Indian exports to Iran declined from $3.5 billion in FY2019 to $1.2 billion in FY2026. Launching an ‘economic onslaught’ on Iran, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump is making phone calls to world leaders with specific requests to stop all interactions with Iran.The move comes amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict which…
A major orange juice processing project in Brazil is taking an unusual approach to one of the industry’s biggest waste streams: turning citrus wastewater into renewable energy. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is building what it describes as the world’s largest plant dedicated to producing biogas from citrus effluent at its industrial facility in Bebedouro, São…
Gold has witnessed a strong breakout and is trading near fresh highs around Rs 163,000. Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are showing a positive bias and there has been a sharp correction from the lows seen in July, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.If the current MCX…
Representative Image (Canva) Some stars can make repeated close passes around supermassive black holes, losing part of their material each time while surviving to return again. These encounters produce bursts of light, or flares, that can recur months or even years apart. But astronomers have been puzzled by a pattern seen in some of these…
Iran blacklists 45 tankers over Strait of Hormuz rules amid fresh US sanctions threat Iran has blacklisted 45 tankers for allegedly violating its rules for crossing the Strait of Hormuz and warned that vessels conducting ship-to-ship transfers with them could also face action, escalating tensions over the key waterway nearly six months into the war.The…
Dr. Savannah Ulalian Bishop photographs an archaeological amphora (Picture: KOC University) Imagine an ancient amphora recovered from the seabed after centuries underwater. It may be cracked, covered with deposits or missing large sections. Restoring such an object is difficult without causing further damage.To overcome this problem, researchers at Koc University in Turkiye have developed a…
Infosys employees are now awaiting details on the annual salary revisions. Infosys, India’s second largest IT services major, has reportedly awarded its eligible employees an average performance bonus of 70% for the April-June quarter. While the average payout is similar to the last quarter, it is around 10 percentage points lower than what was awarded…
A nest box occupied by a Eurasian scops owl might seem an unlikely place to find a live snake, yet that is exactly what researchers repeatedly encountered in central Türkiye. Across six breeding seasons, they inspected 109 owl nests and found the small worm snake Xerotyphlops vermicularis in 44% of them. The reptiles were not…
Technology stocks led the losses after experiencing sharp swings over the summer. US stock market today: Wall Street indices were subdued on Monday as investors looked ahead to a week filled with events that could have a significant impact on markets. Meanwhile, the parts of the bond market that the US Treasury Department is seeking…
In the process of striving for our long-term objectives, it may be easy to lose sight of the significance of the tasks at hand. However, James Clerk Maxwell provided a different outlook, stating that even regular work could be associated with an ideal much bigger than the situation itself. He says, “Happy is the man…