Samrat Sharma

American officials who once expected a swift end to the war are now sitting across the table from their Iranian counterparts as the economic cost of the war begins to mount.

The failure of Islamabad peace talks and the new counter-blockades that the US has imposed in the Strait of Hormuz have widened the horizon of the West Asia war.

It is estimated that the world is still 169 years away from achieving full gender parity in politics.

Jammu and Kashmir is no longer defined only by the massive tourism it hosts. The Union Territory has become a hub for startups, too. New Delhi:

Countries across Asia and as far as Argentina have begun introducing measures to manage supply pressures and shield consumers from rising fuel costs.

Reported by Subham Singh, Samrat Sharma The ongoing Iran war has triggered a sharp disruption in global energy markets, with the blockade

We look at the fiscal picture of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu by taking into account the announcements made by leaders during campaigning

The highest per capita consumption of petrol and diesel comes from areas with high tourism activity. These include Goa, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said OMC under-recoveries were around Rs 1,000 crore a day.

Four years before the Iran war started, the Russia-Ukraine war had introduced a similar situation of commodity shock. In response, the central banks of several countries had hiked their interest rates.