BENGALURU: Several days after India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla entered the International Space Station (ISS), Isro, stating that “space is a domain best explored together,” said its participation in the Axiom-04 mission echoes that spirit. Axiom-4 follows in the legacy of international cooperation that sent Rakesh Sharma to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet Soyuz,…
Microsoft Corp’s gaming division began cutting hundreds of employees on Wednesday, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June. Subsidiaries across the gaming organisation were told that they would be affected by the layoffs — King division, which makes Candy…
NEW DELHI: Convenience rules and consumers are now reaching for ready-to-cook (RTC) meals more than ever before. Interestingly, RTC is the only category in packaged food that has doubled in volume over the last two years, with an additional 18 million households jumping on board.While packaged foods witnessed single-digit growth of nearly 8%, RTC category…
NEW DELHI: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri showered high praise on Shubman Gill after the young Indian batter notched up his seventh Test century on a gripping first day of the second Test against England, describing it as a “disciplined performance” where Gill “looked fantastic and very solid.“Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube…
After making waves on OTT with multiple projects, Kajol made a comeback on the big screen with a horror thriller, ‘Maa.’ Released on June 27, the movie opened with strong numbers and has been trying to maintain a steady pace at the box office. After a 6-day run at the box office, the movie has…
NEW DELHI: With the International Labour Organisation acknowledging 64% social security coverage in the country, govt is going to aggressively pitch for social security agreements with other countries, including those with which trade deals are being discussed, to help Indian techies and others working overseas avoid making contributions abroad without getting the money back.Social security…
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking Wednesday but convicted of a less serious prostitution charge after a high-profile marathon trial in New York. The jury, after 13 hours of deliberation, found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each of which carries a…
MUMBAI: RBI has mooted a unique, secure borrower identifier to avoid duplication and misreporting of data with credit bureaus, and to improve loan access for borrowers.“Credit information companies rely on credit institutions to provide accurate and validated IDs. Without this, duplication and misreporting remain risks. We must move towards a unique borrower identifier, which is…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Dhanush’s high-octane action drama ‘Kuberaa’ is approaching the end of its theatrical journey. The film, which opened to strong numbers and saw a solid first-week run, has slowed down significantly in its second week.On Day 13 (Wednesday), the film earned around Rs 80 lakhs across all languages, as per early estimates reported…
The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Wednesday sought to distance itself from assessors engaged by it to conduct inspections in medical institutions on its behalf amid CBI raids to nab people involved in racket to give favourable assessment reports in exchange for bribes. Inspection of medical colleges is undertaken by the NMC on a periodic…
