Who is Nirmal Purja? Netflix's '14 Peaks' mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks goes missing in PoK after Broad Peak avalancheWho is Nirmal Purja: Nirmal Purja, the Nepal-born British mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in 189 days and w...
31 Jul, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
In Pakistan, not just living but dying too is getting more expensiveFuneral expenses in Rawalpindi are becoming unaffordable for many families. Low-income households now borrow money for burial rites and ser...
07 Jul, 2026, 09.22 PM IST
Oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970sAsia is experiencing energy shocks similar to the 1970s oil crises, with rising fossil fuel costs impacting consumers and industries. This ...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
Pakistan cuts key rate by 50 bps to 10.5% in surprise movePakistan's central bank surprised markets by cutting its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 10.5%. This move comes after four consecut...
15 Dec, 2025, 07.18 PM IST
University of Sydney the only institution denied extra international student places in 2026The University of Sydney has been denied approval to expand international student enrolments for 2026 under the Albanese government’s new p...
17 Oct, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
Rs 37,600 crore in 11 days! FIIs are flooding Indian stocks with cash but will it last?Foreign institutional investors pumped ₹37,600 crore into Indian equities over 11 sessions, boosting the rupee to a five-month high amid fa...
01 May, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Where does the reality actually sit on India-Middle East-Europe Corridor?Strictly speaking, IMEEC is not a corridor. A corridor implies goods travelling from a source to a market over a vast territory that contri...
18 Sep, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
Scaling heights: Norwegian woman & Sherpa guide become world's fastest to climb 14 tallest peaksA Norwegian climber and her sherpa guide have set the record for the fastest time to scale all peaks above 8,000 metres. Kristin Harila and...
28 Jul, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Banks are our top sectoral pick right now: Pratik GuptaSo that is the big-big driver of global flows into risk assets like emerging market assets in particular and India has been a beneficiary o...
24 Jul, 2023, 10.29 AM IST
Cash-starved Pakistan fails to secure LNG supply as no company responds to its tenderPakistan’s inability to buy gas will aggravate energy shortages in the country, increasing the frequency of blackouts and curbing the suppl...
21 Jun, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
Pakistan central bank leaves key rate unchanged, signals tightening pausePakistan's central bank has kept the key interest rate at a record-high of 21%, signalling a pause in its tightening cycle as inflation may...
12 Jun, 2023, 06.23 PM IST
China backing away from its initial financial promises to Pakistan under CPEC: ReportAccording to Asia Times, Pakistan Army is set to take near-total control of the CPEC in a bid to reassure Beijing that their investments wi...
25 Dec, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
FMCG copmanies happy to serve a billion at home, limit their global spreadOverseas presence has exposed Indian companies to currency fluctuations.
27 Jun, 2019, 09.22 AM IST
A Chuckling Buddha: India, not US, got the nuke question rightIndia chose the right time to become an overt nuclear weapons state, which happened after Pokhran-II in 1998. US-led nuclear nonproliferati...
10 May, 2018, 11.14 AM IST
Ban on Alphonso mangoes: India to take up the issue with EUImports have been restricted as 207 consignments of mangoes and some vegetables shipped from India in 2013 were found to be contaminated by...
30 Apr, 2014, 01.42 AM IST
- A look at India's oil vulnerability index
With oil prices poised tantalisingly near the $100-a-barrel mark, the economies of oil importing, developing countries will be hit hard.
19 Nov, 2007, 05.37 AM IST
- Army to open Siachen glacier to tourists
The Indian Army plans to take tourists trekking on Siachen glacier that has long been a high-altitude battlefield.
13 Sep, 2007, 03.30 PM IST