The twin headwinds of rising oil prices, fuelled by West Asia’s ongoing conflict, and a below-normal monsoon forecast for 2026, are putting India’s consumption-driven growth story under pressure. While sectors hit by the conflict have raised prices to offset costlier raw materials and freight, a below-normal monsoon would squeeze farm incomes and hurt rural demand,…
R-L India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu, Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva, and China’s Zhu Jiner (Photos by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: The hour of judgement has arrived. Unless a tie-breaker is forced and we have to wait for another day, it will be decided on Wednesday on the Mediterranean shores of Cyprus who will take the Women’s Candidates crown…
AP Inter Results 2026 today: Students awaiting the AP Inter Results 2026 can check their scores online through the official websites – bie.ap.gov.in and results.bie.ap.gov.in AP Inter result 2026: Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP), will declare the AP Intermediate Public Examination (IPE) March 2026 results today, April 15, 2026, at 10:31 AM. The…
After fiddling with the musical genre, Ariana Grande has shifted gears and is all set for an iconic comedy. Grande just joined one of comedy’s most awkward families, and she’s already sweating through a lie detector test. The first teaser for ‘Focker-in-Law’, the fourth chapter of the ‘Meet the Parents’ saga, is out, and it…
KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Gorkha issue will be solved in a constitutional manner without dividing Bengal, if voted to office.Signalling a shift from the earlier position of Bengal BJP netas, who had been supporting Gorkhaland, Shah said at a rally in South Dinajpur’s Gangarampur: “I want to tell my…
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is seen to be relatively better placed to face the impact of the West Asia crisis, two global agencies said on Tuesday.The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook revised upwards India’s growth projection for the current fiscal year to 6.5%, against 6.2% estimated earlier, citing the strong momentum…
Ahmed Shehzad, IPL trophy Former Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has criticised Pakistan journalists and media for repeatedly asking foreign players to compare the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Pakistan Super League (PSL).Shehzad pointed to questions asked to Kusal Mendis, who is currently playing in the PSL.“Kusal Mendis is playing, performing in PSL, and he…
The first teaser of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ has been unveiled, and the kaiju is wreaking havoc in New York city. During a recent event in Las Vegas, filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki revealed the film’s teaser and also showed behind-the-scenes footage of his team at work. The first teaser of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ has been unveiled, and…
(L-R) Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI and Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic The OpenAI and Anthropic Cold War has come to Illinois, one of America’s biggest states. Sam Altman’s OpenAI and Dario Amodei’s Anthropic are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would allow AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters. The…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump’s theological skirmish with Pope Leo — spiritual head of more than a billion Catholics — has triggered a backlash from his own conservative base, with Republican leaders, Christian activists and late-night comedians converging, for once, on the same punchline.What might once have been dismissed as another burst…