President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he has selected Stephen Miran, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, replacing Adriana Kugler, who resigned Friday. The nominee will serve out Kugler’s term, which expires Jan. 31, 2026. “In the meantime, we will continue to search for a…
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Shillong, Aug 7 (PTI) Coal mining has officially resumed in Meghalaya under scientific and regulated frameworks, a decade after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a ban on such activity in the state in 2014, an official statement said on Thursday. Marking a significant shift towards environmentally sustainable practices, two coal blocks in Meghalaya –…
HYDERABAD: Unending tariff wars coupled with weaker-than-expected US macroeconomic data and a depreciating rupee, fuelled gold’s rise to record highs in the Indian market on Thursday. The yellow metal crossed the Rs 1.02 lakh/10 gm mark to hit a high of Rs 1,02,155 on MCX and was quoting at all-time highs of Rs 1,02,700 and…
Jasprit Bumrah of India (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta has criticized the Indian cricket team’s decision to announce Jasprit Bumrah‘s limited availability of three Tests before the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series in England, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Dasgupta believes this pre-series announcement was unnecessary and the team could…
Shubman Gill of India and Ben Stokes of England (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is not in favour of a two-division World Test Championship (WTC), especially if it risks England being placed in a different division from Australia or India. That could mean missing out on two of…
Smoke fills the air from a barge after a helicopter crash in the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill (Image credits: AP) Two people were killed Thursday morning when a helicopter struck a powerline and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, sparking a fire.A video shared by a witness online…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Having worked out a three-way split of 25% US reciprocal tariffs that kicked in on Thursday, Indian exporters are rushing shipments ahead of the Aug 27 deadline, when Donald Trump’s “secondary sanctions” on India will double the customs duty to 50%.“We are advancing the shipments and planning to ship goods for the four…
Every time a school shooting occurs in the United States, the country is gripped by grief. Public attention rightly focuses on the devastating human toll: The lives lost, the families shattered, and the communities plunged into mourning. But beyond the grief, another quieter consequence unfolds in parallel. A measurable, lasting disruption to local economic life.A…
Before Jai and Veeru became legends, before Basanti danced with Dhanno and Gabbar Singh ruled the ravines, Sholay started with a much simpler setup, two former army men dismissed for indiscipline. That’s how the seed of the iconic film was first sown in the minds of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar.Looking back at 50 years…