Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday issued a stark warning to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei with a “puppet” dig asserting that there was “no life insurance” for leaders of Tehran regime.Speaking at his first press conference since the war with Iran began, Netanyahu said the joint military campaign by Israel and the…
Russia said on Friday that the global energy market “cannot remain stable” without its oil after the United States temporarily allowed the sale of Russian crude already in transit, a move that came as energy prices surged amid the escalating war involving Iran, Israel and the US.Russia’s economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev said the US decision…
The Middle East crisis impact has continued to spill across global oil supply chains, once again pushing crude prices beyond the $100 mark. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose slightly after moving past $100 a barrel on Thursday (local time), gaining 0.20% to trade at $100.66 by 0020 GMT. Meanwhile, US benchmark West Texas…
Vetal Tekdi in Pune, Maharashtra (PC: Ranjeet Rane) Cities often lose their natural spaces gradually. A road appears where a trail once existed, a construction site replaces a grove of trees, and over time a landscape that people once knew simply fades away. In rapidly expanding urban centres, such changes are often accepted as inevitable….
The United States has temporarily permitted the sale of Russian oil already in transit, according to a treasury department notice issued on Friday. This comes as energy prices surged following US-Israeli strikes on Iran that pushed the Middle East into war.The treasury granted a license allowing transactions involving Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded…
BENGALURU: With the West Asia crisis escalating and recent Iranian strikes targeting the UAE, several IT companies and global capability centres (GCCs) have activated their business continuity plans (BCPs), introducing measures such as work-from-home, travel advisories and temporary office closures.Amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, many tech firms and GCCs are increasingly relying on India as a…
A US refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while a second plane involved in the incident landed safely, US military informed on Friday.It further clarified that the crash was not a result of any hostile or friendly fire.“One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due…
NEW DELHI: The govt said on Thursday that external affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar had discussed safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz in a conversation with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Araghchi on Tuesday but did not confirm if there’s any assurance yet from Tehran that India-bound vessels would not be targeted….
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission may announce assembly polls in five states/UT anytime after March 15, which is also the deadline for filing of appeals against the final electoral roll for West Bengal published on Feb 28 with a total 6.4 crore electors.The window for appeals against the final electoral rolls for other poll-bound states/UT…
There are several media reports that the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is said to be in a coma after being critically wounded in an air strike.Sources told The Sun that Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lost at least one leg and suffered serious stomach or…