CHENNAI: Veteran actor Rajinikanth on Sunday addressed a press conference at his residence in Poes Garden, Chennai, clarifying his political position amid criticism surrounding his recent meeting with MK Stalin.Rajinikanth said he was “extremely shocked” on hearing about Vijay becoming the chief minister. He added that he is no longer active in politics and has…
Seeking mobile numbers for policy information ‘dark pattern’: Irdai chief Ajay Seth (Image/ANI) MUMBAI: Irdai has flagged insurers seeking personal information to provide quotes or policy details as a ‘dark pattern’ and has commissioned a study by a public policy institute to define and track such practices over nine months. Speaking at an event organised…
MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, moderate to intense spells of rain at isolated places and urging people to take precautions.Mumbai continued to receive heavy monsoon showers, with the island city recording an average rainfall of 114 mm between 8 am on July…
East Bengal are in pole position to win the 2025-26 ISL title. (Photo: AIFF/ISL) At one stage, it looked like the Indian Super League won’t get started. When it did, it has navigated multiple issues, fixture changes and scheduling has been absurd. But now that ISL 2025-26 has navigated these troubled waters, the last day…
How India’s Ireland and England squads look different from T20 World Cup (Image: X) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced India’s squad for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England, and the selections signal the beginning of a new chapter in the team’s white-ball journey. While the core…
IT stocks crash (AI image) Globally technology sector stocks are leading stock market rallies. In India, the picture is the opposite. The Nifty IT index has dropped around 23% since the start of the year, sharply underperforming the broader market decline of around 10%. In fact, IT has been the worst-performing major sector in the…
Jonathan Owen’s wife Simone Biles reveals deeper side of Olympic struggles as she reflects on her mental health journey (Getty Images) Two years after stepping away from Olympic competition, Simone Biles has shared a clear update on her mental health. The Olympic champion said she is still in therapy as she looks back at the…
Veteran music executive and Michael Jackson estate co-executor John McClain passed away on May 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. He was 71.According to reports, McClain died following a prolonged illness. While some reports suggested he suffered complications after a fall, an official cause of death has not yet been publicly disclosed.McClain was widely regarded…
Class 12 student Sarthak Sidhant, who recently drew national attention over his analysis of CBSE’s digital evaluation tender, on Friday, launched a government procurement portal after scraping around 1.66 crore records from the government’s Central Public Procurement (CPP) Portal.“Transparency needs to be accessible. From today it is,” he wrote on X. “Within the past 2…
Microsoft’s push to cut costs following thousands of layoffs has reached its premier artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships, a report has said, claiming that the tech giant is beginning to “dump” models from OpenAI and Anthropic inside its most popular software products, replacing them with its own internally built AI.Citing a person familiar with the matter,…