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Increasing geopolitical tensions after the US-Israel strikes on Iran have once again pushed investors towards long-time safe haven assets. Many traders are struggling to choose whether they should go for gold ETFs or towards silver ETFs, or allocate their portfolio to a combination of both.According to market participants, current environment favours gold, although silver could…

AI image created by ChatGpt used for representational purpose only, As US and Israeli strikes on Iran intensify and the conflict spreads across the Middle East region, a pressing question is emerging: how much will this war cost America?US President Donald Trump has suggested the operation could last “four to five weeks,” while also warning…

A plume of smoke caused by an Iranian strike at Dubai International Airport. (Photo: AP) Several airlines on Tuesday began resuming limited commercial services to the Middle East, cautiously returning to the skies to evacuate thousands of passengers stranded by the escalating conflict in the Gulf.According to the Dubai Airports website, a number of commercial…

A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor occurred 65 kilometres southeast of Sinabang. Indonesia is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region known for frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, making it particularly vulnerable to seismic events. Indonesia’s Sumatra region lies along…

KOZHIKODE: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader KP Unnikrishnan passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday. He was 90.A veteran Congress leader, Unnikrishnan represented the Vadakara constituency for nearly three decades and was widely regarded as an experienced parliamentarian with a long-standing public life.Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has expressed deep…

Sanju Samson (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson’s immense talent has never been in doubt, but a difficult bilateral series against New Zealand prompted the team management to give him a break ahead of the T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir said after the Kerala batter guided India into the semi-finals with a sensational…

US embassy in Riyadh. (Screenshot) Two drones struck the US embassy in Riyadh early Tuesday, triggering a small fire and causing minor damage to the building, Saudi authorities said, as Iran continued its wave of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.In a statement, a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said preliminary assessments confirmed that the…

Bizarre polling station names like ‘Singapore’, ‘For Pakistan’, and ‘Slingshot’ are causing confusion in Telangana’s 2002 electoral rolls. (AI image) HYDERABAD: “Singapore”, “For Pakistan”, “Slingshot”, “Cockatoo”, “Cashew Lizard”, “Big Goot”, and “Goat’s Nest”, it turns out, are nonsensical words and phrases representing polling stations from the 2002 rolls that are listed on the Election Commission…

NEW DELHI: Holding that a welfare legislation, enacted to extend benefit to a certain section of society, should be given a “liberal and purposive interpretation” in favour of beneficiaries, Supreme Court has said an employer has to pay penalty from his pocket for delay in payment under the Employees’ Compensation Act, even if the compensation…

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have released video footage of closed-door depositions given by Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton as part of their investigation into the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, bringing hours of previously unseen testimony into the public domain.The recordings show both former Democratic leaders repeatedly distancing themselves from Epstein and denying any…