US President Donald Trump on Friday mocked the Brics group as a “little group” that is “fading out fast”. He also reiterated his warning from earlier this month of a 10 per cent tariff on any nation aligning with Brics, which he described as following “anti-American policies”. The MAGA chief also claimed credit for weakening…
RIL Q1 results FY 2025-26: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries posted a Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 26,994 crore beating Street estimates. The net profit rose 78% from Rs 15,138 crore a year ago.The organisation’s operational income increased by 5.3%, reaching Rs 2,48,660 crore compared to Rs 2,36,217 crore during the corresponding period in the…
Ten Americans are on their way back to the US following a prisoner exchange involving the United States, El Salvador, and Venezuela, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced Friday.As part of the prisoner exchange, more than 200 Venezuelan migrants, who were deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration have left…
Digital and telecom arm of Reliance Industries, Jio Platforms Ltd, reported a 25% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit at Rs 7,110 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The company’s gross revenue for the first quarter of FY26 climbed 19% YoY to Rs 41,054 crore, according to the consolidated earnings release issued by…
New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani previously questioned the “purpose” of jails and prisons, drawing sharp criticism from law enforcement officials on Friday, who condemned the remarks as “out of touch” and potentially dangerous.“I think that frankly, I mean, what purpose do they serve, right?” Mamdani said in August 2020 when a co-host of “The…
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have renewed heavy selling in Indian equities, withdrawing a massive Rs 10,169 crore over five straight sessions through July 17, according to data cited by an ET report. The latest wave of outflows has pushed the July tally past the $1 billion mark, marking a sharp reversal after three months of…
Several Indians claimed refugee status in Canada, but they narrated the same story. Parwinder Singh, an Indian man seeking refugee status in Canada told the authorities that he was being framed by the police for his friend’s murder in Haryana. The authorities noted that 200 other also narrated a strikingly similar story as they all…
India needs to be ‘very careful and clever’ in US trade deal talks, says Raghuram Rajan; flags farm import riskFormer Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has cautioned that India needs to be “very careful and clever” while negotiating trade agreements with the United States, especially in sectors like agriculture where developed economies provide…
USCIS announced that it reached the H-1B cap for FY 2026. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on July 18 that it received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa US advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year 2026. The…
India’s economy is performing well but needs continued investment in infrastructure, trade agreements coming through, and ease of doing business to accelerate growth, Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, said on Friday.“So we are in good shape, but can we grow faster? Yes, but for that, we will need to…
