Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives will scrap the ban on petrol and diesel vehicles due to come into force in the UK if they win the next election. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Conservative Party leader said the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (ZEV) was a “well-meaning but ultimately destructive piece of legislation”. From 2030,…
AI is transforming the job industry, and eliminating some roles in the process. But Jamie Dimon says soft skills will be more important than ever in the AI era. Last weekend, JPMorgan Chase’s CEO toldFox News’ Sunday Morning Futures that he doesn’t believe AI will lead to dramatic cuts in the labor force within the…
Left out of India’s T20 plans in recent months, Yashasvi Jaiswal responded in the most emphatic manner possible with a match-winning century as defending champions Mumbai kept their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 campaign alive. In a must-win Super League B encounter on Sunday, Mumbai chased down a daunting 235-run target against Haryana with…
Stock market outlook: The markets this week were driven by macroeconomic pressures and mixed global cues. Domestically, the rupee slid to a fresh record low of 90.56 against the US dollar, dampening risk sentiment. However, some relief came after the US Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate cut, while optimism over progress in India–US trade…
The prospect of Comcast taking over ITV has prompted concerns about the impact on British public service broadcasting, a fact that Channel 4’s new chief executive, moving from a senior post at Sky, will be all too well aware. Sky’s advertising chief, Priya Dogra, will now be expected to lead the charge to block her…
After three generations of genteel discretion bordering on secrecy, the international banking family the Rothschilds has been riven by rival claims to a multibillion-euro fortune including a vast collection of art masterpieces. The battle now playing out in the courts and media has pitched the 93-year-old senior baroness, Nadine de Rothschild – widow of Edmond…
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJPs) breakthrough win in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation elections has upended decades of Left dominance in Kerala’s capital, with a retired senior police officer emerging as a key face of the shift. R Sreelekha, Kerala’s first woman IPS officer, delivered a commanding ward-level victory that has now placed her at the…
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked Stage-IV actions under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap). (Photo:PTI) 3 min read Last Updated : Dec 14 2025 | 8:46 AM IST On Sunday, Delhi residents woke up to a thick layer of smog, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) nearing 500, intensifying discomfort amid…
In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world’s manufacturing powerhouse.China is already the world’s largest market for industrial robots, and the government is pouring billions of dollars into…
The richest man in the world could more than double his $460.6 billion fortune if SpaceX succeeds in going public next year at a valuation of $1.5 trillion.SpaceX is moving forward with an insider share sale that values Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at about $800 billion, setting up what could be the largest…