MUMBAI: Mobile phone financiers will face restrictions on “mobile lock” practices under RBI’s amended rules for loan recovery. Under the reworked draft regulation, lenders can restrict financed devices only under explicit contractual consent and after a 90-day default cycle with a staged 60-day and 7-day notice regime, while mandating that core functions such as incoming…
Zipp Family Sports Park. Image Credit: Norris Design A Texas family has helped turn a former ranch into a major sports destination in New Braunfels. The Zipp Family Sports Park covers roughly 150 acres and is designed around tournament-level baseball, softball and soccer, giving local athletes a larger place to compete and train. The project…
Cara Delevingne is spilling the beans about her past romance with co-star Amber Heard.The actress’s romantic relationship that was in the spotlight amid Heard’s court battle with Johnny Depp, has hit the headlines again, this time after Delevingne spilled the beans in a podcast. Speaking on the latest episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, Delevingne…
Singer Qazi Touqeer tried to explain two popular dating terms, “situationship” and “benching”, to Olympic boxer Mary Kom. A relationship that is not quite a relationship, someone kept waiting as a backup, a person who disappears without explanation and another who sends just enough messages to keep you interested: modern dating has a word for…
Each zodiac sign has its own set of traits that help define personalities and set them apart. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what the universe has planned for you at the start of the day? Keep reading to find out if today will be lucky for you. ARIES Finding joy in the little things…
The illusion of longing It is an exceedingly common scenario encountered within the therapeutic space: a client laments the painful, lingering end of a past relationship, romantic or platonic, entirely convinced that their ongoing, obsessive grief is definitive proof of the other person’s irreplaceable nature. They endlessly dissect old text messages, replay decades-old memories like…
California crews uncover possible 45-million-year-old ‘thunder beast’ fossils in Oceanside (Image Credit: City of Oceanside) A routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, has led to an unexpected discovery from deep beneath the ground: fossilised bones that may have belonged to a huge hoofed mammal that lived as long as 45 million years ago. According to…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ made box office history in its first weekend in theatres. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing USD 355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was just a few million shy of ‘Avengers: Endgame’, which debuted to USD 357 million…
Ed Sheeran performs at New York fundraiser raising $1 million for disadvantaged children in Suffolk (Image Credit: Lentonbrook Foundation via Ipswich) A private fundraising evening in New York has brought a $1 million boost to charities supporting disadvantaged children and young people in Suffolk, England. Singer Ed Sheeran joined Ipswich Town Football Club chairman and…
Image(s): Young Science Lab/Canva Ishanvi Sakharpe is a Virginia student using science and technology to address a problem affecting one of the ocean’s most recognisable animals. Her project, Dolphin Guard, was created with the aim of helping protect dolphins from dangerous human activity in marine environments. The young innovator’s work has now earned recognition through…
A $12 million research project at Penn State is trying to give drones a new way of making decisions, drawing inspiration from the small brains of insects and other animals. Funded by the US Army’s Army Research Laboratory, the project aims to develop an onboard sensing system that can pick out useful information without sending…
Shafali Verma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India kept their Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal hopes alive with a convincing five-wicket victory over Bangladesh at Old Trafford on Thursday, overcoming yet another disappointing fielding display to register a crucial win in Group A.Chasing a modest target of 137, India rode on a blistering knock from…
