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Minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s late July policy meeting revealed that a majority of officials viewed upside inflation risks as more significant than employment concerns, highlighting internal disagreements over the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “A majority of participants judged the upside risk to inflation as the greater of these two,” the […]

Hailee Steinfeld makes a huge career move.(Image via TheImageDirect.com) Hailee Steinfeld, the BAFTA nominated actress, has been enjoying one of the happiest phases of her lives after she tied the knot with the Buffalo Bills’ star player, Josh Allen, a few weeks ago. The power couple have had a great start to the year and […]

NEW DELHI: As external affairs minister S Jaishankar visited Moscow Wednesday for bilateral talks on trade and economic issues, Russian diplomats here defended energy ties with India and expressed confidence that both countries would handle challenges arising out of the US sanctions against India that they described as unjustified and extremely unfortunate.“It is a challenging […]

BENGALURU: Karnataka’s government introduced a bill in the assembly on Wednesday that is intended to regulate public gatherings and punish violations. The move comes in wake of the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, during RCB’s IPL victory celebrations, that resulted in 11 deaths.The Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd at Events and Places […]

MUMBAI: Motilal Oswal Alternates has closed an $800 million private equity (PE) fund, surpassing its initial target of $750 million, helped by strong backing from global and local investors, who chipped in to partake in India’s growth story. The fund size can go up to $950 million, making it one of the largest funds raised […]

HYDERABAD: A seemingly harmless post on X recounting a 1998 plane hijacking in Pakistan with references to “Hyderabad airport”, “Delhi” and “Bhuj” was picked up by an AI-powered social media listening tool in India and flagged by a senior vigilance specialist on Aug 14 as a “threat mail”, triggering a security charade involving aviation officials […]

BENGALURU: A 59-year-old man arrested for allegedly stealing from a temple was found hanging inside the bathroom of MK Doddi police station in Channapatna in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district Wednesday.Police said Ramesh was a mason from Channapatna’s Dundanahalli village. He had been arrested earlier in similar theft cases and was facing trial in a few. His […]

NEW DELHI: The Centre has proposed exempting life and health insurance policies for individuals from the ambit of GST, the head of a panel of ministers set up by the GST council said on Wednesday, a move that is expected to provide relief to large sections of consumers.Bihar deputy chief minister and convenor of the […]

Olympic champion Imane Khelif unveils dramatic new makeover after Paris 2024 gender storm and s*x testing rules (Image via Getty) Imane Khelif, Algerian Olympic boxing champion, showed a new, more feminine look this week. She shared a picture on Instagram with television host and podcaster Nassima Djaffar Bey. Khelif has not boxed since winning gold […]

NEW DELHI: NDA nominee for the vice-presidential poll C P Radhakrishnan filed his nomination papers Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the first proposer for his candidature.Accompanied by PM Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah and other senior netas from the BJP-led alliance, Radhakrishnan filed his papers after offering floral tributes […]