Bank holiday today: Some parts of India are observing Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr), Khutub-E-Ramzan, Sarhul today, on March 21, 2026. Hence banks in many parts of the country are closed this Saturday. March 21 is the third Saturday of the month and in normal course would not be a holiday, but festivals today mean that some states…
MUMBAI: Tata Trusts has appointed Tata veteran Farokh Subedar, 71, as a consultant, according to people in the know. Subedar, who was with the Tata Group until last year, had shared the board at Tata Investment Corporation with Noel Tata, chair of Tata Trusts.The foundations are also considering former Tata Steel VP (corporate services) Chanakya…
Australia has begun a crackdown on visa approvals, rejecting visas for international students at record rates since the beginning of 2026. Applications from students belonging to India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been the worst affected, facing massive cuts as compared to 2025 visa approvals. The refusal rates on visa applications by international university students reached…
A 21-year-old man has been jailed after blackmailing a teacher into sending an explicit video and then sharing it with students, leading to the victim losing his job and attempting to take his own life.Muaawiya Ameen, from Allenton in Derbyshire, posed as a woman on Instagram and engaged the teacher in a conversation that turned…
Rashmika Mandanna returns to the sets of ‘Mysaa’ after her wedding, while actor R. Parthiban has apologized for a caste remark made during a promotional event. Delays plague Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ due to re-censorship issues, and Ram Charan’s ‘Peddi’ is nearing completion. Meanwhile, Khushbu Sundar defends Trisha Krishnan against personal life rumors. South cinema buzzed…
A Texas oil heir has been ordered to pay a historic $1.1 billion to the young child he brutally beat, leaving him with severe injuries that require 24-hour care.34-year-old Charles Brooks Jr. will pay $291 million in compensatory damages and $810 million in punitive damages following a civil jury ruling in favour of Madison Ball,…
Fatima Sana Shaikh has often spoken about living with epilepsy, hoping that sharing her experiences will help create awareness around the neurological condition. In a recent conversation with Soha Ali Khan on her podcast, the actor opened up about the first time she experienced a seizure and how she was eventually diagnosed while shooting for…
The record for deep-sea biology has been rewritten by a Japanese Research group. During a sampling of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, researchers from Hokkaido University sampled unusual leathery black cocoons attached to rock samples at a depth of 6200 meters.According to the Biology Letters report, the cocoons were 3 millimetre-wide,…
Army Sergeant Matthew Blank’s wife was arrested by ICE as soon as he reported to his Louisiana base. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement released 22-year-old Annie Ramos, the wife of Army Sergeant Matthew Blank who was arrested on April 2 after Matthew reported to his military base days after his wedding. Ramos was brought to…
Mumbai: The RBI has dealt a blow to Tata Sons’ bid to avoid going public, rejecting an argument that would have allowed the Tata conglomerate’s holdco to surrender its financial licence and evade a mandatory stock exchange listing. In directions published on Wednesday, RBI clarified that equity received from group companies with access to capital…