Author: Indmedia
Madhuri Dixit’s husband Dr Shriram Nene reveals why Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli moved to London: ‘Because they can’t enjoy their success in India’ Cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma have largely kept their family life away from the spotlight since making London their primary base. Madhuri Dixit’s husband, Dr Shriram Nene, has now recalled a conversation he had with Anushka about the couple’s decision to move abroad, suggesting that the constant attention they received in India made it difficult for them to enjoy a normal family life.Dr. Shriram Nene recalls conversation with Anushka SharmaSpeaking to YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia,…
Apple’s first foldable iPhone is getting closer to its official debut, and a new leak has revealed more details about what could be one of the company’s biggest iPhone launches in years. The iPhone Ultra is now expected to arrive alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with a new report revealing details about its displays, hinge, MagSafe support and multitasking features.Apple’s foldable iPhone Ultra is shaping up with a big display and smarter multitasking. (Apple)For the past seven years, I have tracked consumer tech through constant shifts in hardware, platforms, and the way people actually use…
A cashier holds Indian currency notes at a fuel station in Ahmedabad, India, May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Amit Dave | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a narrow range and fell 2 paise to 94.97 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), amid renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields.Forex traders said the RBI is keeping a tab on the rupee’s fall as Brent crude prices have risen to $95 per barrel and dollar index is hovering around 99.70 on a bout of risk aversion on renewed U.S.-Iran tensions.Moreover, market participants have…
BP has appointed a new chair after a months-long search following the controversial ousting of Albert Manifold, seeking to draw a line under the boardroom turmoil at the oil and gas company.Ian Tyler, who has served as the interim chair and sat on the BP board as a non-executive director since April 2025, is assuming the role on a permanent basis immediately.His appointment comes after Manifold’s shock removal in late May after only eight months in the role, with BP citing concerns about governance oversight and conduct.Amanda Blanc, BP’s senior independent director who led the search for a new chair…
Linguistics has a confession to make.It is just like you. It tells you that it is as emotional, messy, dynamic, strategic, and perfectly imperfect as any human being. Whatever you are, linguistics becomes. Why? Because linguistics watches you. It watches you with the same clinical precision of a surgeon. It watches you speak and communicate, how your speech changes over time, how you chaotically mix languages, make up new words formally or for funsies, follow rules and patterns, rebel even, and at the end of it all, how these stem ardently from within you and not apart. So yes, it…
An 1847 painting made by a not-so-popular artist wouldn’t have much historical or monetary value for most. But to Jackie Sondell, whose three grandparents died in the Holocaust, it’s a priceless family heirloom. The Austrian deputy consul general in the Twin Cities, from his posting in New York, lifted the top off a cardboard box and pulled out a tiny piece of art. The 1847 watercolour miniature, about 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide, showed a nobleman who was an officer in the Austrian Empire’s army and was stolen from the house of Sondell’s relative Eduard Epstein in Vienna,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned airlines and insurance companies on Tuesday that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous to use and that they were effectively closed. “Today, we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports: the Russian sky is becoming completely dangerous,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address. Ukraine poses no threat to civil aviation, he said, “but there will be drones in Russia’s skies and due notice must be taken.” “Although Russian authorities are not properly announcing it, Russian airspace will effectively be closing. The war started by Russia is closing its own…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has frowned at BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide for not complying with its recent order to carry out extensive examination of civic land parcels to identify lands for implementing the state government’s October 2008 policy for providing free houses to sanitation workers.Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale on Monday said BMC’s sanitation workers “perform the most vital public health functions touching the society at large” and “they cannot be met by systemic neglect when it comes to their entitlement under the avowed government policy to provide a permanent roof over their heads”.Hearing petitions by retired sanitation workers,…
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death by his friend following an ongoing dispute at Dhobi Ghat in central Delhi late Monday night. The accused has been arrested.The deceased has been identified as Shivam Mathur, a resident of Dhobi Ghat.According to police, information was received at the IP Estate police station from LNJP Hospital that a man had been brought in with stab injuries. Police went to the hospital and found that Mathur had been declared dead on arrival.Inquiry revealed that the incident took place at 11.40pm, when Mathur met two friends, Shivam Chauhan and Shiv Kumar Gautam.…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar listens to grievances of citizens at his residence in Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru Bengaluru: With B Nagendra’s resignation as planning and statistics minister, chief minister DK Shivakumar has two vacancies in his council of ministers, but filling them could prove easier than managing expectations of those who miss out.The vacancies have come barely a month after 19 ministers were inducted on Aug 3, an exercise that left several senior aspirants disappointed despite Shivakumar’s appeal for patience. The latest opportunity has now revived claims from legislators who have waited for ministerial berths for years.Among those eyeing a place are…