Google parent company Alphabet’s market value crossed $3 trillion for the first time on Monday as strong gains in its shares reflected renewed optimism over artificial intelligence and a favourable antitrust ruling, Reuters reported.Class A shares surged 4.6% to $251.88 while Class C climbed 4.5% to $252.30, both scaling record highs. Alphabet now joins Apple…
‘Paan kahta hai ki main sookh ke mar jaoonga. Ai lab-e-yaar agar tu ne na chooma mujhko’. (The betel leaf says it would wither away, unfulfilled, if not kissed by its lover’s lips.) This evocative verse of historian Nadeem Hasnain captures the essence of Lucknow’s iconic paan, an integral part of the city’s renowned mehman…
File Pic: Harendra Singh with the team. CHENNAI: The reasons surrounding the abrupt resignation of the senior women’s team coach Harendra Singh in the middle of a training camp in Bengaluru do not seem to add up. Ostensibly having resigned for “personal reasons,” and his silence thereafter, many within the women’s hockey set-up allude to…
International studens in US: Changing pattern The Open Doors 2025 Report reads at first like a victory lap for the American dream. In 2024–25, US colleges and universities hosted 1,177,766 international students, up roughly 4.5% from 1,126,690 in 2023–24, lifting their share to 6% of the total U.S. higher-education population. Behind those numbers are families…
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the seat allotment results for the stray vacancy round of NEET UG Counselling 2025, marking the concluding phase of this year’s medical admission cycle under the All India Quota (AIQ). The allotment list, uploaded on mcc.nic.in, details the candidates, courses, and institutions allocated in this last window of…
Lucknow: The women and child development department has launched an anti-child marriage drive, focusing on prevention and raising awareness about girls’ rights.Taken up under Mission Shakti 5.0, the ‘Bal Vivah ko Na’ campaign, which started on Oct 3 to mark International Girl Child Week, saw girls pledge to focus on education over child marriage. The…
Lucknow: Realtors and commercial space providers from Invest UP along with representatives from the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India discussed the state’s potential as a premier destination for Global Capability Centres. UP has a talent ecosystem, cost-effective infrastructure and GCC Policy 2024, one of the country’s most comprehensive incentive packages. The state…
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and actress Ana de Armas have reportedly ended their relationship after less than nine months of dating.The Sun reports that the pair, who were first romantically linked in February, have parted ways amicably after realising “the spark had gone.” Better off as friends A source close to the couple revealed to…
Image Credit: Instagram and AI Generated After her exit from Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Spirit’, Deepika Padukone has officially been dropped from the ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ sequel. The news came out today (September 18), when in the morning, Vyjayanthi Movies shared an official statement on X. Deepika Padukone dropped from ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ “This is to…
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the Chinese-born Canadian founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to a White House official. The announcement, made on Thursday, marks the latest in a series of clemency actions by the president towards figures in the cryptocurrency sector and other convicted individuals. In a…
