Bill Gates has flagged a quiet but pointed concern with the Trump administration’s growing habit of picking up equity stakes in private American companies, warning that the practice could end up rewarding ownership over engineering. Speaking to CNBC, the Microsoft co-founder said the trouble starts when the government begins favouring firms it part-owns over rivals…
Supreme Court (File Image) NEW DELHI: Castigating Orissa high court and judiciary for imposing “clean police station bail conditions” on tribal and Dalit villagers arrested in cases of violent protest against Vedanta’s bauxite mining in Rayagada and Kalahandi, Supreme Court Monday quashed these conditions, terming them “abhorrent, cruel, degrading and unknown to law”.The HC, while…
The United States has decided not to extend the temporary waiver that allowed the sale of Russian and Iranian oil already at sea. The announcement comes as US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said, “We will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil,” adding, “That was oil that was on the water…
A former worker of PwC was remotely working from India, breaking his contract and then challenged PwC when the company fired him. Jasch Asher, a PwC worker who started working for the firm’s Dublin office in 2022, secretly left the country in 2024 without informing his employers and continued working remotely until Asher was called…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft crashed while attempting to land at the airbase in Jorhat, Assam, on Saturday.Confirming the incident, defence PRO Lt Col M Rawat said, “IAF AN-32 crashes while landing at Jorhat air base. Losses being ascertained.”More details awaited. Source link
The Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, ordering the removal of AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic media across digital platforms. The court recognized Tharoor’s enforceable personality and publicity rights, barring the misappropriation of his name, image, voice, and speaking style for any commercial, political, or malicious purpose. NEW DELHI: The Delhi…
Tanishk Bagchi says Rs 8 lakh royalty for ‘Saiyaara’ feels ‘like peanuts’ as Aditya Chopra’s production house issues clarification: ‘YRF has paid every collaborator their due, as per contract’ Music composer Tanishk Bagchi has opened up about what he described as a disappointing royalty payment for the title track of ‘Saiyaara’. The composer took to…
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi during an event as part of his ‘G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025 (PTI Photo) Fresh developments have emerged in the investigation into the alleged mismanagement during Lionel Messi‘s ‘GOAT India Tour’ event at Kolkata’s Yuva Bharati Krirangan in December last year. On Wednesday, members of Messi’s team reportedly approached the Bidhannagar Police…
The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and around 40 shipping companies and tankers linked to Iranian oil transport, escalating its campaign to choke Tehran’s key revenue stream.The move, announced on Friday, targets what Washington describes as an extensive “shadow network” used to move Iranian crude to global markets.It…
Representative image (File photo) MUMBAI: RBI has barred defaulting borrowers from buying back properties acquired by lenders to satisfy a defaulter’s debt, tightening norms for resolution of stressed accounts under its new directions effective Oct 1, 2026.Defaulters and their related parties, as defined under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, cannot repurchase such assets from…