The U.S. middle class is shrinking, but not because more Americans are poorer. Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, according to research from the nonpartisan American Enterprise Institute. About 31% of U.S. households earn enough to be considered upper middle class,…
SRINAGAR: Hope blooms in Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. Some cancer-struck kids just came back with rich pickings.The children were brought to the garden along Dal Lake on Monday from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts — strengthening the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. The children numbered around…
Chaos Labs, one of Aave’s key risk managers, is leaving the DeFi lending giant’s ecosystem, marking the latest in a string of high-profile contributor exits that have reshaped the protocol’s core operating team in recent months. The departure follows earlier exits from major contributors like ACI (Aave Chan Initiative) and BGD Labs, signaling growing internal…
Representative image (AP) JAMMU: On Sept 13, 2025, a 23-year-old Jammu man, who had travelled to Russia a little over a month ago with dreams to land a job, made a WhatsApp call to his family, informing them that he was being sent to the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war, and pleading for help. That…
A worker sits on a LPG cylinder in Prayagraj Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has adequate availability of both petroleum products and fertilisers, with supply chains functioning normally and stocks sufficient to meet current demand, senior officials overseeing fuel and agricultural inputs in the state said.Executive director of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and state level coordinator…
A tiny bronze coin that was used as payment for the bus ride in Leeds a few decades ago has now proved to have a much deeper history than anyone could imagine. An object that was initially considered a rather exotic item in the cash desk of a clerk has actually turned out to be…
Divya Dutta recently opened up about her early days in the industry, revealing that she once had crushes on both Salman Khan and Farhan Akhtar—only to end up playing their sister on screen. Divya also shared an anecdote about her first meeting with Shah Rukh Khan, calling it nothing short of cinematic. She recalled tripping…
General:You wake up with a low cloud hanging over you. It’s not the whole sky, but it colours everything a little grey.The Moon pulls at your mind today and Saturn sits stiffly over your routine, so small delays feel personal. The commute may test your patience, a slow bus, a sudden brake, that one biker…
Bitcoin’s BTC$69,675.91 muted price action is masking a buildup of downside risk in derivatives markets, where traders are increasingly positioning for a sharper move lower. According to a recent Bitfinex report, the options market is showing a persistent gap between implied and realized volatility, with implied volatility holding in the 48% to 55% range while…
Air India chief executive officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned from his position, sources told ANI.The airline has been grappling with persistent losses and increased regulatory scrutiny following a crash last year that killed 260 people.Campbell Wilson took over as Air India’s chief executive and managing director in July 2022, joining the airline after a…