Oil prices surged sharply on Tuesday, with Brent crude climbing above the $110 per barrel mark and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude trading above $100, as supply concerns intensified amid the widening conflict in the Middle East.Brent crude rose $2.26, or about 2 per cent, to $115.04 a barrel in early trade, after hitting…
Shaheen Afridi, Sikandar Raza accused of security breach for “forcefully escorting” 4 visitors into hotel room Fresh controversy hit the Pakistan Super League as Lahore Qalandars all-rounder Sikandar Raza and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi were accused of breaching hotel security protocols after four “unauthorised” visitors reportedly entered the team’s hotel room. According to a Punjab…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh is receiving a fresh consignment of 7,000 tonnes of diesel through a pipeline from India’s Numaligarh refinery, with energy minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku Monday telling Parliament that fuel hoarding — not a supply shortage amid the West Asia crisis — is the bigger concern.The fuel began arriving through the India-Bangladesh Friendship…
NEW DELHI: Baltej Singh, nephew of Satwant Singh, one of the two bodyguards who had assassinated the then PM Indira Gandhi in Oct 1984, was running an international Meth cartel spanning Canada, India and New Zealand in cahoots with pro-Khalistan elements in these countries. The drug money was funding the so-called Khalistan movement, and Baltej…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said amendments to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) will help maximise value for stakeholders as the Lok Sabha passed the bill on Monday.She said the 12th Amendment seeks to strengthen the existing insolvency framework, as well as address practical challenges, and incorporate evolving global best practices. She added…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned on Monday as Congress demanded a discussion on the West Asia crisis but received no concrete assurance from the treasury benches, with parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju saying that extensive statements, including from PM Modi, have already been made on the issue in Parliament.The demand for the debate…
NEW DELHI: Citing recent incidents of fatal building fires in Delhi, Odisha and Goa, a technical committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has disagreed with the deregulation cell of the Cabinet Secretariat to exclude “fire safety” provisions from the National Building Code. However, it has accepted over a dozen recommendations, including the removal…
Donald Trump (Screengrab) United States President Donald Trump on Monday shared his 1987 interview amid the ongoing war against Iran, resurfacing decades-old comments in which he advocated seizing Iranian oil installations in response to attacks.The video, originally from a December 1987 segment on ABC’s 20/20 with journalist Barbara Walters, shows a 41-year-old Trump discussing US…
LUCKNOW: A full-scale emergency was declared at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) on Monday evening after an Air India Express flight operating from Bagdogra to Delhi issued a Mayday call mid-air following suspected smoke inside the aircraft.The flight, IX 1523, was cruising at 36,000 feet above Ghaghara river in Ambedkar Nagar district at…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday fined Naseem Shah 20 million Pakistani rupees for posting tweets that were found to be in violation of his central contract.According to ESPNcricinfo, this was the ‘the largest fine in Pakistan cricket history’.The board said its disciplinary committee held Shah guilty of breaching contract clauses and acting irresponsibly on…
