US invites Putin to G20 amid fresh diplomatic push over Ukraine war US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to the G20 summit in the United States in December, describing the gathering as an opportunity for him to engage with US President Donald Trump and other world…
Benchmark equity indices rallied sharply on Wednesday as a steep fall in crude oil prices and optimism around a possible US-Iran agreement boosted investor sentiment, PTI reported.The 30-share BSE Sensex surged 940.73 points, or 1.22 per cent, to close at 77,958.52. During the session, it climbed as much as 1,004.99 points to hit an intraday…
The successful negotiations also highlighted the challenge of managing a forum that now brings together countries with substantially different geopolitical positions. In a major diplomatic breakthrough, India secured consensus on the Brics Joint Statement after intense negotiations. The consensus came after discussions continued until around 4am on Saturday.The breakthrough assumes particular significance as Iran, Saudi…
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…
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced plans to bring back the firing squad as a method of execution. The aim is to speed up the federal death penalty system.In a statement released on Friday, the department said it would “expand the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad” while…
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) continue to face under-recoveries of nearly Rs 700 on every domestic LPG cylinder despite a range of measures taken by the government to strengthen supplies, ministry of petroleum and natural gas said on Thursday.Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing, Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, said that…
R Madhavan is no stranger to making headlines, but this time it is not a film trailer or a red carpet appearance driving the buzz; it is a psychology-based Instagram post about what makes a man truly rare. The post has quickly gone viral, striking a deep chord with fans across social media. Let’s take…
