Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is making it clear he hasn’t soured on Google. Over the weekend, the Pershing Square founder hopped on X to explain why his fund dumped its long-held Alphabet stake—and it comes down to one thing: he needed the cash to buy Microsoft. “To be clear, our sale of $GOOG was not…
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA is likely to lose a seat in the Rajya Sabha while the Congress-led opposition could improve its tally in the upcoming biennial elections for 26 seats across 12 states.The Election Commission on Friday announced that polling for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held on June 18. The seats are…
As rents surge across Indian cities, disputes between tenants and landlords over sudden rent hikes, eviction threats and security deposits are becoming increasingly common.For many renters, the biggest concern is whether a landlord can legally increase rent without prior notice during an active tenancy agreement.What is the New Rent Law 2025? The New Rent Law…
Ukraine attacks Russia (AP) Ukrainian forces have struck a Russian oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region, located around 700 kilometres (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.Reuters reports that Zelenskyy, on Telegram, said, “In particular, overnight, the Defense Forces of Ukraine operated against targets associated with the Yaroslavl oil…
International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 (AI image) As the world observes Biodiversity Day today under the theme “Acting locally for global impact”, it is important to first understand what biodiversity truly means, and why it matters in everyday life.The United Nations defines biological diversity as the variety of all living organisms, including plants, animals,…
Where there is a will, there is a way. For those who dare to dream, no hurdle is big enough, not even the absence of legs to climb the highest mountain peak on the planet. Every year, thousands of mountaineers dream of climbing up the Everest. While the journey is harrowing and humbling for all,…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has now issued one of his issued one of his starkest warnings yet on the future of work, telling employees across industries that failure to adopt artificial intelligence could cost them their dream jobs. Speaking in an interview with Time, Huang said that AI will not erase human purpose but will…
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke shares schreenshot NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday claimed that he has received death threats on WhatsApp, days after launching the satirical political outfit that went viral on social media.Dipke, who launched the social media-driven ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), shared screenshots of threatening messages sent from an…
NEW DELHI: Between 2015 and 2024, over 75% of Delhi’s land area has remained under recurring heat stress, with industrial belts, dense residential neighbourhoods and unplanned settlements emerging as some of the city’s hottest zones, according to a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).Using Landsat data from 2015 to 2024 and…
NEW DELHI: “Save me, they are beating me,” 25-year-old Veena Kumari allegedly told her elder sister during a phone call on May 18, minutes before she fell from the terrace of her home in west Delhi’s Dasghara village and died. Her family has alleged that years of dowry-related harassment, repeated assaults and humiliation over inadequate…