India-US trade deal: Currently, India’s main trade representative is conducting negotiations in Washington. (AI image) India-US trade deal: The United States and India appear to be in the final stages of discussions to finalise the first-cut of the US-Indian trade deal. With US President Donald Trump’s July deadline looming, the trade deal could determine the…
Harvard layoffs: Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has announced staff layoffs and significant budget cuts as it grapples with financial pressures stemming from federal funding reductions and a looming tax increase on Harvard’s $53.2 billion endowment. The school’s dean, Jeremy M. Weinstein, conveyed the difficult news in an email to faculty and staff, describing the challenges…
The prime minister is set to warn of a “backroom stitch up” between the Conservatives, Reform UK and Plaid Cymru ahead of next year’s Senedd elections. Sir Keir Starmer will address Welsh Labour’s annual conference in Llandudno, North Wales, on Saturday. Voters will head to the polls next May to choose their representatives in Cardiff…
Dewald Brevis during a practice session. (Pic credit: CSA) World champions South Africa will field a youthful and largely new-look XI for the first Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, with Keshav Maharaj named captain in the absence of regular skipper Temba Bavuma. Maharaj, who is just one wicket away from reaching 200 Test scalps, will…
NEW DELHI: Aviation engineers from the UK are arriving in Thiruvananthapuram to repair an F-35B Lightning jet of Britain’s Royal Navy as the aircraft continued to be stranded after making an emergency landing 12 days ago.The aircraft is part of the HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group of the UK’s Royal Navy.The jet, worth…
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel together accounted for over 99.8% of all new telecom subscribers in May, helping India’s total telecom subscriber base rise marginally to 120.7 crore, according to the latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).The sector added a total of 43.58 lakh net subscribers in May, with Jio and…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly expanding across companies, but the workforce isn’t keeping up. While executives embrace AI tools, their employees are being left behind, creating a divide that could undermine digital transformation.Only one-third of employees have received adequate training to use AI tools effectively. The 2025 BCG AI at Work survey, based on responses from…
Mukesh Kumar blessed with baby boy (Instagram Photo) Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar and his wife Divya Singh have been blessed with a baby boy, marking a joyous milestone in the cricketer’s personal life. The Bengal pacer, who has steadily grown into a reliable name in India’s bowling unit, took to social media on Friday…
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla may be astronaut number 634, but he is far from the only Indian drawing value from the Axiom-4 mission. While Shukla orbits Earth aboard the International Space Station, a contingent of Isro engineers and doctors stationed in Houston is immersed in a parallel mission — one rooted not in weightlessness, but…
State-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has announced its first international acquisition, signing a deal worth up to $52.96 million to acquire a controlling stake in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC). The strategic move is seen as a major step in expanding India’s maritime influence in the Indian Ocean Region amid China’s growing footprint.MDL,…
