Bhubaneswar is emerging as a smart city with fast IT and industrial growth. Affordable land prices, planned infrastructure, and increasing job opportunities make it a promising market for future real estate appreciation. With rapid urban development and rising demand for quality housing, these five cities are shaping up to be some of the most promising…
Anne Hathaway embodies a pop star in the upcoming film ‘Mother Mary’, drawing significant inspiration from Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ era. Director David Lowery utilized Swift’s concert film as a visual and budgeting guide for stadium sequences. Hathaway also navigated the challenge of performing unreleased music, embracing a beginner’s mindset for the transformative role. Anne Hathaway,…
India’s forex reserves have become more balanced over time, with more gold and some diversification beyond the US dollar. (AI image) A country’s foreign exchange reserves act as the first line of defence against external volatility. In times of global economic turmoil such as the present Middle East conflict, forex reserves are the armour that…
Actress Jessica Biel has taken to social media to confront a troubling new trend known as the ‘Jessica Tantrum.’ It seems some parents are yelling ‘Jessica’ at their tantruming toddlers to calm them down. In her heartfelt message, Biel expressed her worry about the fear this instills in young children, suggesting that they appear ‘petrified….
Javokhir Sindarov at Candidates (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: If this piece were written a few days later, the word “likely” in the headline might no longer be necessary. It feels more like a matter of time than anything that Javokhir Sindarov from Uzbekistan will be announced the winner of the ongoing FIDE Candidates…
In ‘DTF St Louis’, a genre-bending crime drama, Joy Sunday and Richard Jenkins step into a detective world that blends humour, emotion and introspection.Speaking to ETimes about what drew her to the project after working in the hit teen drama ‘Wednesday’, Sunday shared, “I think for me, this DTF was an expiration of silence and…
PSL drama over Usman Tariq pause (Screengrab) Former India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has come out in support of Daryl Mitchell after the New Zealand batter raised concerns over Usman Tariq’s unusual delivery pause during a Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 clash in Karachi.The incident occurred during the match between Quetta Gladiators and Rawalpindi, where Mitchell…
India’s financial ecosystem has undergone a major transformation in recent years, with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) emerging as the centrepiece of the country’s digital payments revolution. Just ten years ago, financial transactions in the country were slow and largely cash-dependent but now, they are just a touch or click away, enabling instant, seamless and…
Indian-American space scientist Amit Kshatriya holds a senior leadership position at Nasa, an agency that has recently completed the Artemis II mission, a significant step in its renewed human lunar exploration programme.The Artemis II mission, a crewed lunar flyby, concluded with astronauts returning safely after a splashdown off the coast of San Diego, California at…
Imagine spending time in a foreign country, trying to be friendly with strangers, and ending up being called out on it!Jason Segel learned pretty quickly that being an ‘overfriendly’ American can get you in trouble in Finland, and not in the way you’d expect. On a recent visit, he actually got security called on him…