On Saturday, the heart of Seoul turned into a sea of purple. It was splashed across landmarks, towering billboards, giant screens on high-rises, posters, masks and t-shirts. It was in the display of drone lights on the Han River. The reason for it was impossible to miss. “Welcome back BTS,” a banner on a 7-Eleven…
A stalwart of the mass media century, the longstanding network that launched the careers of journalists like Edward R. Murrow will air its final broadcast in May. Source link
Mumbai, March 21 – Indian cinema wasn’t quite prepared for what is unfolding right now, though somewhere, it always hinted at this possibility. Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, an Aditya Dhar-directed spy actioner, has taken the box office by storm and is making sure that cinema lovers or trade watchers, better believe what is unfolding in…
Jayasurya’s ‘Aadu 3: One Last Ride – Part 1’ is showing strong box office growth, nearing ₹20 crore net after its opening weekend. Despite mixed audience reactions, the film’s steady performance and the return of popular characters are drawing crowds. Weekday collections will be crucial for its continued success. ‘Aadu 3: One Last Ride –…
MOSCOW: The US-Israeli missile attack on Iran’s Bandar Anzali, a key transit hub on the INSTC linking Mumbai with St Petersburg, is a major blow to the Indo-Russian ambition of boosting bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030 via the crucial corridor, experts said Saturday.The 7,200-kilometre long multi-modal International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) links Mumbai…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been taking steps to thwart news coverage of the Pentagon for more than a year. Now he has finally met some resistance. Friday’s ruling by a federal judge striking down Pentagon press limits was cheered by the news organization that sued over the policy, The New York Times, and by…
The tongue is a muscle, but for those of us born into the scattered seeds of diaspora, it is also a battlefield. Growing up, my relationship with my mother tongue, Fiji Hindi, was not one of tender embraces or whispered lullabies. It was a love-hate relationship, fraught with a quiet, inherited turbulence. Fiji Hindi was…
NEW DELHI: Nearly six years after India tightened scrutiny of foreign direct investment from countries sharing land borders, the government has initiated a recalibration of the framework governing such investments, allowing minority ownership structures routed through overseas entities to access the automatic route while retaining approval requirements for direct investments from neighbouring jurisdictions.The Union Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: Following a temporary waiver issued by the US administration on sanctioned Iranian oil stranded at sea, Indian refiners on Saturday said they would be keen to buy the crude, even as Tehran maintained that no surplus stocks existed.US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the waiver on Friday, saying that by temporarily unlocking this…
NEW DELHI: Senior executives of some of the highway construction companies told TOI that the increase has started impacting the road construction cost as bitumen and fuel expenses are around 30% of the project cost. “Since the commercial diesel price is revised from time to time, we are worried whether there will be another round…
