Miss World 2025 contestants during an event in Hyderabad. File. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Hyderabad rolled out the red carpet for the grand finale of the 72nd Miss World pageant as the contestants and guests started trooping in at 5 p.m. on Saturday (May 31, 2025), ahead of the main event, which began at…
Researchers in Spain may have found one of the oldest symbolic objects with a human fingerprint ever recorded in Europe. The small pebble, discovered in the San Lazaro rock shelter in Segovia, could be linked to Neanderthals. Experts believe this shows that Neanderthals may have created symbolic art, like cave paintings. The pebble was found…
Microsoft is providing a much-needed upgrade to Notepad, allowing the vintage Windows app to format text in various styles such as bold and italic, while also adding support for hyperlinks and Markdown. The new update has rolled out to Notepad Canary and the Dev Channel, though thereâs no confirmation yet on when it will be…
Gluttony, greed, sloth, pride, envy, lust and anger are traditionally seen as the root of all evil. But can these undesirable behaviours actually stem from the biology of our brains? Neurologist Guy Leschziner believes so. Last November, when he launched his book Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human, and delved into the neuroscientific…
OPEC+ agreed to hike July oil output by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Saturday, the same as in May and June, after the group of oil-producing countries looks to grab back market share and punish over-producing members. According to Reuters, eight OPEC+ members of the group are unwinding 2.2 million bpd in voluntary curbs…
Investment word of the day: An investment approach that chooses securities based on specific characteristics that determine risk and return is known as factor investing. It aims to boost returns, manage risks and enhance diversification by strategically focusing on particular factors. Types of factors The two major types of factors that influence investments are macroeconomic…
Preethi Athreya in Rubber Girl | Photo Credit: G5A Movement is any danceâs motor. But when it comes to cabaret, a theatrical form that also features music, song, recitation or drama, a dash of oomph is also a requisite. This weekend at the Black Box, a unique black-chair multi-functional space that seats around 165, G5A…
The credit growth of banks declined to 9.8 per cent in May 2025 from 19.5 per cent during the same period the previous year, according to a report by the State Bank of India (SBI), indicating a slowdown in lending activities across the country. âScheduled commercial banks‘ (SCBs) credit growth slowed to 9.8 per cent…
Aegis Vopak Terminals, the provider of storage terminals for LPG and various liquid products, and Schloss Bangalore Ltd, the operator of the luxury hotels brand âThe Leelaâ in India, are set to make their debut in the Indian stock market next week after a muted response to their initial public offerings (IPO). Aegis Vopak Terminals…
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Britain and Europe have become âa hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom,â according to Samuel Samson, a senior adviser to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. His punchy boss further threatens to bar European visitors to the US for âcensoringâ Americans online. Vice President JD Vance also condemned European âbackslidingâ…
