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Bollywood’s favourite power couple, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, arrived hand-in-hand at the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s The Bluff on February 17, making fans swoon over their coordinated fits. In a subtle nod to PC’s striking role as a pirate in the film, the couple coordinated in complementary shades of brown, crafting a visually cohesive moment on the carpet. Their looks played with rich textures – from structured leather to classic tweed – and bold, statement silhouettes, striking the perfect balance between rugged drama and refined polish.Read more for a closer look at the couple’s outfits! (Getty…

Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra and his family are going through a tough time as the actor’s father, Sunil Malhotra, passed away recently. Sidharth confirmed the sad news with an emotional tribute to his father in a social media post. Now, his wife and actor Kiara Advani has also penned an emotional note mourning the loss of her father-in-law.Kiara Advani pays emotional tribute to her father-in-law.Kiara Advani pays emotional tribute to her father-in-lawOn Wednesday, Kiara took to Instagram and shared a couple of pictures from her wedding reception with Sidharth, in which the two could be seen posing happily with her…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday rejected SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations regarding large-scale irregularities in the SIR exercise, asserting that the use of Form 7 for deletion of names is a statutory and legally mandated process.Rinwa told reporters here that the entire exercise relating to preparation and revision of electoral rolls is not an administrative arrangement but a legal process laid down under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.”Form 7 has a clear legal basis and rationale. It is part of the statutory framework governing electoral roll revisions,” he said.Responding to Yadav’s demand that…

New Delhi: In a major technology-driven push for disability inclusion, AIIMS on Monday distributed artificial intelligence-powered smart vision glasses to 53 blind and severely visually impaired individuals, enabling them to interpret their surroundings through sound. The AI-enabled glasses convert visual information into spoken feedback. They can read printed text aloud, identify objects, recognise faces, detect obstacles and assist with navigation. Using real-time object recognition and text-to-speech technology, the device helps users manage daily tasks independently — from reading medicine labels to identifying currency notes or locating doorways. The beneficiaries included 28 children from a School for the Blind in Amar…

HackAtom is a student championship in which teams of students try to find the best solution to real-life cases from the nuclear industry within 24 hoursAs many as ten Indian students participated in Russia’s Obninsk Tech Winter School 2026, a global nuclear technology programme that brought together 120 students from 47 countries. The programme received more than 350 applications from around the world, from which 120 participants were selected, including 10 from India. Held from 1 to 7 February with the support of Rosatom at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, the programme provided participants with hands-on exposure to advanced…

Iran has temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, as tensions with the United States escalate. Iranian state and semi-official media reported live-fire naval drills in the narrow waterway, with missiles launched from inside Iran and along its coast reportedly striking targets in the strait.The closure, described by Iranian media as lasting several hours for “safety and maritime concerns”, marks a rare and potentially unprecedented step. Around 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas supplies transit through the strait. Any sustained disruption could send shockwaves through global energy markets…

Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan remains under medical supervision in the Intensive Care Unit at the Lilavati Hospital, in Mumbai. He was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning, sparking a wave of concern from fans and members of the film industry. Through the course of the day, the veteran star had his sons, family members, and friends from the film industry arriving at the hospital to check on him. Sons Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, were seen leaving the hospital in the early hours of Wednesday morning. ETimes paparazzi spotted Arbaaz arriving at the hospital again early this morning with…

MUMBAI: Real estate, infrastructure, and corporate sectors are set to gain wider access to overseas funding with RBI overhauling external commercial borrowing (ECB) rules, sharply expanding the pool of eligible borrowers and clarifying permissible uses under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 framework.The amended regulations shift the ECB regime from a restricted, sector-based eligibility model to a broad entity-based approach. Any non-individual resident entity incorporated under a central or state law can now raise overseas loans, subject to applicable statutory permissions. The wider eligibility is expected to ease funding constraints for statutory bodies, LLPs, development authorities and companies undergoing restructuring…

Video streaming platform YouTube faced a widespread disruption earlier today that affected users across nations. A “Something Went Wrong” error message appeared on screens when people attempted to watch videos or access the app. The issue was not isolated to a single country. Outage-tracking platforms showed a sharp spike in complaints within a short span of time. In the US alone, more than 320,000 users reported problems on Downdetector. A large portion of complaints pointed to difficulties accessing the app and streaming videos. The outage appeared to hit during peak morning hours in some regions. Users across India, the UK…

BENGALURU: Unpacking suitcases, arranging wardrobes, handling time-consuming tasks such as peeling pomegranates and garlic, or prepping for weekend gatherings – these are among the chores urban households are increasingly getting done through domestic help apps, alongside routine chores such as dishes and laundry.What began as a convenience experiment is now scaling rapidly across parts of Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR, driven by repeat usage and aggressive supply build-out. Bengaluru-based Snabbit has gone from roughly 100,000 monthly jobs in Aug 2025 to a run rate of 10 lakh monthly jobs currently, founder and chief executive Aayush Agarwal told TOI, a tenfold…