The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount Skydance Corp.’s request to allow foreign financing in excess of 25% in its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., saying that doing so would “serve the public interest.” The parent of CBS and other media businesses has proposed buying Warner Bros., which owns the CNN news channel among…
India’s Hardik Pandya, left, and head coach Gautam Gambhir before the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final cricket match between India and New Zealand, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) NEW DELHI: In the last few series across formats, India have rarely finished with the same personnel they started with….
‘Irumudi’, ‘Thudakkam’ to ‘Ram And Leela’_ South OTT releases this week. The South Indian OTT lineup gets a fresh set of releases this Friday, September 18. The new arrivals cover several genres and languages. Viewers can choose from family dramas, romantic comedies, thrillers and films with science-fiction elements.The week’s releases include Vismaya Mohanlal‘s debut ‘Thudakkam’…
Who is Joanna Wietrzyk? Australian HYROX athlete and fitness coach at centre of Beijing controversy Joanna Wietrzyk has admitted she made the wrong call during a HYROX race in Beijing.The Australian athlete, who continued competing after becoming unwell during the event and ultimately won, has apologised following criticism over her decision to remain on the…
Shares of BEML gained on Friday, September 18, after the company won an order worth ₹5,400 crore from the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL). The contract is for the supply and maintenance of high speed rolling stock and allied works for the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor, the company said in…
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is moving to a differentiated pricing framework for certain merchant transactions, bringing the economics of the payment ecosystem into sharper focus after years of zero MDR. From October 15, a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will apply to eligible person-to-merchant UPI transactions above ₹2,000, subject to a maximum charge of…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court has directed a Child Welfare Committee to return a three-year-old child to the couple who had been caring for him since birth, holding that the committee had no legal basis to take custody of the child. The court in a judgment delivered…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Election Commission for barring TMC from using party name and symbol in the upcoming assembly bypolls in West Bengal, accusing the poll panel and Bharatiya Janata Party of joining forces to split a party.In a social media post on X, Rahul pointed…
Oil stays above $100 despite 1% drop as Saudi alternate routes ease supply fears (AI-generated image) Oil prices fell about 1% for a third straight session on Friday, but remained above $100 a barrel, as hopes of alternative routes for Middle Eastern crude reaching global markets outweighed concerns over fresh strikes between Saudi Arabia and…
Nagoya: India start favourites to win the women’s cricket gold here, but Harmanpreet Kaur and her team have a bigger prize on their mind — the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket will return to the Games after 128 years. Cricket made its only previous Olympic appearance at Paris in 1900, when Great Britain and…
