NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of his two-day tour of the North-East last week, PM Narendra Modi appears to be preparing for another tour of the region. He is likely to visit Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh later this month, his back-to-back trips, which hardly featured on the travel plans of his predecessors, being another…
Venkatesh Iyer (Image credit: BCCI) India all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer experienced a dramatic swing in fortunes at the IPL 2026 auction on Tuesday as Royal Challengers Bengaluru outbid Kolkata Knight Riders in a fierce contest to secure his services. Iyer, who had commanded a massive Rs 23.75 crore at last year’s mega auction in Jeddah, was…
Michael Burry, the investor famed for betting against the US housing market in “The Big Short,” is now shorting Nvidia and Palantir-two flagbearers of the AI rally. In a blistering Substack post, Burry dismissed Nvidia’s internal memo rebutting his concerns as “disingenuous on the face, and disappointing.”He accused the world’s most valuable company of deflecting…
Move Over, K-dramas: BTS’s Dynamic Duo Jimin and Jungkook Return With Season 2 of Disney+ Series That is Pure Gold The K-pop announcement that we all have been waiting for is finally here: BTS members Jimin and Jungkook are officially back in the entertainment game, starring in the second season of ‘Are You Sure?!‘. Their…
Growth in bank credit to industry eased to 7.3 per cent in September 2025, compared with 8.9 per cent in the same period a year earlier, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data released on Friday.On a year-on-year basis, non-food bank credit rose 10.2 per cent as of the fortnight ended September 19, 2025,…
Renu Prakash & Padma Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal) Continuing their decades-long tradition of teaching and preserving the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, the Awadh Bonsai Association marked its Silver Jubilee while commemorating their founder, the late Santosh Arora’s journey, with a two-day event titled Mega Bonsai Exhibition, which brought together nature enthusiasts, bonsai masters, and…
Love is in the air for the Tamil audience as Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju starrer rom-com, ‘Dude’, continues to charm its way to their hearts. Released on October 17, the film performed impressively in its opening weekend. Within three days, the collection of ‘Dude’ has surpassed the Rs 30 crore mark, according to trade…
India batters Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar refused to shake hands with England captain Ben Stokes. (Screengrab) Washington Sundar said the handshake drama on Day 5 of the Old Trafford Test fired up the Indian cricket team and brought the best out of him as well.England captain Ben Stokes offered a draw to Indian batters…
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Former India captain and ex–chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth has launched yet another fierce critique of head coach Gautam Gambhir, tearing into India’s selection policy after South Africa dominated the first three days of the second Test in Guwahati. With the visitors already 1–0 ahead after their Kolkata…
IIT JAM 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay will close the registration process for the Joint Admission Test for Masters (IIT JAM) 2026 today, October 20, 2025, at 11:59 PM. Aspiring candidates who are yet to complete their applications can do so through the official portal — jam2026.iitb.ac.in, before the deadline.The JAM Online…