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Princess Kate captivated onlookers with her signature elegant style at a recent engagement. Opting for a sophisticated chocolate-brown midi dress by Edeline Lee, she subtly personalized the look with a matching belt buckle. A deep purple Catherine Walker coat and classic accessories completed her composed and quietly powerful ensemble, reinforcing her reputation for timeless fashion choices. Kate, the Princess of Wales, has become one of those women everyone keeps an eye on style-wise — and not because she’s chasing every new trend that pops up. It’s actually the opposite. She knows what suits her and sticks to it. Clean lines,…

Illustrative imageThe Indian arbitration system, once designed to be the swift alternative to litigation, is collapsing under the weight of delayed proceedings, with district courts taking over five years to dispose of section 34 petitions challenging arbitral awards. Data curated by Cubictree and analysed by ETLegalWorld shows that of the 38,973 cases filed in high courts, 11,239 remain pending with an average disposal timeline of 18.69 months. Data reveals that delay in district courts is even worse: of 157,864 cases, 63,012 remain pending, nearly 40 percent of the total caseload, with average timelines stretching to 30.56 months. “Cubictree is the…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared glimpses from the ceremonial welcome accorded to him at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya in Kuala Lumpur here on Sunday, highlighting the deepening bilateral ties between India and Malaysia during his ongoing two-day official visit.Sharing the moment on social media platform X, PM Modi wrote, “Glimpses from the ceremonial welcome at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya. India and Malaysia continue to deepen a partnership rooted in trust, friendship and shared aspirations.”  The ceremonial welcome at Perdana Putra, the office complex of the Malaysian Prime Minister, featured a Guard of Honour and other protocol elements, reflecting the high importance…

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday refuted claims that a discussion about a change in the state Congress leadership was underway, saying there is no rift in the party.Reigniting the row over a speculated power tussle, the Karnataka Minister said that if the high command decides to change the Chief Minister of the Congress-led government, all the MLAs will abide by it.Rao told ANI, “No discussions going on. Some MLAs have spoken, that’s all. There is nothing like that. The CM and DCM have said that whatever the high command decides is final. These are all just rumours.…

Haridwar: Union home minister Amit Shah here on Thursday inaugurated the Patanjali Emergency and Critical Care Hospital – the world’s first integrated medical system and a global centre for yoga, ayurveda and modern medicine, an official statement said.During the event, Shah inspected the hospital and described it as the world’s first “hybrid” hospital. He also interacted with yoga guru Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, general secretary, Patanjali Yogpeeth.Operated by Patanjali Yogpeeth, the hospital will be able to perform heart, brain and spinal cord surgeries and will provide medical services to patients through the integration of yoga, ayurveda, naturopathy and modern…

The move is part of Microsoft’s broader commitment to building an AI-ready workforce in India. The company has pledged to skill 20 million people in AI by 2030, doubling down on its January 2025 announcement, in collaboration with government bodies, industry partners and digital platforms.The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), through the Directorate General of Training (DGT), has expanded its partnership with Microsoft to introduce structured artificial intelligence (AI) education across India’s vocational training ecosystem.Under the initiative, branded Microsoft Elevate WAVE (Workforce Augmentation with AI Skills in Vocational Education), the programme aims to equip 200,000 students with AI…

Tramell Tillman is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a major cast member in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, a fourth installment focusing on Thomas Stanley Holland’s characterization of Spider-Man as Peter Parker. His claim to fame is his chilling portrayal of Seth Milchick in ‘Severance,’ and his commanding screen presence has gotten fans excited about his impending roles. Variety was first to report his casting in August 2025, although without mentioning his character, it was mentioned that he has a deal to appear in multiple movies.Casting detailsHis role as William Metzger surfaced last week, positioning him as a…

Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 10:14 ISTWeb extensions are useful tools to block ads, or help you translate easily but they can also become an easy route for malicious attacks.The security firm has talked about a slew of extensions that may have caused some damage. (Photo: AI generated)Browser extensions are helpful in many ways but these can also become an easy route for bad actors to infect systems. And a new security report suggests around 17 browser extensions in Chrome, Edge and Firefox have the potential to cause big damage. The details provided by cybersecurity firm LayerX suggests there are 17…

As in the case of other non-north-eastern and hilly States, a substantial portion of the losses for Tamil Nadu were concentrated in the power sector. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Tamil Nadu has been identified as one of the top three States in the country, which suffer from heavy losses incurred by State Public Sector Enterprises (SPSEs). For the year 2022-23, the top three States in this category were Uttar Pradesh (₹32,430 crore), Rajasthan (₹18,814 crore), and Tamil Nadu (₹16,048 crore), according to the volume 1 of the main report of the 16th Finance Commission. These States come under…

Dark clouds loom over the catchment area of the Cauvery. July 14, 2018. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan/The Hindu An international research team has found a systemic drop in land elevation across India’s river deltas driven mostly by human activities.The researchers were motivated by the lack of high-resolution data of river deltas’ subsidence worldwide even though they support more than 340 million people.They used interferometric synthetic aperture radar data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellite collected in 2014-2023. The study covered 40 major deltas around the world, including six in India, at a spatial resolution of 75 m.Then,…