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New Delhi: Logistics firm Delhivery reported a 17 per cent year-on-year revenue increase for the second quarter of FY26, but incurred losses as costs exceeded revenue growth, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday. Revenue from operations of the Gurugram-based company grew to Rs 2,559 crore in Q2 FY26, up from Rs 2,190 crore a year earlier. Total revenue, including Rs 92 crore from non-operating activities, reached Rs 2,651 crore, the filing said. However, freight handling and servicing costs, Delhivery’s largest expense, rose 12.5 per cent to Rs 1,843 crore, representing 68 per cent of total expenditure. Delhivery’s expenditure surpassing…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin ordered top officials on Wednesday to submit plans for the possible resumption of nuclear testing, a direct response to President Donald Trump’s surprise instruction for the United States to begin testing for the first time in more than 30 years.In a televised meeting with his Security Council in Moscow, Putin said that he had warned the U.S. and others that if they “conduct such tests, Russia would also be required to take appropriate retaliatory measures.”He told the foreign and defense ministries “to do everything possible to gather additional information on this matter, analyze it in the Security…

Liberal politicians outside the US have watched Zohran Mamdani’s election win as New York mayor with interest, with some saying it offers lessons in how to combat the rise of rightwing populism around the world.The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, congratulated his US contemporary. “New Yorkers faced a clear choice, between hope and fear, and just like we’ve seen in London, hope won,” he wrote.Khan was also the first Muslim mayor of his city and has attracted similar hostility from Donald Trump. Unlike Mamdani, however, Khan is a career politician rather than a newcomer.Another Labour politician, the MP Luke Charters, said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine voters defeated a voter ID ballot initiative and approved “red flag” gun restrictions in Tuesday’s off-year election.The voter ID and absentee ballot initiative, referred to as “Question 1,” was resoundingly rejected by voters and projected to fail shortly after polls in the state closed.”Question 1″ would have required voters to present a photo ID for both in-person and absentee voting. It would also have imposed limits on the number of election drop boxes to one per municipality and required absentee voters to submit a written application before each election, according to…

Seoul: Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 13.2 per cent in October from a year earlier, helped by solid demand for Tesla and German vehicle models, industry data showed on Wednesday. The number of newly registered imported cars reached 24,064 units last month, up from 21,249 a year ago, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), reports Yonhap news agency. The three bestselling models were the Tesla Model Y, BMW 520 sedan and Mercedes-Benz E200 sedan, the data showed. Sales of Tesla vehicles, in particular, more than tripled to 4,350 units last month from 1,263…

HONG KONG — An American teacher and his teenage son have been stung to death while on holiday in Laos.Daniel Owen and his son, Cooper, who lived in neighboring Vietnam, were at an eco-adventure resort near the city of Luang Prabang when they were attacked on Oct. 15. NBC News was unable to confirm what they were stung by.The two Americans were briefly treated at the Phakan Arocavet Clinic in Luang Prabang, director Phanomsay Phakan said Wednesday. “The condition of the father and son was very serious, so they were quickly transferred to a nearby provincial hospital for further treatment,”…

British leftwingers elated by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York, with some saying it has lessons for LabourLeftwingers in UK politics have been cheered by the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York. Here is some of the reaction.This is from Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, who, like Mamdani, is the first Muslim to be mayor of the city he governs and who, like Mamdani, has attracted particular hostility from Donald Trump. New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won.Huge congratulations to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrat Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, powered by strong support from Black voters, women, and younger voters. Her victory secures Democrats a third straight term in the governor’s office — the first time that’s happened since 1961 — reflecting the state’s enduring blue tilt despite recent Republican gains.Preliminary data from the Fox News Voter Poll, a survey of more than 4,400 registered New Jersey voters, showed Sherrill performed well with Black voters, voters under age 30, women, and college degree holders.There was also a 20-point…

New Delhi: Global chipmaker Nvidia has joined hands with a group of Indian and US investors to support India’s fast-growing deep-tech ecosystem, as the India Deep Tech Alliance announced over $850 million in new capital commitments on Wednesday.   The alliance, which was launched in September with an initial $1 billion fund, aims to back startups working in cutting-edge sectors such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and space technology. The latest round of commitments adds major players like Qualcomm Ventures, Activate AI, InfoEdge Ventures, Chirate Ventures, and Kalaari Capital to the investor group. As a founding member and strategic advisor,…

Two people on board an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific were killed by a U.S. military strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.Hegseth said on X that the boat was targeted in a “lethal kinetic strike” in international waters and killed two “narco-terrorists.” He also included video of the strike in the X post. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” he said.The term kinetic strike can generally describe deploying launched or fired munitions, but can also mean a strike from a moving aircraft, such…