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Crude oil futures rally gathers pace as US-Iran conflict deepens

New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Crude oil futures extended gains for the third straight session on Wednesday, rising Rs 105 to Rs 7,689 per barrel, as traders priced in mounting supply risks following another round of US strikes on Iran. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), crude oil futures for July delivery rose Rs 105, or 1.38 per cent, to Rs 7,689 per barrel in a business turnover of 10,458 lots. The August contract also went up by Rs 91, or 1.2 per cent, to Rs 7,665 per barrel in 8,798 lots on the MCX. Traders said mounting geopolitical tensions

Air India crash probe enters final stages after cockpit recorder, psychology reviews

NEW DELHI, July 15 (Reuters) – India’s aircraft accident investigating body has prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript, conducted a psychological autopsy and moved into the final stages of its probe into last year’s deadly Air India crash, a court filing showed. The filing did not ​identify whose psychological autopsy was conducted or disclose any findings on the crash of the Boeing ​787 that killed 260 people shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India. An analysis of data ⁠retrieved in late May from an engine monitoring unit was still awaited and an assessment of certain ​organisational factors remained in progress, India’s

Workers are changing jobs less often. Here’s why that matters for the economy

July 15, 2026 (Conversation) The share of Australian workers who change employers in a given year has decreased a lot. In fact, this rate has more than halved since the 1970s, according to official statistics. Why is this, and does it matter? We explored this in a recent paper. It turns out the decline is actually smaller and more recent than official statistics suggest. Demographic change explains the decline in the years before the global financial crisis in 2008. In particular, young workers change jobs much more often than older people and the workforce is getting older. However, there are

Brutal killing of 11-year-old highlights unrelenting sexual violence in India

BARUIPUR, India, July 15 (Reuters) – On a Saturday evening this month, an 11-year-old girl left her home for a friend’s birthday party in a small town in eastern India. She never returned. She was kidnapped, raped, bundled into a sack and thrown into a ​pond by a gang of men while still alive, according to a local investigating police officer. The assault was the latest example of the brutal sexual violence that is endemic across India, with over 80 ‌rapes reported to police every day, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau. Many more assaults go unreported

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