US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon US farmers are facing a bigger fuel bill as diesel prices hit record highs just as the corn and soybean harvest gets underway, pushing up the cost of running combines, tractors and trucks. The national average price of diesel reached $5.85 a gallon on September 4, the…
Discussions included defense, mining, and semiconductor cooperation. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi met his Malaysian and Ethiopian counterparts, Anwar Ibrahim and Abiy Ahmad Ali, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit on Saturday. Government sources said that meetings resulted in taking India’s relations with both countries on a new trajectory, as Malaysia and Ethiopia expressed…
Amit Kumar, son of legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar, made a mark with his distinctive voice and went on to establish himself as a singer in his own right. Among his most memorable songs is the romantic classic ‘Bade Achhe Lagte Hain’, which continues to find an audience nearly five decades after its release.Kishore Kumar…
Anthropic plans massive IPO Anthropic is planning what could be the biggest IPO in history, with the artificial intelligence giant looking to raise as much as $100 billion at a valuation of around $2 trillion. Nvidia is in talks to become a major early investor in the offering, according to two people familiar with the…
Ben Shelton, of the United States (AP Photo) Ben Shelton is one victory away from ending the United States’ long wait for a men’s Grand Slam champion after winning an all-American US Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe on Friday.The No. 8 seed recovered from losing the opening set to beat Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5…
Canada’s tariff war with US is boosting local businesses The US and Canada are embroiled in a tariff war, and it may “will come at a cost” for Ottawa as the Canadian PM Mark Carney had warned. But the fight is proving a win for at rather unusual sectors: from the ice-cream counter and gift…
Supreme Court Justice JB Pardiwala questioned why the FSSAI was taking a two-phased approach. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has directed FSSAI to spell out details of how front-of-pack food warning labels will look, their shape, size, colour, placement on packets and the timeline of implementation, leaving nothing to the discretion of the food regulator.The court…
‘Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar’ vs ‘Aasha’ box office collections day 1_ Parvathy Thiruvothu’s thriller. Malayalam cinema witnessed the release of two new films on September 11, 2026. ‘Aasha’ and ‘Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar’ arrived in theatres on the same day. While ‘Aasha’ explores the mystery family drama space, ‘Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar’ takes the investigative crime thriller route.‘Aasha’…
MUMBAI: India’s retail credit market is showing a widening gap between the number of borrowers being added and the value of loans being accumulated, with consumer durable loans driving new borrower acquisition, while home and gold loans account for much of the portfolio growth.According to credit bureau CRIF’s ‘How India Lends’ report, gold loan outstandings…
Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Friday declared a war on illegal firearms in Karnataka’s forests, offering amnesty to those surrendering arms by Nov 1 and warned others of punitive action.The directive comes nearly a month after an encounter with alleged poachers near Hanur and seizure of a cache…
