Tamil Nadu faces a “deep mess” within a month of regime change, warns former CM M.K. Stalin, citing industrial reluctance, rising crime, and farmer distress (File photo: M K Stalin) CHENNAI/TRICHY: Former chief minister M K Stalin on Sunday said Tamil Nadu was facing the danger of “descending into a state of deep mess” within…
Bengaluru: Early investors in India’s listed startups have sold shares worth nearly Rs 97,252 crore since 2021, underscoring how public markets have emerged as the primary exit route for venture capital, private equity and other private-market investors after years of backing high-growth companies.Of this, PE and VC investors offloaded shares worth Rs 43,595 crore through…
Blood, fingerprints, and weapons aren’t the only evidence investigators look for at a crime scene; pollen is another. Pollen grains are one piece of evidence that has helped solve some of the highest-profile murder cases in recent years, one grain at a time. The tiny grains that might be invisible to the naked eye actually…
Asian equities traded mixed on Thursday as the AI and tech rally began to lose steam. At the same time, traders have remained cautioned amid the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. In Hong Kong, Hang Seng Index inched 174 points to 26,563 while Japan’s Nikkei remained steady, inching 0.66% higher to 63,539. South Korea’s…
“Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.”— Cristiano Ronaldo This quote from Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most powerful statements about resilience and motivation in sports. It doesn’t come from someone who’s never faced criticism. It comes from someone who has faced it all, be it hatred, doubt, rejection, and the…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket aborted its 13th flight test less than a second before liftoff from Texas on Thursday, forcing the company to postpone the mission by at least 24 hours while engineers investigate the cause, according to Reuters.The automated launch scrub occurred moments before the planned 6:45 p.m. ET liftoff from Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site…
Photo courtest: AP Photo/Patrick Sison Two of America’s biggest investment banks — JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs — have sent a ‘Do not use’ note on Anthropic to employees outside the US. According to a report in Financial Times, JPMorgan Chase has stopped its staff in Hong Kong from accessing Anthropic’s AI models, following a…
Maxwell pulls off stunning run-out (Image Credit: Sportzpics and X) Glenn Maxwell produced a moment of brilliance in the field to dismiss Quinton de Kock during Washington Freedom’s clash against MI New York in MLC 2026. The incident came off the final ball of the opening over of MI New York’s chase. De Kock pushed…
Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AP Photo) Rahmanullah Gurbaz rewrote the record books with a breathtaking 48-ball century against India in the rain-shortened first ODI at Dharamsala. The hundred was the fastest ever by an Afghanistan batter in ODI cricket, surpassing all previous Afghan records. It was also the quickest century of Gurbaz’s ODI career, his ninth…
UK house prices rose 3.8 per cent year-on-year in April 2026, taking the average property value to £270,000, according to the latest UK House Price Index released by HM Land Registry.Prices were up 0.7 per cent from March, while residential property transactions jumped 53.2 per cent compared with a year earlier, signalling renewed momentum in…