After delivering two successful Marathi films this year, Prarthana Behere is now gearing up for what she hopes will be another milestone in her career with the upcoming Marathi film ‘Mardini’. Backed by actor-producer Shreyas Talpade, the film revolves around motherhood and the extraordinary lengths a mother goes to protect her child.Speaking about the project,…

Dalal Street ended the week in green, lifting the combined market value of eight of India’s top ten companies by Rs 1,87,497.45 crore in the past week. Bharti Airtel stood out as the biggest gainer during this period.The broader market remained upbeat, with the BSE Sensex advancing 943.29 points, or 1.21 per cent, and the…

Photo credit: General Atomics Swedish defence company Saab and US drone manufacturer General Atomics have successfully flown an MQ-9B unmanned aircraft equipped with an airborne early warning radar, marking what could be the world’s first operational step towards a drone-based AWACS capability.The demonstration combines the long endurance of the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft with airborne…

The revised DA structure will benefit state government employees and teachers, CM Vijay said in a statement. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday announced a 2% hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees and teachers, increasing it from 58% to 60% with retrospective effect from January 1 this year.The…

I traverse the sun-baked Balochistan desert, my motorbike laden with fuel, a silhouette against the immense, arid expanse. Motorbike riders in Pakistan’s Balochistan province are risking extreme heat, armed conflict and deadly accidents to transport smuggled Iranian fuel across the country, as higher oil prices linked to the recent Iran-Israel conflict boost demand for cheaper…

Pope Leo XIV called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his first encyclical. He warned that the rapidly expanding technology risks fuelling warfare, exploitation and “new forms of slavery” unless it is placed firmly under human control.The manifesto, titled Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), was presented at the Vatican alongside AI experts, including the co-founder…