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Google joins Amazon to mull a bid for Indian Premier League

Alphabet Inc., owner of search engine Google, has flagged an interest in bidding for the broadcast rights of IPL, joining the ranks of dozen media giants vying for the coveted asset.

Ukraine, Russia gas clash raises threat to Europe’s supply

Russian gas flowing via one of two key points will stop from Wednesday as occupying forces disrupt operations, the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine said in a statement.

Nuclear strike might not prompt the reaction you expect

We don’t know how many people such a weapon would exterminate, but it’s quite possible that it would kill only a small fraction of the number that have died in the war overall.

Russia is right. US is waging ‘proxy war’ in Ukraine

Proxy wars are longstanding tools of great-power rivalry because they allow one side to bleed the other without a direct clash of arms.

SEBI probes Schroders, Axis AMC partner, for alleged ‘front running’ by officials

Axis AMC, country's seventh-largest asset manager with $32 billion in assets, Friday said it had suspended 2 fund managers pending an investigation due to potential irregularities.

Foreign institutional investors shun LIC’s IPO over market risks

LIC has been seeking to drum up interest with newspaper advertisements since the start of the year, seeking to take advantage of a retail investment boom in the country.

Hong Kong’s hardline next leader John Lee shows flexibility behind scenes

Lee, a former cop and security minister, emerged as a leading advocate for cracking down on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition over the past three years.

India’s dependence on coal is unaffordable

Federal minister in charge in 2017 complained that a third of India’s coal-based capacity depended on imports, while cheaper Indian coal isn’t of the quality plants are designed to handle.

Covid killed one out of every 500 people globally, WHO report shows

The WHO’s new estimate is more than twice the figures from individual governments’ reports showing about 6.2 million Covid deaths.

Modi govt plans to cut taxes on edible oils to cool surging prices

India, the world’s top importer of vegetable oils, is looking to cut the agriculture infrastructure and development cess on crude palm oil imports.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.