NEW DELHI: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that a family court cannot refuse to formally declare a couple’s marital status as “divorced” merely because the talaq was pronounced privately under Muslim Personal Law and neither party disputes it.A division bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi…
Atolls can take up to 30 million years to form, but these tiny coral islands now support 31 million seabirds across the Indo-Pacific (PC: AI Generated) Atolls may look like tiny rings of sand and coral scattered across warm tropical oceans, but they are far more important than their small land areas. These unusual natural…
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) reversed their selling streak in July, turning net buyers of Indian equities with cumulative purchases worth ₹20,199 crore. Of this, ₹6,731 crore came through stock exchanges, while ₹13,467 crore flowed in via the “primary market and others” category. Debt inflows also rose sharply, with ₹29,211 crore entering through the “General Limit”…
The post-release controversy involving Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ has taken yet another twist, with news that audience feedback or reviews on a popular movie ticketing website were allegedly being censored. This move has stirred the existing controversy surrounding the movie, which was released to a mixed response. While some viewers have praised…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved two schemes, with govt support of Rs 1.9 lakh crore, aimed at taking India’s electronics manufacturing ambitions beyond assembly lines into semiconductor fabrication, advanced packaging, materials and homegrown mobile phone brands.The Cabinet cleared Semicon 2.0 with an outlay of Rs 1,27,500 crore and the Mobile Phone Manufacturing…
Shares of Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled more than 11% on Thursday, June 4, tracking a broad sell-off in global technology stocks after overnight weakness on Wall Street triggered profit-booking across the sector. The decline spread across Asian technology names, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) falling about 1.7%, while Taiwan’s Foxconn dropped more than…
Producer Firoz A Nadiadwallah confirmed that Priyadarshan will not be directing ‘Hera Pheri 3’, saying “No, he is not part of it.” He also praised his long-standing collaborators Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal, and assured fans that Hera Pheri 3 is moving in the right direction. Producer Firoz A Nadiadwallah, fresh off the release of…
Taylor Sheridan/Image: Getty Images American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor Taylor Sheridan bought a 600-acre ranch in Weatherford, Texas, in 2013 as a family home. More than a decade later, the property has become a production location for his television projects.Known as Bosque Ranch, the property is about 40 miles from Fort Worth and serves as…
Indian man dies in an accident in the US, days after he was declared brain-dead. Nithyanand Reddy Gannu, a 26-year-old Indian man, was declared dead, days after he met a devastating road accident in Detroit. The accident took place on July 18 when Reddy was riding his two-wheeler. He was hit by a car and…
In a recent development in the ‘Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy’ court case, the Delhi High Court postponed the hearing on Salman Khan’s plea against the film’s release. The matter could not be taken up due to a shortage of time. Hearing adjourned by Delhi High Court According to a report by IANS, the…
