Trump’s teleprompter operator under federal probe over alleged $90,000 Kalshi insider trading bets

US President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, is under investigation by federal regulators over alleged insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, while the White House has placed him on unpaid leave, according to Reuters.The investigation centres on trades allegedly placed on Kalshi’s “mention markets,” where users bet on whether specific words or…

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Govt to take equity stakes in semiconductor startups

NEW DELHI: In a major boost for India’s semiconductor startup policy, govt is redesigning its support framework under Semicon 2.0 and intends to move away from one-time grants to a model of larger, milestone-linked funding coupled with equity investments, alongside venture capital (VC) firms.On Wednesday, the cabinet approved Semicon 2.0 with an outlay of Rs…

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Tom Cruise hails Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ screening in IMAX: ‘I can’t wait to see it again’ |

Trust Hollywood superstar, Tom Cruise to turn up to catch an early screening to some of the biggest blockbusters.The actor on Thursday took to his social media handle to shower praise on Christopher Nolan‘s much-anticipated epic ‘The Odyssey’ that releases in cinemas, worldwide on Friday, July 17. Posting a photo from the theatre and proudly…

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Despite curbs, cough syrups freely available in Bengaluru pharmacies | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Despite the recent Union govt notification making prescriptions mandatory for the sale of cough and cold syrups, many pharmacies in Bengaluru continue to dispense them over the counter with little scrutiny.A reality check by TOI across multiple neighbourhoods in the city found that pharmacists were largely unaware of, or were not enforcing, the new…

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