NEW DELHI: The Strait of Hormuz remains technically open, but commercial shipping is far from normal, according to Anil Devli, chief executive of the Mumbai-based Indian National Shipowners’ Association, the nearly century-old body that speaks for much of the country’s shipping industry.With 14 Indian vessels trapped in this chokepoint that funnels half of India’s crude…
Assam once cheered Gaurav Gogoi as “amar lora” (our son) when he stepped into Jorhat during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, embracing him as a son of the soil. Gogoi was not only the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha but also the party’s chief ministerial face and the living legacy of…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) convened a meeting of its newly elected MLAs and senior leaders at Kalighat on Wednesday in Kolkata. Party chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, addressed the gathering to chart the party’s course following its electoral setback.Addressing the meeting,…
India, Japan sign agreements in quantum technology, health research cooperation NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Wednesday strengthened their cooperation in emerging technologies and health research, with both countries exchanging agreements in the fields of quantum science and medical devices during a high-level bilateral meeting in New Delhi.Japan’s Minister for Science and Technology Policy and…
US and Iran close to one-page memo to end war, Axios reports TVK chief Vijay meets Tamil Nadu governor, stakes claim to form govt 11-year-old rape victim hangs self due to trauma, accused held Punjab twin blasts: NIA steps in as Khalistan group claims role Congress drops DMK, offers ‘conditional’ support to Vijay’s TVK in…
TVK chief Vijay meets Governor Rajendra Arlekar, stakes claim to form govt in Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Wednesday met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stake claim to form the next government after his two-year-old party emerged as the single largest in the recent assembly elections. In…
NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPM on Wednesday claimed the “goons” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked and broke communist icon Vladimir Lenin’s statue in Murshidabad district, where the saffron party’s Gouri Sankar Ghosh won by over 30,000 votes in assembly polls.The party said it registered a police complaint, leading to…
NEW DELHI: Just days after Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chairman Samir V Kamath said that the R&D agency was ready to conduct the test of India’s first 10,000km-plus-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Agni-6’ and was only waiting for the govt’s permission, BJP on Wednesday dropped a big hint for the test, saying, “Agni-6…
A deadly outbreak of Hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship has raised global concern after three passengers died and several others fell ill. The ship, carrying around 150 people, remains stranded off the coast of West Africa as health authorities monitor the situation closely.So what exactly is hantavirus Hantavirus outbreak: 10 things to know It…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s navy responded to a distress call from an Indian vessel stranded in the Arabian Sea following a critical technical failure, the Pakistan’s military told Reuters on Tuesday.The ship, identified as MV Gautam, had seven crew members on board, six Indians and one Indonesian, and was en route from Oman to India when…