Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los Angeles to New York for being abusive and injuring two flight attendants, authorities said Monday. FBI issues Selma Blair summons The charges listed on the violation notice…
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekend measures to support the rupee and manage liquidity have triggered a near-term tactical rally, but the currency could weaken past 96 against the dollar by the end of the year, according to Mitul Kotecha, Head of FX and EM Macro Strategy-Asia at Barclays. The central bank introduced a…
BENGALURU: IT firms had shrugged off concerns over their dependence on the US green-card route well before the US administration announced the suspension of PERM processing, with certified applications already declining sharply.Thirteen major IT services companies recorded 607 certified permanent labour certification (PERM) applications in the first nine months of FY26, compared with 1,670 in…
Image credit: Eric Mansperger/360 Productions Julia Roberts and her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, once owned an 8.3-acre beachfront estate on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that sold for $19.99 million in December 2020. Located on the island’s North Shore, the property, known as Limahuli Ocean Estate, features a residence, a swimming pool, landscaped grounds and…
CHENNAI: Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan have said the economic settlement within the Venu Srinivasan (VS) family remains unresolved, disputing suggestions that a division of assets has been completed.In a joint statement issued amid recent media reports, Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan, daughter and wife of Venu Srinivasan, respectively, said no agreement on the division…
Shares of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) rose on Monday after the engineering services company inaugurated its AI-Native Engineering Intelligence (EI) Lab for Digital Manufacturing in Bengaluru. The lab is designed to give customers and partners a hands-on experience of how AI-native manufacturing, digital twins and autonomous systems can work together across industrial lifecycles, the company…
IIT students report mixed experiences with faculty support, with some professors offering help while others respond insensitively. MUMBAI: When Kartik Mehboobani struggled with his master’s dissertation at IIT-Roorkee, he said his guide told him he did not belong there. After being held back a year, he found a different professor who gave him a lighter…
A 67-year-old school bus driver in Maryland has lost her route after allowing a 10-year-old student to rescue an injured kitten from the side of a rural road, prompting parents and community members to campaign for her reinstatement. According to CBS News Baltimore, The Baltimore Sun and The Independent, the incident has sparked a debate…
MUMBAI: The rupee rose 96 paise to 95.77 per dollar on Monday after fresh measures to curb dollar demand and speculative positions, even as banks sought relaxation of the new foreign exchange restrictions, more time for compliance and clarity on operational issues. The currency has weakened around 6.5% this year.The recovery may prove temporary unless…
Precision engineering firm Azad Engineering Ltd on Monday (October 12) said it has been awarded a two-year long-term rate contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for the supply of critical stationary and rotating airfoils (blades) for heavy-duty gas turbines, with an estimated contract value of approximately ₹52.68 crore. The company said it has been…
