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Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin on Saturday said American energy companies were the biggest beneficiaries of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, while warning that prolonged disruption in the vital shipping route could ultimately undermine global oil demand and accelerate interest in alternative energy sources, as per Reuters.Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic…

Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy measures are seen a coordinated attempt to shift market perception of rupee from depreciation concerns towards stronger capital inflows. SBI Research estimates that the measures could trigger at least $40 billion in inflows, potentially supporting the rupee towards the 92–93 levels. At the same time, Kotak Securities places the…

Warning: This article discusses allegations of sexual harassment.The All India Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has strongly reacted to actress Shilpa Shinde’s recent admission that the sexual harassment allegations she made against the producer of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai were false. Shilpa recently revealed that she had made false accusations against the show’s producer during a…

NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-based Coempt Edutek Private Limited, which has faced criticism over its On-Screen Marking (OSM) system used for re-evaluating Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 answer sheets, will continue to handle the process, according to news agency ANI.However, CBSE has now transferred all relevant data from Coempt’s servers to its own servers…

Image credit: Project Fear A thermal image allegedly showing a new aircraft over Area 51 has sparked speculation about the US Air Force’s sixth‑generation stealth fighter, the Boeing F‑47. The outline of the aircraft resembles that of the F‑47 demonstrator, two renditions of which were released in the White House last year. The Next Generation…

Representative image (AI) As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran depends on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.In an interview with CNN, Rezaei said: “The negotiations are…

The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the highest level – “critical” – amid escalating tensions between Washington and Israel over the way forward in the war with Iran, according to two current US officials and one former official who spoke to NBC News.The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency posted an internal…

US tech stocks came under heavy pressure on Friday, with semiconductor giants leading the decline as investors grew cautious about artificial intelligence-fuelled valuations and digested stronger-than-expected US jobs data.The sell-off was most severe in the chip sector, where the PHLX Semiconductor Index plunged 10.3%, marking its steepest single-day fall since March 2020. The decline followed…

JD Vance (left) and Keir Starmer (right) US Vice President JD Vance has sparked a row with the United Kingdom after linking the murder of an 18-year-old student to what he described as the consequences of mass migration, prompting a sharp rebuke from the UK government.In a post on X on Friday, Vance commented on…

American forces shot down four Iranian drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and followed up by hitting Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites, escalating tensions that continue to test an already fragile ceasefire.US Central Command said the drones were “one-way attack” unmanned aircraft that posed an immediate threat to ships moving through the…