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Oil prices spiked more than 7% on Friday as a sharp escalation between Israel and Iran unnerved global energy markets. With fears mounting over potential supply disruptions, both Brent and US crude benchmarks climbed to levels not seen since January.By mid-morning in London, Brent crude was up $5.10, or 7.4%, at $74.46 a barrel, after…

Sun Weidong (mfa.gov.cn) and Vikram Misri (ANI) Foreign secretary Vikram Misri met Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong in New Delhi on Friday in a renewed effort to improve bilateral relations between the two countries. Weidong is visiting India for two days.During the meeting, the neighbours decided to rebuild ties by prioritising ‘people-centric engagements’, including…

NEW DELHI: The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme provides crucial financial support to farmers across India. Under this Central Government initiative, eligible landholding farmer families receive Rs 6,000 annually in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each, directly transferred to their bank accounts. What is the PM-Kisan scheme? The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman…

NEW DELHI: Singapore Airlines (SIA) shares declined on the Singapore Exchange on Friday, a day after an Air India flight was involved in a crash in Ahmedabad.SIA, which holds a 25.1% stake in Air India, saw its stock drop 1.7% to SGD 6.91 by the midday trading break, after slipping as much as 2.1% earlier,…

NEW DELHI: An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has made an emergency landing in the Nangalpur area.Last week, IAF was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near UP’s Saharanpur after the pilots received a technical snag warning on their flying panel in the cockpit. After extensive checks on the…

Gold and silver prices increased further as Middle East tensions between Israel and Iran intensified. (AI image) Gold rate today: Gold August futures on the MCX surged Rs 2,011 or 2.04% higher, surpassing Rs 1 lakh to reach Rs 1,00,403 per 10 grams on Friday, driven by safe-haven purchases due to Israel-Iran conflicts and a…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs has issued a statement expressing deep concern over the mounting tensions between Israel and Iran, following Israel’s recent attack on Tehran.India has called for restraint from both nations, emphasising the importance of diplomatic channels to resolve underlying issues.“We are deeply concerned at the recent developments between Iran and…