The cowboy – strong but silent, a lonely figure caught between small town domesticity and the absolute freedom of the wilderness – has experienced something of a reinvention in the past few years, mostly in the hands of women filmmakers. Chloé Zhao’s The Rider and Nomadland, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow all…
NEW DELHI: India is working to see how it can get preferential access for its products in the US, with a delegation led by chief negotiator Darpan Jain reaching Washington for talks. “We have almost finalised the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement. We are trying to work out what would be the mechanism…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the silence period for the Assam legislative assembly elections will begin today at 5.00 pm, marking 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling across all constituencies.In accordance with Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be…
Wanindu Hasaranga (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have made a key change to their squad for IPL 2026 by bringing in South African all-rounder George Linde as a replacement for Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga. Hasaranga, aged 28, has been ruled out of the tournament due to a hamstring injury he suffered during…
An AI generated image used for representation purpose only NEW DELHI: Exposure to air pollution could be associated with an increased migraine activity, according to a study.Both a short-term and cumulative exposure to air pollution were tied to increased migraine activity, as were climate factors such as heat and humidity, findings published in the journal…
NEW DELHI: In what could give a political handle to TMC, SC on Monday observed a person born in India has the right to be on electoral roll and the right to vote to elect a government. A part of the bench led by CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “Somewhere we are getting…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying he would fire him if he continues in the role beyond the end of his mandate.Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in mid-May, and Trump has repeatedly criticised him for not cutting interest rates more aggressively, AFP reported. Watch…
NEW DELHI: A record 85.96 per cent of Assam’s 2.50 crore electorate cast their votes in the April 9 Assembly elections, the Election Commission said on Saturday, marking the highest turnout in the state’s history.The figure surpasses the previous high of 84.72 per cent recorded in 2016, when the BJP first came to power. Turnout…
A Florida man has been arrested in Arizona after allegedly travelling to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold from an elderly woman caught up in a so-called “phantom hacker” fraud scheme.59-year-old Gary Christopher from Port Saint Lucie, Florida, was taken into custody on April 10 when he reportedly arrived at a Phoenix-area home…
Bitcoin BTC$73,116.60 is trading below $73,000 on Saturday, down roughly 0.2% in 24 hours, as U.S. and Iranian officials opened high-level talks in Islamabad. The broader crypto market is mostly flat. The market rose over the week after a two-week ceasefire was announced, triggering a derivatives short squeeze that wiped out over $430 million in…