• Sunday, March 09, 2025

‘India Got Latent’ episode featuring Allahbadia blocked after government orders

A DAY after he hit the spotlight with a comment on parents and sex, trouble mounted for influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, on Tuesday (11) with Mumbai police at his doorstep, YouTube pulling down the episode of "India's Got Latent" and the issue being raised in Parliament. The internet personality, with over 16…

Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

A CONSORTIUM led by Elon Musk said on Monday (10) it has offered $97.4 billion (£78.88bn) to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, another salvo in the billionaire's fight to block the artificial intelligence startup from transitioning to a for-profit firm. Musk's bid is likely to ratchet up longstanding tensions…

Relief to Adani? Trump pauses enforcement of foreign bribery law

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that was used to launch a bribery investigation against the Adani Group. Trump signed an order to pause enforcing of the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that prohibits American…

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh resigns

MANIPUR chief minister N Biren Singh resigned on Sunday, bowing to pressure to quit amid ongoing ethnic clashes that have cost at least 250 lives since they broke out nearly two years ago. Singh, a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), submitted his resignation to the state's governor in the…

England vs India: Rohit hundred flattens England, India clinch ODI…

INDIA claimed an unassailable 2-0 lead against England after captain Rohit Sharma's rapid hundred secured their four-wicket victory in the second one-day international in Cuttack on Sunday (9). Not even a floodlight failure that stopped play for half an hour could affect Rohit, who hit seven sixes and 12 fours…

Prominent AAP leaders who lost their seats in Delhi

THE BJP is poised for a landslide victory in Delhi, leading in 48 of the 70 assembly seats, while AAP is trailing with just 22. The results mark a significant shift in the capital's political landscape, signalling the end of AAP's 12-year dominance and the resurgence of the BJP in…

Madelyn Cline joins Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz starrer ‘Day Drinker’

JOHNNY DEPP and Penelope Cruz will star in “Day Drinker”, an action thriller from Lionsgate, directed by Marc Webb. The film follows a cruise ship bartender who becomes entangled with a mysterious day drinker, leading to unforeseen connections in the criminal world. Madelyn Cline has been added to the cast.…

Muslim man wanting to marry Hindu woman beaten up on…

A MUSLIM man who wanted to marry a Hindu woman and had come to the district court in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh to meet a lawyer was assaulted allegedly by members of a right-wing outfit on Friday. A video of the incident, in which the man can be seen being…

Boman Irani turns director at 65, says no fixed timeline…

ACTOR Boman Irani says turning director at 65 is not a “big deal” as there is no fixed timeline for pursuing one’s aspirations. With “The Mehta Boys”, his first directorial venture, he emphasises the importance of embracing desires irrespective of age. "Since childhood, I always thought that someday I was…

RBI not worried about day-to-day rupee fluctuation: Governor

RESERVE BANK governor Sanjay Malhotra on Saturday (8) said that the market forces decide the value of rupee with respect to the US dollar and the central bank is not worried about day-to-day movement of the currency value. Addressing the media after the meeting of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with…