Asian stocks edged higher on Thursday, as investor sentiments were lifted by hopes of United States and Iran extending their ceasefire and moving a step closer to reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The gains were led by Japan’s Nikkei, which was up 1,214 points or 2% to 59,348. In South Korea, Kospi jumped 1.7%…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve faculty strength and enhance the quality of higher education, the higher education department decided to create 36 new assistant professor posts in govt degree colleges, with a focus on institutions located in rural and underserved regions.Official sources said the move aims to address long-standing vacancies and ensure better teacher-student…
Oil prices surged sharply on Tuesday, with Brent crude climbing above the $110 per barrel mark and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude trading above $100, as supply concerns intensified amid the widening conflict in the Middle East.Brent crude rose $2.26, or about 2 per cent, to $115.04 a barrel in early trade, after hitting…
बिहार की राजधानी पटना में पुलिस ने मादक पदार्थों (ड्रग्स) की तस्करी के खिलाफ अब तक की सबसे बड़ी और ऐतिहासिक कार्रवाई की है. पुलिस ने भारी मात्रा में ड्रग्स बनाने के कच्चे माल सहित करीब 21 किलो ‘ब्राउन शुगर’ (स्मैक) बरामद की है. अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में इस जब्त की गई खेप की कीमत लगभग…
Three days after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the customs department has announced the date on which the duty collections will end. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that it will stop collecting tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) from 12:01 a.m. EST (0501…
NEW DELHI: In what is being seen as second attempt on his life in less than a year, Lashkar-e-Taiba co-founder Amir Hamza was shot at by unknown gunmen outside a news channel’s office in Lahore on Thursday.The incident happened when Hamza (67) was going home after from local TV station named and was accompanied with…
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 4 crore in user fee in the past year. “Last year, Rs 2 crore was collected,” BMC’s deputy commissioner (revenue) Ajay Mohanty said on Wednesday.“The fee is being collected for generation of municipal waste daily in households and various institutions and hotels. This…
Saudi Arabia has raised the price of its main crude grade for Asian buyers to a record high, as the Middle East conflict enters its sixth week and continues to disrupt global energy flows worldwide.The kingdom’s oil giant Saudi Aramco has set the cost of its Arab Light crude for May sales to Asia at…
पाकिस्तान के पूर्व खिलाड़ी कामरान अकमल ने पीसीबी चीफ मोहसिन नकवी पर तंज कसा है. नकवी एशिया कप 2025 की ट्रॉफी अपने साथ लेकर भाग गए थे, जो टीम इंडिया ने पाकिस्तान को हराकर जीती थी. अकमल का ये बयान पाक टीम की बांग्लादेश के खिलाफ वनडे सीरीज हार के बाद आया है. टी20 वर्ल्ड…
The Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire – after 6 weeks of a brutal war in the West Asia region – was welcomed by India in an official statement in which the government also expressed hope that the truce will lead to a lasting peace in the region. Stressing that the conflict had already caused immense suffering to…
