Over 250 employees of B9 Beverages, the company behind Bira 91 craft beer, have called for a change in the company’s leadership and the removal of founder Ankur Jain from management.The employees sent a petition to the company’s board, major investors including Kirin Holdings and Peak XV Partners, and the largest lender, Anicut Capital. The…
María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for pro-democracy work. (Getty Images) Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, an industrial engineer turned democracy activist, has become the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The announcement sparked frustration within the MAGA movement, as US President Donald Trump had been hoping to receive the honour this year….
India’s new real-time cheque clearance system, introduced by the Reserve Bank of India to speed up payments, is facing early teething issues.Many customers have reported delays as the bank staff is struggling with new processes, and technical glitches are affecting cheque processing, ET reported.The first phase of the continuous clearing and settlement process under the…
Imtiaz Ali and Diljit Dosanjh reunite for a new love story with a talented cast, including Vedang Raina, Sharvari, and Naseeruddin Shah. The film, featuring music by A.R. Rahman and Irshad Kamil, has shifted filming from Mumbai to Punjab. It follows their successful collaboration on ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. Following the massive success of ‘Amar Singh…
President Donald Trump’s recently announced $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applicants has raised concern among public school administrators. It has also sparked questions about how many international teachers work in K-12 schools across the United States.According to data by the National Education Association, over 500 K-12 public school districts employed more than 2,300 H-1B…
Aryna Sabalenka (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images) World number one Aryna Sabalenka advanced to her 11th semi-final of 2025 at the Wuhan Open on Friday, defeating Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-3, setting up a clash with Jessica Pegula. Third-seeded Coco Gauff also progressed to the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Laura Siegemund.Sabalenka, the defending…
The festive vibes of Karwa Chauth have been doing their magic for quite some time now. And today, since the day has finally ascended and the mood is ready to grace the sky on Karwa Chauth 2025, the celebrations have multiplied. From star-studded festivities to traditional rituals, these celebrations are packed with vibrance and glamour….
María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for defending Venezuela’s democracy. (Getty Images) Oslo loves a plot twist. Donald Trump—who touts himself as the man who “stopped wars” from the Middle East to Central Africa and dabbled in DRC–Rwanda peacemaking—was back in the Nobel chatter. But when the card was read, it wasn’t his…
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz (AP/PTI) Chinese tennis fans have created unique nicknames for international tennis stars based on Chinese language homophonic syllables, as revealed during the ongoing tennis tournaments in Shanghai in October 2025. These nicknames, often derived from puns and transliterations of players’ names into Chinese, range from animals to food items and…
NEW DELHI: India and Afghanistan, in a joint statement, listed Pakistan sponsored cross-border terrorism as a “shared threat” after external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi met in Delhi on Friday.In his opening remarks, Jaishankar termed cross-border terrorism as a “menace” and said that India and Afghanistan must coordinate efforts to…
