NEW DELHI: A Bengaluru consumer court has directed Hero MotoCorp and its two authorised dealers to refund Rs 88,000 towards the price of a motorcycle after finding that the vehicle suffered from a recurring engine defect that remained unresolved despite more than 10 visits to the service centre.The District consumer commission, comprising President Syed Anser…
There may be more insect species on Earth than has been estimated by scientists up to now. A recent research, which was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggests that the planet might be inhabited by 14.2 million to 20.3 million insects, a number three times higher than the…
Mohammad Mohebi gun celebration (Image: X) Iran midfielder Mohammad Mohebi found himself at the centre of online debate following his celebration during Iran’s 2-2 draw against New Zealand in their FIFA World Cup 2026 opener at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.Mohebi was one of Iran’s standout performers on the night, scoring the crucial equaliser in…
NEW DELHI: Unexpected side effects from medicines often come to light only after a drug is widely used. To strengthen monitoring of such cases, India’s drug regulator has directed pharmaceutical companies to maintain robust systems for tracking and reporting adverse reactions linked to medicines sold in the market.In a circular issued on June 3, the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday sought a comprehensive record of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s medical condition and directed the authorities to place all relevant health documents before it.A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the authorities to submit all pathological reports prepared by Safdarjung Hospital,…
As new RS MPs take oath, nos. tilt further towards NDA NEW DELHI: With newly elected Rajya Sabha members taking oath on Monday, the numbers in the House have become more favourable towards BJP-led NDA, and it now has a real chance of pulling off a two-thirds majority in the House in case govt makes…
Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Peddi’ recorded a noticeable uptick in its fourth-day earnings. The film collected an estimated Rs 31.90 crore in India net on Day 4, marking a 10.6 percent rise compared to the previous day’s Rs 28.85 crore. ‘Peddi’s domestic and global numbers continue to rise Reports from Sacnilk says that ‘Peddi’…
Salesforce spent $27.7 billion on Slack—now it’s promoting Anthropic’s Claude Tag inside it, and its own employees can’t tell where Salesforce’s AI ends and Anthropic’s begins. Salesforce is doing something odd right now. It’s cheering on a product that competes with its own. When Anthropic rolled out Claude Tag last month—an AI agent that lives…
A gardening hack making the rounds online says a spice sitting in most kitchens, cayenne pepper, can drive rats out of your yard for good. There’s actually something to this. Cayenne gets its heat from a compound called capsaicin, and researchers have tested exactly how rats respond to it. Turns out they do eat less…
Cate Blanchett didn’t just become an actress. She became a standard. From ‘Elizabeth’ to ‘The Aviator’ to ‘Notes on a Scandal’ to ‘Carol’ to ‘Tár.’ She has been in some of the most celebrated and artistically significant films of the last three decades. She has won the Academy Award twice. She has been nominated for…