SONAKSHI SINHA cooked publicly for the first time during a promotional event for a digital travel company on Thursday, where she prepared sattu ka parantha. Her husband, actor Zaheer Iqbal, accompanied her and made avocado sushi. Sinha admitted that she felt the pressure of cooking in front of an audience…
AN ANTITRUST investigation in India has found US e-commerce giant Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers on their shopping websites, according to reports seen by Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in 2020 ordered an investigation into Amazon and Flipkart for…
THE US has reaffirmed its “longstanding support” for India, Japan and Germany to sit as permanent members in the United Nations Security Council, as it announced new proposals on reform of the powerful UN body. Just days before world leaders gather in New York for the landmark Summit of the…
US-BASED short seller Hindenburg Research has claimed that Swiss authorities have frozen more than $310 million (£235.84m) in funds across multiple Swiss bank accounts as part of money laundering allegations into Adani Group, a charge that the conglomerate vehemently denied. In a post on X, Hindenburg cited "newly released Swiss…
IN HIS first remarks after being released from Tihar Jail on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he will continue to fight against "anti-national" forces working to weaken the country and asserted that incarceration has only strengthened his resolve. Hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the…
SHARES of online food delivery platform Zomato Ltd surged over 4 per cent to hit the record high level on Thursday. The stock jumped 4.49 per cent to settle at ₹283.90 on the BSE. During the day, it soared 5.24 per cent to hit a record high of ₹285.95. At…
HOCKEY Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as defending champions India beat Korea 3-1 to register their fourth consecutive win at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy in Hulunbuir, China on Thursday. Paris Olympics bronze medallist India had defeated China 3-0, Japan 5-0 before thrashing last year's runner-up Malaysia 8-1. Already…
AUSTRALIAN great Ricky Ponting hailed former captain Virat Kohli's "big role" in revolutionising Test cricket in India and said the country's batters don't fear the big stage anymore, evidence of which is their success in challenging conditions overseas. Ponting also lauded the contributions of former head coach Rahul Dravid, who…
AMAZON India on Thursday said it has created more than 110,000 seasonal job opportunities across its operations network to cater to increased demand during the festive season. These opportunities include direct and indirect jobs across India in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Chennai, among…
AT the press conference for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2024, Shah Rukh Khan humorously remarked about his friend and filmmaker Karan Johar's shift from directing films to hosting chat shows. Shah Rukh, who will co-host the event with Johar, teased him for directing fewer films in recent…