NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, has ordered a solar installation company to pay a homeowner more than Rs 25,000 with interest, after finding it overcharged him on net-metering costs and failed to generate the electricity it had promised from his rooftop solar system.What was the issueIjjada Vivekananda, a resident of…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, file) Lionel Messi has reportedly crossed the billion-dollar mark in net worth, becoming only the second footballer ever to enter the billionaire club after long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, cited by Goal.com, Messi’s fortune has now surpassed $1 billion following years of massive earnings…
Digital non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) sanctioned 9.9 crore personal loans valued at ₹1.53 lakh crore in the first three quarters of FY25-26, representing 78% of total personal loan volumes and 19% of total sanction value in the period, according to the latest report from the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE). The report, Digital Personal…
Days after the tragic demise of legendary Tamil filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter K. Bhagyaraj, an emotional handwritten letter allegedly penned by the icon before his passing has gone viral on social media. Moving thousands of fans to tears, the deeply personal posthumous note serves as a final farewell, revealing Bhagyaraj’s noble wish for eye donation…
Former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman DHAKA: India on Saturday recalled the historic radio broadcast of former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman, in which he, invoking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, proclaimed the country’s independence and called upon the people to resist the Pakistan army amid a military crackdown marked by widespread killings and mass atrocities.On the occasion of Zia’s…
Mahesh Babu and Namrata Shirodkar’s love story: How ‘Vamsi’ brought them together; Dated for five years before marriage Few celebrity love stories have stood the test of time. One among them is of ‘Varanasi’ actor Mahesh Babu and Namrata Shirodkar‘s love story. Their relationship began while filming the 2000 Telugu movie Vamsi and what started…
If you’ve ever prepped or eaten lotus root, you know exactly what this looks like. When you snap or slice a piece, it doesn’t just cleanly separate into two independent halves. Instead, dozens of tiny, sticky, silk-like fibers stretch out, stubbornly bridging the gap between the pieces. It’s a tactile, culinary detail that perfectly mirrors…
A decision on the speculation surrounding a possible leadership change in Karnataka is expected within the next two to three days, top Congress sources said, as cited by ANI. This followed a meeting between the party high command, the chief minister and the deputy chief minister. A range of key political matters, including the Rajya…
In a boost for sea diplomacy, an Indian Navy fast attack craft, INS Kalpeni, has arrived at Gan in the Addu Atoll, marking a significant step in the ongoing maritime engagement between India and the Maldives. In another trip, Navy’s INS Sudarshini arrived at Las Palmas in Canary Islands on April 23, as part of…
MUMBAI: The accepted wisdom, for years, was that global uncertainties and inflation would drive the prices of precious metals northward. The war in West Asia is challenging that direction of causality.Despite heightened global uncertainties and fear of oil-price-led inflation, the price of the two precious metals-gold and silver-have slid southward. And market players and analysts…
