MUMBAI: Zee has won shareholder approval to issue convertible warrants to its promoters, clearing the 75% threshold required under Indian company law by a narrow 1.6 percentage points, with 76.6% of votes cast in favour. The approval lets Zee issue 24.95 crore warrants to promoters at Rs 126 apiece, raising Rs 3,144 crore. Conversion will…
The Pacific Ring of Fire, the horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean, may have played a far bigger role in shaping Earth’s past climate than previously understood. Findings show that some of the largest volcanic eruptions of the past 12,000 years, many originating from this seismically active region, align closely with major glacial…
Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana‘ has taken the internet by storm, earning praise for its visuals, VFX and grand scale. The trailer has dominated social media trends since its release, with fans hailing it as one of the biggest cinematic events in Indian cinema. However, despite its phenomenal response, the epic has fallen short of one notable…
Ketu’s transit in Magha Nakshatra on August 2, 2026, will bring major changes in pride, family roots, career direction, status and old karmic patterns. Magha is associated with ancestors, authority, tradition, royal energy, respect and inherited power. Ketu is detachment, truth, spiritual lessons, sudden separation, and hidden correction.This transit may strip away false confidence and…
Inclusive English learning programme aims to improve education and workplace access for Deaf learners. (AI Image) NEW DELHI: A new English learning initiative tailored for Deaf and Hard of Hearing learners seeks to address longstanding barriers to literacy, education and employment by introducing accessible, visual-first teaching methods supported by Indian Sign Language (ISL). The programme…
Parents often try to make their children perform better in every task they encounter. However, amidst all this, sometimes parents miss one important life skill. Teaching kids what healthy friendships look like is an important stage of growing up. This is because positive friendships are associated with confidence, competence, and healthy relationships.Here are five unhealthy…
India’s biggest medal day yet sees six podium finishes, historic judo golds and the tally rise to 23 in Glasgow. India enjoyed their biggest medal-winning day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday, collecting six medals across judo and athletics to take their overall tally to 23 and strengthen their campaign in Glasgow.The impressive haul…
NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall…
Image: Left/The Telegraph/Right/The Guardian In December 2011, a 44-year-old Swedish man named Peter Skyllberg disappeared while driving through the country’s frozen north. Weeks passed with no sign of him as winter temperatures plunged well below freezing. Then, in February 2012, a group of snowmobilers spotted what looked like the roof of a car protruding from…
MUMBAI: RBL Bank has secured a credit rating above India’s sovereign rating with Moody’s assigning the lender a first-time Baa2 long-term issuer and deposit rating, one notch above India’s Baa3 sovereign rating, on expectations of support from its majority shareholder, Emirates NBD Bank. The rating agency assigned a stable outlook.The higher rating follows Emirates NBD’s…