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File photo: N Chandrasekaran A major battle has broken out at Tata Sons after Tata Trusts on Thursday called the board’s decision to reappoint N Chandrasekaran as chairman for another five-year term “illegal”, setting up a potential legal and governance dispute at the top of the Tata Group.The Trusts said the resolution approving Chandrasekaran’s reappointment...

PM Modi shares moment on Instagram from SEMICON India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday shared a video from the SEMICON India 2026 summit on his birthday, captioning the post, “Of birthdays and same-to-yous…”The video captures a brief birthday moment at the opening session of the semiconductor industry conference, where delegates greeted the...

Classroom desks and chairs sit amid rubble at the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, damaged in a Feb 28 US airstrike in Minab (Photo: AP) An independent UN fact-finding mission on Iran announced on Thursday that it found US involvement in two military strikes involving a school and a sports facility in February, calling them war crimes.The...

The Kremlin on Thursday described the US House of Representatives’ passage of a sweeping Russia sanctions bill as an “unfriendly” action, warning that further US sanctions could complicate efforts to reach a peace deal in Ukraine.The comments came a day after the House passed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026...

Representative Image of African Wild Dogs (Image Credit: Canva) Three African wild dog brothers have turned an already extraordinary journey into a record-breaking one, travelling 4,126 kilometres across Zambia after leaving their pack in search of new territory. The three males departed from the Mayukuyuku Pack in Kafue National Park in July 2025 and were...

Stephen Hawking’s AI warning Stephen Hawking was a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and a visionary. Back in 2014, Hawking told the BBC that developing full artificial intelligence (AI) – what we loosely call superintelligence – may trigger the extinction of mankind. Hawking observed that while early machine tools offered tremendous value, creating human-grade software...

Sourav Ganguly The shooting of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly’s biopic has landed a Counry club in financial trouble. Leicestershire have been handed a 27-point penalty and fined £5,000 (almost Rs 6.43 lakh) after being found guilty of breaching pitch regulations during their County Championship match against Glamorgan in August. The decision has left the...

The biggest impact is likely to be on employees whose PF wages fall between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 per month. For many employees, provident fund (PF) is a deduction they notice on their salary slip every month but rarely think about until they change jobs, need funds for an emergency or start planning for...

‘Chennai shouldn’t alienate Delhi’: SC tells Tamil Nadu to reconsider opposition to Navodaya schools NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to comply with its December 15, 2025 order to identify land in every district for establishing Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, while urging the state and Centre to resolve their differences over...

File photo: N Chandrasekaran The Tata Sons board has approved a fresh five-year term for N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman of the Tata Group, reversing his decision last month not to seek reappointment, according to sources cited by Reuters and news agency ANI.The reappointment was approved at a Tata Sons board meeting held in Mumbai...