The world’s wealthiest families are reassessing their dependence on the US dollar amid rising geopolitical tensions and growing concerns over sovereign debt, Reuters reported citing UBS’s Global Family Office Report 2026.The survey by the Swiss bank found that nearly two-thirds of family offices expect confidence in the US dollar as a global reserve currency to…
Trump likely to visit India next year, says Rubio (File photo: AP) US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Saturday said the Donald Trump administration is working towards an India visit by the US president “sometime early next year,” describing New Delhi as one of Washington’s closest partners.Responding to a question about Trump’s possible visit…
Image Credit: Canva (Representative Image) Infrastructure development continues to play a crucial role in shaping the real estate market of the National Capital Region (NCR). In a recent move aimed at improving connectivity to the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar, authorities have proposed a 31-kilometre elevated road linking East Delhi with Greater Noida. The…
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay’s statement expressing “solidarity for the rights of our Tamil kin living across the seas” on the anniversary of the 2009 military offensive against LTTE in Sri Lanka’s Mullivaikkal led BJP to question Tuesday whether this didn’t touch a raw nerve in Congress. “This is unacceptable. LTTE not…
A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object that draws attention at first glance, just a dark fragment of rock with odd mineral flecks caught under a microscope. Yet inside it…
India’s mining and metals sector needs a fresh look at environmental compliance norms as rising exploration costs and depletion of high-grade mineral reserves create new pressures for the industry, experts said on Thursday, PTI reported.The sector, which is estimated to account for up to 7 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, currently requires environmental…
These decisions were taken in a Cabinet meeting held here under the chairmanship of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday gave the nod to a roadmap for dismantling the decades-old contractual employment system and also pave the way for the regularisation of more than 65,000 workers across 51 government departments.In…
NEW DELHI: Pedestrian deaths are not just a city problem. Govt data from 2019-24 shows that highways and other non-urban roads witnessed a large number of such fatalities. Nearly 30% of more than 1.8 lakh pedestrian fatalities were reported on national highways (NHs) while the 50 million-plus cities had nearly 12-13% of all such deaths…
NEW DELHI: The push for electrification of its network has reduced Indian Railways’ diesel consumption by 185 crore litres annually, equivalent to around four days of India’s total diesel demand. With electrification of railways’ broad-gauge network touching 99.6%, the quantum of diesel use has fallen to around 37% of what it was in 2016-17, officials…
Arjun Tendulkar turns fan’s pain into cherished memory (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Arjun Tendulkar grabbed attention during a Mumbai T20 League match not only for his all-round performance but also for a heartwarming gesture towards a young fan.During the game, one of Arjun’s big sixes flew into the stands and accidentally hit a child on the…