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For Alice Walton, much of the attention around her wealth comes from an asset she did not build herself. The youngest child of Walmart founder Sam Walton has remained a major shareholder in the retail giant, even as her own career moved away from the company. Her fortune has continued to rise with the value…
Actor Rohit Roy recently sparked a debate after calling television a “dustbin medium” on a podcast. He said, “Television is a dustbin medium. You watch it today, tomorrow you forget about it.” He also spoke about film actors having more “grace, dignity and style” compared to television actors.Actress Kanika Maheshwari, who has worked with Rohit…
Data sets show that pressure has been building up on consumers since the start of the year as the war disrupted energy supplies, pushing up prices of fuel and LPG cylinders. MUMBAI: Indians are counting every penny they are spending—blame it on price hikes and inflation. Consumers are becoming value-conscious, trimming budgets for non-essential spends…
Stock market holiday today Investors will have a break from domestic equity trading on Friday as the stock market remains closed for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. October 2, 2026, is listed as a full trading holiday in the 2026 market calendar, with both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) shut for regular…
India’s Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara signed off with a silver medal in the mixed team recurve event after China’s Jingyi Zhu and Mengqi Li prevailed 5-3 in a closely fought gold-medal match at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday.The Indian pair had to…
In 1962, James West and Gerhard Sessler, scientists at Bell Labs, patented a compact, inexpensive yet highly sensitive microphone: the electret microphone. Their invention, covered by U.S. Patent No. 3,118,022, soon became widely used because of its high performance, accuracy and reliability, as well as its low cost, small size and light weight. According to…
Mark Ruffalo once again opposes the merger of two of the biggest conglomerates in the media and entertainment industry, calling the move a ‘disappointment.’ (Twitter) With a recent deal that approves the merger of two of the biggest conglomerates in media and entertainment, Mark Ruffalo is one of the many people speaking out against the…
If you’ve ever wrapped your arms into Garudasana, or Eagle Pose, expecting a gentle little stretch and instead felt your shoulders practically scream, you’re not imagining things. According to NIH News in Health, a publication from the National Institutes of Health, slumped, hunched posture from things like constant gadget use and long hours at a…
The Pacific is becoming a major focus of Jeff Bezos’ environmental philanthropy, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing more than $25 million in new grants for ocean conservation across five Pacific nations. The latest funding is intended to help governments protect large areas of marine territory while developing longer-term plans for managing their waters. According…
Inside flydubai flight FZ1073: How Captain Machchhar’s quick thinking helped save 174 lives When Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, he was left bleeding on the floor as the plane plunged thousands of feet.But even while seriously injured, the Mumbai-born pilot managed to open the…
