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‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ is generating strong interest ahead of its theatrical release, on Friday, September 4, with the film’s Day 1 advance bookings indicating the possibility of a double-digit opening at the box office.According to Sacnilk, the film has recorded an estimated Rs 9.18 crore in advance bookings across India for its opening day. The Hindi version accounts for the majority of the total, with advance bookings estimated at Rs 9.14 crore. The Telugu version, on the other hand, has contributed approximately Rs 3.84 lakh.Including blocked seats, the film’s advance collection stands at an impressive Rs 12.54 crore, indicating a…

Shanker Singham, President and Chairman of the Competere Foundation for Trade and Competition Policy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India’s partial opening up of foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in the e-commerce sector could be “almost worse” for competition than maintaining an outright ban on FDI, according to Shanker Singham, President and Chairman of the Competere Foundation for Trade and Competition Policy.In July 2025, the government relaxed its FDI rules, allowing foreign investment in e-commerce companies that hold their own inventory, provided that it is intended solely for export. Previously, FDI was prohibited in e-commerce companies that maintained their own…

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.The team at Mass General Brigham hospital say their work shows pig organs can be used as a “bridge” until a human transplant becomes available.But the pig organ eventually failed and was removed so Andrews needed a short bout of dialysis before a donor was found.Doctors and scientists are exploring xenotransplantation – using…

The BODH team (L-R): Veda Krishnan, Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pooja Devi, and Sriparna Chatterjee. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement India’s laboratories are expanding, research funding is growing, start-ups are emerging, and Indian researchers are increasingly contributing to scientific knowledge. Amid this expansion, who is preparing scientists to become leaders?A researcher may spend years mastering experimental techniques, analysing data, publishing papers, and writing research proposals. But when that researcher becomes a principal investigator, a faculty member or a laboratory head, their expertise alone will not suffice. Leading a research group requires the ability to mentor young researchers, communicate effectively, build trust,…

Adam Telle named acting US Army secretary by Trump US president Donald Trump said Thursday that he was appointing a new acting secretary of the US Army.“I am pleased to announce that Adam Telle, the current Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, will become Acting Secretary of the Army, effective immediately,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “He is a Great Patriot, who is respected by all.”This comes shortly after Dan Driscoll stepped down as the top civilian official following reported disagreements with Pentagon leadership.Telle was sworn in as assistant aecretary of the army…

Andy Burnham said his government would be “grounded in fiscal responsibility” as his first Prime Minister’s Questions took place against a backdrop of rising UK borrowing costs.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called on Burnham to say where spending would be cut and how he would deal with the UK’s increasing debt, after the cost of borrowing for the UK reached a new 18-year high on Wednesday.He blamed the previous Tory government, saying the “turbulence on global markets are because of that exposure that they left behind”.Burnham took over from Sir Keir Starmer in July before Parliament’s summer recess, meaning Wednesday was…

Norway has seized a Russian ship in the Arctic to enforce a $4.2 billion compensation claim won by Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz over Moscow’s seizure of its assets following the 2014 annexation of Crimea, officials said late on Wednesday. The vessel, the Professor Molchanov, was seized off the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard after a 24-hour standoff with the Norwegian Coast Guard, according to Covington, the U.S. law firm representing Naftogaz. The Svalbard governor’s office issued a statement confirming that the ship had been seized and would be held in Svalbard, adding: “The governor will take care of the crew and passengers…

Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Maharashtra’s law and judiciary department secretary and senior legal adviser as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for his “outrageous”, “unpardonable” and “unwarranted outburst” in a packed courtroom, blaming the court administration for not filling up vacant judicial posts.A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata said the official’s “aggressive demeanour deliberately displayed in full public view while attempting to justify the stand in his affidavits, not only scandalised the court” but also “undermined and attempted to lower its authority”.“A judicial officer cannot…

Traffic police personnel manage traffic near Bharat Mandapam as part of preparations ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, in New Delhi. New Delhi: Ahead of BRICS Summit, Delhi Police has asked neighbouring states to step up border checking, share advance intelligence on suspicious persons and vehicles and closely monitor drones and other flying objects to prevent any security breach during the three-day event.These measures were discussed at an interstate coordination meeting held at the Delhi Police headquarters Thursday, which was chaired by Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar. The summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from Sept 11…

Bengaluru: A routine police patrol led to the detection of three Bangladeshi nationals staying in a rented house in northeast Bengaluru without proper tenant verification.According to police, around 8pm on Aug 23, a patrol officer received information that GV Rekha, owner of a building in New Mico Layout, had rented out the second floor to Bangladeshi nationals without carrying out mandatory police or tenant verification.A police team visited the house and questioned the occupants, identified as Salma Begum, 26, Munna Faraji, 21, and Hafeezah, 19. Police said all three provided an address in Bagerhat district of Bangladesh.The tenants were directed…