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Check these five things before bringing a home theatre system home.For the past seven years, I have tracked consumer tech through constant shifts in hardware, platforms, and the way people actually use devices. Covering everything from budget gear to flagship hardware, I focus on what readers need to know, not on buzzwords or launch cycle hype. My expertise spans gaming laptops and chairs, high-performance PCs, gaming monitors, printers, smartwatches, earphones, headphones, Bluetooth speakers, tablets, and more, with a particular emphasis on how these products hold up in daily use. Reviews, explainers, buying guides, and news pieces all share the same…

The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, replaces the June 5 ordinance that provided I-T exemption to interest income and capital gains made by FPIs from investments in G-Secs.. Image by magnific President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2026, and another law to amend the Payment and Settlement Systems Act of 2007.The bills were passed by Parliament on August 10.The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2026, and an Act to further amend the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, have received the assent of the President on the August…

The family of missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper say they are “absolutely devastated” that she has not been found after a multi-agency search.On Tuesday, search efforts for the teenager continued through the dense tree canopy and rugged terrain of Nattai national park, about 90km south-west of Sydney, for a seventh day.“Our family is absolutely devastated that our beloved daughter Lily is missing,” the family said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. “We desperately want to bring Lily home safe and we ask as the search continues, to keep our family and Lily in your thoughts.”Hooper left her Sydney home on…

Steve Jobs poses with Lisa computer (Getty images) Before the Macintosh became one of Apple’s defining products, the company had another computer that failed in the market. In September 1989, Apple took an unusual step with thousands of unsold Lisa computers. About 2,700 machines were buried at a landfill in Logan, Utah, bringing an end to the story of one of the company’s most ambitious but unsuccessful computers.The Lisa had been launched in 1983 as Apple’s first attempt at a modern computer built around a graphical interface. According to The Verge, it had a mouse, windows, icons and menus, features…

Tata Power and IIT Bombay have signed a research agreement. This collaboration aims to develop and commercialize clean energy solutions MUMBAI: Tata Power and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have signed a Master Research Agreement (MRA) to jointly accelerate the development, scaling and commercialization of next-generation energy technologies and clean energy solutions.The agreement was signed at the IIT Bombay campus by Tata Power CEO and Managing Director Dr Praveer Sinha and Prof. Shrikrishna V. Kulkarni, Dean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay, in the presence of IIT Bombay Director Prof. Shireesh Kedare.The collaboration aims to combine IIT Bombay’s…

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke’s educational qualifications are under question with social media posts and podcast discussions doing the rounds claiming that he did not study at Boston University. The controversy has now been turned into a political issue, with Dipke saying he is ready to produce documents to establish his credentials.Dipke has publicly said he did a master’s degree in public relations at Boston University in the US. He has also been described as a Boston University student in court-related reporting and earlier profiles and said to have…

Police arrested Harini for allegedly killing her husband and son. BENGALURU: The double murder case in Chikkabanavara has taken a shocking turn, with police arresting 26-year-old Harini, who allegedly killed her husband Abhinandan, 35, with the help of her alleged lover Vinay and later strangled their four-year-old son after he reportedly witnessed the crime.The incident came to light on Monday morning when Harini called the police control room around 7am and reported that her husband and son were lying motionless on the bed at their residence in northwest Bengaluru. Police reached the house and found both dead.According to investigators, Harini…

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad witnessed cloudy skies through Monday, with the city recording an average of 1mm of rainfall during the afternoon hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast continued cloud cover for Tuesday, along with the possibility of one or two spells of rain across the city.Temperatures stayed close to seasonal norms, with the maximum touching 32 degrees celsius and the minimum settling at 25.4 degrees celsius. Humidity levels remained elevated throughout the day, at 89% at 8.30am and 77% in at 5.30pm.Explaining the weather pattern, IMD officials pointed to an upper-air cyclonic circulation currently positioned over central Rajasthan, a…

PCMC Building at Pimpri Colony in Pimpri Chinchwad Pune: Developers undertaking projects on land parcels of 10,000 square meters or less will now be allowed to pay Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for mandatory amenity space instead of surrendering land in exchange for transferable development rights (TDR) or floor space index (FSI).Under the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR), 5% of the land used for a large development project has to be reserved for public amenities. The land is generally acquired by the civic body through TDR or FSI.As per the proposed policy, developers of projects spread up to…

The Bombay high court cancelled bail for three Birch by Romeo Lane co-owners (Representative image) PANAJI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday cancelled bail granted to Birch by Romeo Lane co-owners Saurabh Luthra, Gaurav Luthra and Agay Gupta in the deadly night club fire at Arpora in which 25 persons died last December.Justice Neela Gokhale directed them to surrender within two weeks and also granted them liberty to file fresh bail applications.The HC has directed the trial court to decide their fresh bail applications if and when filed, within two weeks.The State had challenged the lower court’s orders granting bail…