Spread the love Zohran Mamdani New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued a cease and desist notices to 42 online retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair and Temu parent PDD Holdings, over the sale of allegedly illegal high-speed e-bikes and e-scooters. Mamdani said that the crackdown was important to protect public safety. In a post shared on social media...
Madhavan says Run changed his career: ‘Mani Ratnam looked at me very differently’
Spread the love 4 min readMumbaiAug 7, 2026 08:07 AM IST When Run released in 2002, it not only emerged as a landmark film in Tamil cinema but also transformed R Madhavan’s on-screen image. Until then largely associated with romantic roles, the film established him as a convincing action hero. In a recent interview, the actor looked back at the...
Oil prices rise 1% as Middle East conflict continues Hormuz shipping disruption
Spread the love Crude prices continue to rise, as traders remain cautious due to Hormuz disruption. Oil prices inched higher on Friday as traders turned cautious due to uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz alongside US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks that the war could end “pretty soon.“Around 7:25 am IST, Brent crude was trading 84 cents, or...
Iran President met a ‘voice in the dark’, isn’t sure it was Supreme Leader Mojtaba
Spread the love Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly taken to a secret location in Tehran and granted only a brief meeting with a man introduced as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iran International.The reported encounter, conducted inside a dark, tinted-window vehicle, has fuelled...
Trump signs new executive orders on birthright citizenship despite court setback
Spread the love Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders seeking to further restrict birthright citizenship, renewing his immigration crackdown weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his earlier attempt as unconstitutional.The new orders take a narrower approach than Trump’s previous directive and target categories the...
Assam flood toll rises to 97; over 1.68 lakh affected, 481 villages submerged
Spread the love Golaghat is the worst-hit district, with nearly 54,000 people affected, followed by Sivasagar with over 49,000 and Jorhat with around 27,000. GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam remained critical as two more people died, taking this year’s flood-related death toll to 97, while the number of affected people rose to over 1.68 lakh across 15 districts, according...
US court slaps Meta with $567 million penalty in landmark child safety ruling
Spread the love Meta fined $567 million in largest child safety ruling against social media giant A New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul safety features for young users after finding the social media company responsible for harming children’s mental health. The ruling marks one of the largest legal actions against a social media...
NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Jessica Meir undertake spacewalk to upgrade space station
Spread the love NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir on Friday (August 6, 2026) concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to assemble the modification kit for its power channel that would allow addition of solar arrays. The spacewalk – 281st in support of the space station – sixth for Ms. Meir and first for Mr. Menon began...
If asked whom to believe, I’ll say Gen Z: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Spread the love Protest is a way of dialogue, says RSS chief on Gen Z stir MUMBAI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s interaction and comments over the recent student agitation, at the 15th anniversary of India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (IIMUN), a youth body, was seen as the first of Sangh’s outreach programmes aimed at Gen Z. “Protest is a...
Devendra Fadnavis roots for ‘Ramayana’ winning an Oscar
Spread the love Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis roots for ‘Ramayana’ winning an Oscar; calls it the ‘film of the millennium’ Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has thrown his weight behind Nitesh Tiwari‘s upcoming epic ‘Ramayana‘, saying he would be disappointed if the film doesn’t bag an Oscar. He made the comment on August 6 at the inauguration of Prime Focus...
