The Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter percentage point, setting the target range between 3.5 percent and 3.75 percent, but highlighted lingering uncertainty about future policy. The 9-3 vote reflected continued divisions among policymakers, with Governor Stephen Miran advocating a half-point cut and regional Presidents Jeffrey Schmid of Kansas City…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Flu has come early this winter, and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because of a new mutated version of the virus which is circulating. The NHS has already sent out a “flu jab SOS” encouraging vulnerable people to get their free vaccination. But should you…
Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: As Abhishek Sharma gears up to play his first international match at home when India face South Africa in the second T20I in Mullanpur on Thursday, those who shaped his journey insist that his rapid rise is anything but a surprise. Behind the six-hitting power and effortless elegance sits…
NEW YORK — Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for misleading investors who lost billions when his company’s crypto ecosystem collapsed in 2022. Kwon, known by some as “the cryptocurrency king,” pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court in August to fraud charges stemming from Terraform Labs’ $40 billion crash. The company…
Information Technolgy & Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh Babu. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Information Technolgy & Human Resource Development Minister (IT & HRD) Nara Lokesh has called on Canada Business Council (CBC) president Goldy Hyder in Toronto on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) night. He sought cooperation in mobilising industrial investments to…
The use of tiny, toxic plastic beads at sewage works should be banned nationwide, an MP and wildlife experts have said after a devastating spill at an internationally important nature reserve. Hundreds of millions of “biobeads” washed up on Camber Sands beach in East Sussex last month, after a failure at a Southern Water sewage…
High school principals across California and nationwide say raids by Immigration, Customs and Enforcement have provoked a “climate of distress” among immigrant students who have been bullied on campus and whose attendance has dropped, according to a study released Tuesday. Seventy percent of public high school principals surveyed said students from immigrant families expressed fears…
New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact timeline/ Image: Space.com For decades, physicists assumed the universe would fade into darkness over a timescale so vast it barely fits in notation: around 10¹¹⁰⁰ years. But researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands now say the…
Rupee versus dollar (AI image) The Indian rupee tanked to a fresh record low on Thursday, going past the 90 mark versus the US dollar again. The rupee has been depreciating sharply this year, influenced by ongoing challenges on the India-US trade deal front and increased corporate dollar demands.The rupee declined to 90.4675 versus the…
It has become so normal for people to get glued to their screens even while walking that Google decided to step in and introduce a new warning feature for the same. With the help of your phone sensors like the accelerometer and gyroscope, the Heads up feature detects your movements and reminds you to stay…