Rupee weakened past the 96-mark against the US dollar for the first time since late May on Tuesday, pressured by surging crude oil prices and heightened geopolitical tensions in West Asia that boosted demand for the safe-haven US currency.The domestic currency depreciated 48 paise to 96.16 against the US dollar in early trade after opening…
Goldman Sachs has told its employees to stay away from prediction markets, unless the bet in question involves a football match or a reality show finale. The Wall Street bank recently updated its personal trading policy to prohibit employees from trading event contracts tied to specific companies, election outcomes, or the performance of any financial…
A seismic wave generated by Japan’s devastating 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake travelled nearly 2,900 kilometres to the boundary of Earth’s core, reflected back about 13 minutes later and shifted the entire country eastward by roughly six millimetres, according to a study published in the journal Science. The movement was far too small for anyone…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said American forces could soon attack Pickaxe Mountain in Iran amid a fresh wave of strikes in the country.In an interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show, Trump said the US is closely monitoring activities at the heavily fortified site, which hosts two deeply buried tunnel complexes. He, however, rejected…
Rob Dieperink (Image credit: KNVB) NEW DELHI: Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, just weeks after he was removed from FIFA’s list of officials for the FIFA World Cup 2026.Dieperink had been selected to work as a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) at the tournament but was dropped in May…
You might forgive and forget but a crow won’t. Not just this, they will even tell their friends and family about it. Lisa Joyce ran screaming down the streets of Vancouver as crows dive bombed, landed on her head and took off again, hitting her eight times in between. The encounters grew so frequent that…
Ebola outbreak (AP image) The Trump administration on Monday announced that US citizens currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not be allowed to travel directly to the United States on commercial flights due to the country’s worsening Ebola outbreak.According to a White House official, the restriction has been imposed under a transportation…
Engineers have reportedly developed a new solar panel design inspired by the hexagonal honeycomb built by bees, offering a potential solution to one of the technology’s biggest limitations. Conventional solar panels lose a significant amount of energy when sunlight strikes them at an angle, as much of the light is reflected away instead of being…
Few things trigger memories and cravings as instantly as the aroma of good food. Long before the first bite, smell shapes our expectations, stirs emotions and often determines whether a dish feels comforting or unforgettable. Scientists have long linked our sense of smell to the brain’s memory and emotion centres, which explains why certain foods…
Stock Market Live Updates: Indian benchmark indices extended their losses in early trade on Tuesday, with the BSE Sensex tumbling 552.99 points to 77,063.41, while the NSE Nifty50 declined 160.45 points to 24,050.55. This comes after the market closed flat on Monday after recovering from sharp intraday losses, supported by a rally in IT stocks…