From apps to arms: Sankaet Pathak and Silicon Valley’s patriotic pivot

TOI Correspondent from Washington: A new doctrine is quietly reshaping America’s technology-industrial complex, recasting Silicon Valley from a playground of consumer apps into an arsenal of strategic hardware. Dubbed “patriotic tech,” the movement argues that technology firms have a moral and national duty to align with the state – particularly in its intensifying rivalry with…

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Stock market today (April 20, 2026): Nifty50 opens below 24,300; BSE Sensex down over 200 points as oil prices rise on Hormuz closure

Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Sensex and Nifty opened in red on Monday on weak global cues as the closure of Strait of Hormuz led to an increase in oil prices. While Nifty50 went below 24,300, BSE Sensex dropped over 200 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 24,290.00, down 64…

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Smriti Mandhana retains top spot in women’s ODI rankings | Cricket News

Smriti Mandhana (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s star batter Smriti Mandhana has retained the top spot in the latest ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings released on Tuesday. Her captain Harmanpreet Kaur also maintained her position, staying at eighth place in the rankings.However, Jemimah Rodrigues slipped one place to 12th after India suffered a 0-3 defeat…

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Sara Tendulkar: Watch: Sara Tendulkar, brother Arjun’s wife Saaniya spotted together in Mumbai event | Cricket News

Sara Tendulkar and sister-in-law Saaniya Chandhok (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Sara Tendulkar turned heads in Mumbai this week as she stepped out alongside her sister-in-law, Saaniya Chandhok, marking another high-profile appearances together since Saaniya’s marriage to Arjun Tendulkar. The duo’s effortless style and easy camaraderie quickly caught the attention of onlookers, adding a fresh layer of…

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Khamenei dead, Middle East on edge: What will be the implications of Trump’s ‘Epic fury’ on stock markets, gold & oil?

Experience shows markets often come to view geopolitical disruptions as temporary. (AI image) The global markets are in for a phase of enhanced turmoil and uncertainty! The ongoing tensions in the Middle East after US and Israel’s strikes on Iran and Ali Khamenei’s death may have investors running for cover – looking for an asset…

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India vs Australia: 25 years of the historic 2001 Test rebirth at Eden Gardens | Cricket News

File Pic: Image from the historic India vs Australia Test in 2001 at Eden Gardens. This week, twenty-five years ago, few were giving Indian cricket any hope. Bruised, sullied from the match-fixing scandal barely a year before and fighting to save face, here was a rudderless team hosting Steve Waugh’s ‘Invincibles’. What unfolded would change…

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