Greta Gerwig debuted a first look at ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ on Tuesday, previewing a full-hearted adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ allegorical adventure and an IMAX-sized spectacle made for Netflix but designed for the big screen.Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” scores the trailer, which was also released online. Sharing the trailer on their official handle, the…
S&P global chief economist Paul Grunwald was in India and spoke to TOI about the inflation challenge, the China shadow on manufacturing and large tech companies impacting bond yields. Excerpts:What is driving global growth amid the headwinds?It’s mostly the AI revolution. People are doing historical analysis of big Investment waves, canals, railroads, and this is…
BENGALURU: India’s smaller cities are emerging as bigger users of digital credit than metros, even as consumers remain far more comfortable using payment apps to make payments than to borrow money, a new study has found.About 60% of respondents in Tier-2 cities have used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services, compared with 45% in metros…
CHENNAI: Zoho has paused hikes for its employees and is cutting down marketing spend due to inflation, rising AI-related expenses and challenging geopolitical and market conditions, said the company’s founder and chief scientist, Sridhar Vembu. In a post on X on Tuesday, he wrote that AI usage has driven up costs significantly amid a challenging…
MUMBAI: Consumer durable loans, such as those for buying a mobile phone on EMI, are helping lenders build credit histories for younger borrowers, contributing to a decline in two-wheeler loan delinquencies to a seven-year low of 1.4% in June 2026 from 2.7% in June 2019, according to TransUnion Cibil.First-time borrowers accounted for 39% of two-wheeler…
NEW DELHI: Apple is making a renewed push into the smart home market, unveiling three new devices – HomeView, HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K – as it looks to take its newly launched Siri AI beyond smartphones and establish a stronger presence in connected homes. The launches mark Apple’s latest attempt to challenge…
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He is the only…
MUMBAI: Amid pushback from industry, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has deferred the rollout of merchant discount rate (MDR) on select UPI transactions until after Diwali. In a statement on Tuesday, NPCI said that a new date of implementation will be notified separately. The merchant fee was earlier supposed to come into effect from…
NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded India’s growth forecast for the current year to 7%, from 6.4%, making it the fastest-growing major economy.The agency joins others – including the World Bank, ADB, S&P and Moody’s – in upgrading its projections after official data estimated first-quarter growth at 7.8%. Most global agencies have…
NEW DELHI: ReNew has secured a $100 million (nearly Rs 955 crore) financing facility from FMO, a Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, it said on Tuesday. Extended to ReNew Solar Power under the voluntary retention route, the 10-year facility will support renewable energy projects under construction across the ReNew group, it added. Source link