Hengli represents a far more significant target. It is one of China’s most advanced private refiners. (AI image) The Donald Trump administration’s step to sanction one of China’s largest privately owned refiners over its links to Iran will have implications beyond oil! China has for years remained the largest buyer of Iranian crude, much of…
Shashank Singh and Karun Nair (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Catches win matches, is an old adage in cricket , and rightly so. One moment of brilliance in the field can change the course of a game. But equally, one dropped catch can prove costly – sometimes even haunting captains and teams for a long time.The…
NEW DELHI: In a fresh development in the estate dispute involving late businessman Sanjay Kapur, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Rani Kapur, seeking responses from Priya Sachdev Kapur and 22 others.A Bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi also indicated that mediation could be explored to…
(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) For ages now, parrots have caught the attention of people through their unique knack for replicating speech. Parrots can mimic sounds so well that they end up sounding like they’re actually conversing with someone. Even as such, although their vocalizing is commendable, it’s essential to differentiate imitation from linguistic comprehension. The truth…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that “goons” of the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Arambag MP Mitali Bag’s car on the last day of campaigning ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.In a post on X, the TMC said that Bag was “brutally and dastardly attacked by BJP lumpens…
Infosys is no longer enjoying the strong investor confidence that it once did. This year, the IT giant, long seen as one of Dalal Street’s reliable compounders, has come under heavy pressure. The company fallen out of India’s top 10 most valued companies, after seeing a wipe out of more than Rs 2 lakh crore…
In what can be called a major blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions, Chinese regulators have officially blocked Meta Platforms from acquiring AI startup Manus. This comes days after a report claimed that China has ordered its leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop accepting American capital as Beijing aims to prevent sensitive AI breakthroughs…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is on the verge of scripting yet another historic milestone in the IPL 2026 game against Delhi Capitals on Monday, needing just 11 runs to become the first player to reach 9000 runs in the tournament’s history. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru stalwart has been the face of consistency since 2008, and…
“My eldest one is the most responsible one…” we’ve often seen parents praising their first born for just being the eldest. Many such children grow up like a role model to their younger siblings. That said, sometimes parents expect a little too much from the eldest one. While this sounds flattering to the younger ones,…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday launched a broadside against Raghav Chadha after he drew a parallel between quitting the party and switching jobs, accusing him of hatching a conspiracy with the BJP.In a video shared on X, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said that even when someone changes jobs, they have to give…