NEW DELHI: Shipping services from India to alternative West Asian ports have more than doubled since conflict broke out in the region, severely impacting the movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The number of shipping services operating east of Hormuz and through the Red Sea rose from 127 in Feb to 257 in…
India and the United States may be 99% closer to signing the BTA, but a new proposal from Washington suggests that the trade story isn’t quite finished yet. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Wednesday named India among countries that could face additional tariffs over concerns about preventing goods linked to forced labour from…
Zverev sets up French Open semifinal clash with Mensik (Image: X) Alexander Zverev and Jakub Mensik booked their places in the semifinals of the 2026 French Open on Tuesday, setting up a fascinating last-four showdown between one of the tournament favorites and a rising star enjoying a breakthrough campaign.While Zverev continued his impressive run at…
NEW DELHI: Annamalai Kuppusamy (K Annamalai), who not so long ago was the BJP’s biggest face, and also its biggest hope in Tamil Nadu, has quit the party. The former IPS officer, who joined the BJP in 2020 and made the party visible in the state like never before, is all set to form his…
The latest flare-up in West Asia has once again pushed Brent crude prices close to the $97-per-barrel mark. (AI image) Stock market crash today: Indian equity benchmarks, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, tanked in trade on Wednesday as fresh tensions between US and Iran weighed on sentiment and led to crude oil prices rising.Both the Sensex…
A banner put up in Bengaluru ahead of the big day Bengaluru: The city is set to witness heightened security and significant traffic restrictions Wednesday, as the new chief minister takes oath at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan at 4pm.With several dignitaries, political leaders, and VVIPs from across the country expected to attend, police…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: When will Vaibhav Sooryavanshi make his India debut? When will the 15-year-old don the senior India jersey? Could he find a place in the squad for the upcoming T20Is against Ireland?Those questions have dominated discussions ever since the teenage batting sensation took the cricketing world by storm. Sooryavanshi…
Standing back from a world map, the outline of land against water starts to look less tidy than it first appears. Some countries are stretched across hundreds or even thousands of fragments, scattered like broken glass across vast stretches of ocean. Others sit almost entirely on a single mass of rock but still qualify as…
BJP shares AI video mocking DK Shivakumar ahead of Karnataka swearing-in (Image- BJP Karnataka X) Ahead of Congress leader DK Shivakumar‘s oath-taking ceremony as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the Congress government through a series of posts on X, criticising and alleging failures in governance.In an AI-generated video…
India set for historic 12-match multi-format tour of New Zealand (Image: X) India will embark on a massive multi-format tour of New Zealand later this year, with the two sides set to contest five T20Is, five ODIs, and two Test matches across five major centres in the country. According to New Zealand Cricket (NZC), the…
