MUMBAI: Indian cricket’s latest blue-eyed boy, Shubman Gill, is the new favourite with brands. His stellar performance in the India-England Test series, both as captain and batsman, had already bolstered his brand value. Now, Gill’s selection for the Asia Cup as vice-captain will only give further impetus to his brand equity. A Gen Z with…
Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is all set to entertain the audiences with his directorial debut ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’. The first trailer of the upcoming web series was unveiled on Wednesday, with dad Shah Rukh Khan and mom Gauri Khan by his side on the big stage. Aryan Khan drops…
Mumbai: Uncertainty over US President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and external demand clouded the Monetary Policy Committee’s assessment of the future path of growth and inflation, prompting it to hold back further easing after 100 basis points (bps) of cuts since Feb (100 bps = 1%). The committee kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5% with…
CHENNAI: A little over a year after UltraTech Cement acquired India Cements, billionaire industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla‘s building materials flagship is set to sell Rs 740 crore worth of India Cements shares to comply with Sebi’s minimum public shareholding norms. Currently, UltraTech owns 81.5% of India Cements, while the capital market regulator’s rules mandate that…
Lucknow: UP’s Kushinagar district police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against 13 people, including Balrampur-based cleric Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba and a serving police constable, in a case allegedly involving illegal religious conversions, gang rape, abduction and sexual exploitation. The FIR, filed on the complaint of a young woman, alleges a chilling nexus of crime…
Behind the glitter and glamour of the entertainment industry, exists a shadowy side that often stays unseen. One sees the smiling face, the faces that make it to the cover of the magazines, that charm the audience on the 70mm, but what one fails to see is the struggle they face owing to their fame….
Why are US classrooms emptying? Across the United States, classrooms are looking emptier than they have in decades. Between fall 2019 and fall 2023, public school enrollment dropped from 50.8 million students to 49.5 million. That’s a staggering loss of more than 1.2 million children in just four years—a 2.5% decline.And this isn’t a temporary…
US President Donald Trump (AP) US president Donald Trump on Tuesday linked his efforts to end the war in Ukraine to a deeply personal concern, saying that achieving peace could improve his chances of reaching heaven.“I want to try and get to heaven, if possible,” Trump said on Fox & Friends, just a day after…
MUMBAI: Indian companies are considering cross-border acquisitions, establishing manufacturing facilities in low-tariff nations like the UAE and Mexico, and ramping up investments in the US to navigate America’s new business barriers.While they have been on the prowl for overseas acquisitions, the new US tariffs would accelerate their efforts, particularly for those affected by such duties.“The…
Lucknow: A day after three district magistrates (DMs) rebutted Samajwadi Party‘s claims of “illegal deletion of names” from electoral rolls in 2022 assembly polls, party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the move has exposed the Election Commission which had till now denied having received the complaints from his party.DMs of Kasganj, Jaunpur and Barabanki…
