As we approach the middle of 2025, the global bond market is flashing mixed signals. While the U.S. Federal Reserve remains cautious, waiting for clearer signs before making any moves, bond yields in major markets like Japan and the UK are climbing. Japan’s super-long bond yields have reached multi-decade highs, stirring concern over long-term fiscal…
General Anil Chauhan, India’s chief of defence staff, has admitted that an unspecified number of fighter jets were shot down during its conflict with Pakistan last month. The acknowledgement of aerial losses by the country’s highest ranking general comes weeks after the two South Asian neighbours were engaged in their heaviest fighting in decades, which involved…
US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his controversial claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from engaging in a full-blown conflict, possibly even a nuclear confrontation. US President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Pennsylvania.(REUTERS) “We talked trade and we said, ‘we can’t trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday again said he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and that he told both countries that his government cannot trade with nations that are in conflict.“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster,” Trump said during a…
NEW DELHI: India has finalised a new ‘programme execution model’ for the indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), under which private firms can also bid for the project along with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).The new model approved by defence minister Rajnath Singh, which aims to accelerate prototype development and…
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday pushed India’s zero-tolerance stance on terrorism and delivered a blunt message in a key meeting in Bahrain, where he termed Pakistan “an aggressor and not the victim.” AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is part of the delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Baijayant Jay Panda.(ANI) Owaisi is a part…
Indian public policy think tank NITI Aayog’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BVR Subrahmanyam, on Sunday, 25 May 2025, citing International Monetary Fund (IMF) data, said that India has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy. The official IMF data of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2025 marked India’s position at $4.19 trillion based on…
Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar on Saturday conceded that the void left by the Test retirement of premier cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is tough to fill, but hoped that other players will step up during the upcoming tour of England. Rohit was the first to announce retirement from Test cricket on…
Sai Sudharsan described his maiden Test call-up as “surreal” after being named in India’s squad for the upcoming five-match Test series in England, as per ESPNcricinfo. “It obviously feels great. Feels very special to be honest, and surreal also. Any cricketer, any young cricketer who starts playing cricket, wants to play Test cricket, wants to…
Liberia-flagged container ship (Photo: ICG) NEW DELHI: A Liberia-flagged container vessel, MSC ELSA 3, capsized after departing Vizhinjam port on Saturday, prompting a major rescue operation by the Indian Coast Guard, reported All India Radio News Trivandrum.The incident occurred approximately 38 nautical miles off the coast of Kochi, with the vessel seeking urgent assistance. The…
