black smoke rising into the night sky.Earlier, the…
NEW DELHI: Dense fog enveloped parts of the national capital on Saturday morning following rainfall the previous evening. Similar conditions were reported in Ghaziabad and Noida, where a light layer of fog hovered over the cities.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast another spell of rain on March 23. While temperatures are expected to rise…
After Russian crude, the US has now issued a 30-day sanction waiver on Iranian oil, currently at sea, to ease rising concerns about energy supply flows as Middle East conflict continues to boil. US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said that the authorisation applies specifically to Iranian crude and petroleum products that are already in transit….
In December 2025, ‘Dhurandhar’ made a roar at the box office, and in March 2026, ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ is carrying out the legacy. Starring Ranveer Singh as Humza Ali Mazari, the Indian secret spy, infiltrating the underworld of Lyari and rising to be its king, ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has been making quite a buzz from…
India’s Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, batter Shreyas Iyer opened up about a tough phase in his career after suffering a serious spleen injury during the Australia tour. The injury forced him into hospital and led to significant weight loss. “It’s always challenging to…
NEW DELHI: India’s weekly LPG imports fell to 265,000 tonnes in the week to March 19, from 322,000 tonnes on March 5. West Asia inflows declined to just 89,000 tonnes in the week to March 19, the lowest share since Jan 2026, according to S&P Commodities At Sea (CAS).The report, however, added that alternative regional…
NEW DELHI: Feeling the pinch of a surge in global crude prices, oil marketing companies on Friday increased the retail price of 95-octane premium petrol by nearly Rs 2 a litre and jacked up the rates of industrial diesel by Rs 22 a litre.At the same time, IndianOil, the country’s largest fuel retailer vowed to…
NEW DELHI: Emphasising that household chores should be shared between husband and wife, Supreme Court on Friday observed that times have changed and a husband must share the burden of work. “You’re not marrying a maid, you’re marrying a life partner,” said a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta to a man seeking…
