8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (811+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday announced that China will lead the creation of an open-source AI ecosystem for BRICS member nations as part of a five-point initiative to boost cooperation in technology, manufacturing and trade, even as he called…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (523+ words) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian File picture BRICS must expand trade in national currencies and work towards an inclusive global economic framework as excessive dependence on existing financial and trade systems has made emerging economies vulnerable to political shocks, Iranian President…...

18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (751+ words) Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August, including gasoline refined from Russian crude at a refinery in India that is partly owned by Russia's Rosneft, as Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Moscow's domestic refining capacity, according to a…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (292+ words) Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come into…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (689+ words) As rising geopolitical tensions adversely impact ordinary people globally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that BRICS must rise through cooperation and inclusive growth to meet these challenges and blossom for the sake of humanity. In an address at…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago   (539+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to a reporter in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 29, 2026. Reuters picture OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in remarks published on Saturday,…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago   (180+ words) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday met Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim over breakfast here and discussed India-Malaysia ties. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was also present at the meeting. Leader of the Opposition…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago   (603+ words) French ambassador Thierry Mathou addresses a gathering at Institut de Chandernagore on Friday, as local MLA Deepanjan Guha and tourism minister Shankar Ghosh look on. Pictures by Sudeshna Banerjee An Indo-French heritage project that has been in the works since…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (407+ words) A surgeon performs a robotic surgery using a Da Vinci system India has the machines and the expertise but the cost of surgery is becoming a limiting factor. The remark by Anant Kumar, chairman, urology and robotics, Max Hospital, Delhi,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (352+ words) Tuhin Kanta Pandey File picture Markets regulator Sebi is looking to fine-tune the closing-price mechanism for derivatives after the new closing auction session (CAS) triggered sharp last-minute swings in the benchmark indices. It is also pushing ahead with technology-led reforms…...