National and festival holidays are largely decided at the State level. Employers are expected to follow notified holiday lists. (AI image) Leave is often seen as a simple workplace benefit – an approved absence from work. In reality, it is one of the more structured and regulated aspects of employment in India. With the implementation…
The difference between green and black grapes begins in the skin. Black grapes contain dark pigments called anthocyanins, a category of antioxidants also found in blueberries, jamun, and purple cabbage. These compounds help plants defend themselves against environmental stress, and researchers believe they may offer similar protective benefits in the human body. Green grapes contain…
Whenever we think of snakes, slithering, frightening creatures come up in our imagination in shades of green, brown, black, or gray, but nature sometimes surprises us with something that we would least imagine, or which seems fictional in nature- the pink snakes. While this might seem like an AI-generated idea or something straight out of…
Magnus Carlsen’s table-slam outburst against D Gukesh in Norway Chess 2025 (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: World No. 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen suffered his first classical chess defeat in almost a year after losing to Jorden van Foreest at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026 in Malmo on Monday. Carlsen, who rarely…
Drishyam-style crimes that blur the line between thriller and reality (AI Image used for representational purpose only) Blockbuster thriller Drishyam and several crime-based series are often watched purely for entertainment, suspense and clever storytelling. But in a disturbing trend seen across multiple murder investigations in India, police say some accused allegedly tried to borrow ideas…
AI representational image Boston headquartered Liberty Mutual Insurance has increased its stake in its Indian venture Liberty General Insurance to 74% as of May 18, after raising its shareholding from 49% to 55.4% in Sept 2025. The Indian insurance firm had started as a joint venture between Liberty and the Videocon Group.Videocon exited the joint…
NEW DELHI: Government has started to assess potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as Anthropic’s Mythos, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday with banks and regulators to review emerging threats from AI models.The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Reserve…
What are the most valuable assets for a country — gold, silver, currency? In Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, the answer looks far less conventional. Here, vast climate-controlled warehouses store one of the region’s most unusual forms of wealth: hundreds of thousands of wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, slowly ageing and quietly getting more valuable over timeTo…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has praised outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook as he announced to step down from the role starting September 1, 2026. Announcing his exit from Apple, Tim Cook shared a post where he wrote: “I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and thank you for believing in me to…
India, Netherlands set up joint working group on clean energy (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India and the Netherlands have set up a joint working group to accelerate New Delhi’s clean energy expansion through shared technology, expertise and finance, new and renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said in a social media post.The minister said the…