Columnist and author Shobhaa De has spoken up amid the barrage of criticism directed at Yash’s newest film, ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’. Despite pulling in impressive box office numbers, the Geetu Mohandas-directed movie hasn’t been spared from online flak. Shobhaa has since disclosed that she watched Vikrant Massey‘s ‘Musafir Cafe’ to “shake off”…
TIME100 AI 2026: Meet the nine Indian-origin leaders, researchers and experts shaping the future of AI Artificial intelligence may be dominated by conversations around OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Nvidia, but TIME’s 2026 list of the world’s 100 most influential people in AI tells a broader story. Among the people shaping the technology are nine Indian-origin…
Marizanne Kapp and Anaya Bangar NEW DELHI: South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp has strongly criticised Cricket Australia’s decision to offer transgender cricketer Anaya Bangar a pathway back into competitive women’s cricket, calling the development “absolutely ridiculous” and saying it “should not be allowed”.Kapp’s reaction came after Australian media reported that Cricket Australia (CA) had cleared…
KOLKATA: During the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) Foundation Day programme held on Cathedral Road in Kolkata on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Friday challenged CM Suvendu Adhikari to make CCTV footage of the Bhawanipur counting booth public and seek a recount, while also asking him to sing four stanzas ofVande…
Ramesh cited the latest report of the parliamentary standing committee of the ministry of social justice and empowerment, tabled on August 10, to question the government’s record on its existing free coaching scheme. NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday slammed the Centre over its recent digital education initiatives, alleging that the government was…
An area covered in mud and silt washed away by the devastating flash floods in Nepal. (PTI Photo) Months before the devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet, two landmark reports by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) had warned that rapidly melting glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya(HKH) were escalating the risks of…
A major disagreement over the theatrical-to-OTT release window has created fresh uncertainty in the Tamil film industry. The dispute began after the Tamil Nadu Film Distributors Federation and the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association reportedly pushed for new films to arrive on streaming platforms only after completing an eight-week theatrical run. Producers were asked to…
Punjab NEET UG round 1 seat allotment result 2026: Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, has announced the Round 1 seat allotment result for Punjab NEET UG counselling 2026. A total of 2,410 seats have been allotted to candidates in the first round.Candidates who participated in the counselling process can check the Punjab…
ENG vs PAK Live: Pakistan will resume Day 2 of the second Test against England with the advantage after a disciplined seam-bowling display reduced the hosts to 248/9 on a weather-hit opening day at Lord’s. Only 56 overs were possible after morning rain delayed the start and bad light brought an early close. England’s immediate…
WhatsApp conversations and a bitter breakup have emerged as key leads in the MPSC exam paper leak MUMBAI: “Get 10 questions wrong” — this was allegedly the instruction given to Rutuja Patil after she got access to the Maharashtra Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) Drug Inspector exam paper in advance, in an apparent attempt to ensure…
