Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has backed the recently announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), saying that the mechanism will be imposed on operators and will not be passed on to customers. Addressing ongoing speculations around the charges, FM blamed the opposition for creating confusion and urged people to remain alert.Speaking to…
Far below the surface off the coast of Rhode Island, the bases of offshore wind turbines are becoming something more than supports for machines. Their hard foundations are providing places for marine organisms to settle, creating patches of habitat on an otherwise softer seafloor. Barnacles, mussels, algae and other small creatures can attach themselves to…
Florida used an unusual tool to control the growing population of invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: solar-powered robot rabbits. In 2025, the South Florida Water Management District and the University of Florida teamed up to deploy robotic rabbit decoys designed to mimic real prey and lure pythons out of hiding using artificial intelligence (AI),…
Image: SFGATE/ Jacob Elliott Robin Williams, the celebrated actor and comedian known for his energetic performances and memorable film roles, once owned a waterfront home in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. The property, located in Paradise Cay on the Tiburon Peninsula, was purchased by Williams in 2008 for approximately $4 million. Following his death in…
Pink said she had never had a female mentor before working on Two Wolves. (Photo: Forbes) Singer Alecia Beth Moore-Hart, known professionally as Pink, bought a 200-acre ranch in California’s Santa Barbara County with her husband Carey Hart in 2013 for almost $9 million. The property included a vineyard. Thirteen years later, the land is…
Oil prices remain above $100 per barrel Oil prices climbed back above the $100-a-barrel mark as tensions in the Middle East continued to intensify, keeping markets on edge. Brent crude rose 0.51% to $100.80 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 0.43% to $92.77, on Tuesday.The rise, however, was limited as traders weighed…
India-New Zealand trade deal to come into force on Dussehra (representative image) NEW DELHI: The India-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) will come into force on Oct 20 (Dusshera), providing duty-free access to 100% of India’s exports, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal announced Monday. And, talks with Canada for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement…
MUMBAI: The Rs 22,568-crore NSE IPO was subscribed 5.7 times the bidding amount, generating a total demand worth nearly Rs 90,200 crore. While the institutional part was subscribed 12.7 times, the HNI part was subscribed 6.6 times and the retail part 1.4 times, data on BSE showed. The part reserved for employees was subscribed 2.4…
BENGALURU: Online shopping is expanding beyond India’s biggest cities, but the value of those purchases remains concentrated in larger markets.Of more than 200 million orders processed in the last 12 months up to July this year, 57.2% originated outside the 96 largest cities, but these orders accounted for only 39.3% of total transaction value. Their…
NEW DELHI: Microsoft’s new India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad is among its largest infrastructure investments in Asia, the company’s India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok said, as it expands capacity for cloud and AI services.The facility is part of Microsoft’s $20.5 billion investment commitment across Asia. Chandok did not disclose how much…
