- Thursday, May 01, 2025
THE THANE district authorities have directed the organisers of Coldplay's upcoming concerts in Navi Mumbai to ensure no children participate on stage during the performances. A notice issued on January 14 also mandated that children attending the event must use earplugs or hearing protection. The directive comes ahead of the…
GRANDMASTER D Gukesh will face his first big test since becoming the world champion when he begins his campaign in the Tata Steel Chess tournament, which gets underway Wijk Aan Zee in The Netherlands on Friday. After winning the World Championship in December at Singapore, Gukesh had withdrawn from the…
ADANI GROUP stocks rallied on Thursday after Hindenburg Research, which made international waves with campaigns targeting billionaire Gautam Adani that wiped billions from market value of his group companies, founder Nate Anderson announced its shutdown. Shares of NDTV surged 9.15 per cent, Ambuja Cements jumped 3.88 per cent, Adani Green…
IT SERVICES major Infosys on Thursday reported an 11.46 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit to ₹68.06 billion (£644.04m) in the October-December quarter of FY25. The Bengaluru-headquartered company had posted a profit of ₹61.06 billion (£577.80m) in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Revenue from operations for…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals, while Kiran George delivered a gritty performance to keep the home flag flying in men's singles at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Thursday. Sindhu cruised past Japan's world No. 46 Manami Suizu with a 21-15, 21-13 win,…
INDIAN filmmaker Payal Kapadia's “All We Imagine as Light”, a Golden Globe contender, has been nominated for the 2025 BAFTA Awards in the "Film Not in the English Language" category. The Cannes Film Festival 2024 Grand Prix winner, which explores urban migration and dislocation, will compete against Emilia Perez (Mexico),…
FACEBOOK parent company Meta on Wednesday (15) apologised for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's comments on India being among the countries where the incumbent lost power after handling the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the remarks were an "inadvertent error". The apology came soon after union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw slammed Zuckerberg's "misinformation" and…
INDIA docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. The satellites, weighing 220 kilograms (485 pounds) each, blasted off on December 30 on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they…
HINDENBURG RESEARCH's founder said he would disband the firm whose reports sparked heavy selling by investors and investigations by authorities, wiping billions from the market values of companies including India's Adani Group and U.S.-based Nikola. Nathan Anderson, who started Hindenburg in 2017, cited the toll of the "rather intense, and…
BOLLYWOOD star Saif Ali Khan, 54, was in surgery on Thursday (16) for six stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in Mumbai, media said. The son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, Khan is among the country's…
