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India is a land blessed with cinematic gems and thus, it is more than obvious for every kid to grow up with a dream of becoming a Bollywood star. However, things were a little different for Soha Ali Khan, who was born to a beautiful heroine Sharmila Tagore. Soha had not one but two actors in the house, her mother and her brother Saif Ali Khan. However, she was always “very dismissive of films,” and chose the path of banking. Interestingly, her life took a turn and she took the bold decision to quit banking and pursue the life of…
Oppo Watch X2 was launched in China and global markets on Thursday alongside the Oppo Find N5 smartphone. The new Oppo smartwatch has a 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED display and is claimed to deliver up to 16 days of battery life in power save mode. The Oppo Watch X2 runs on a Snapdragon W5 chipset alongside 32GB storage. It ships with WearOS 5 and has an IP68-rated build. The Oppo Watch X2 supports more than 100 sports modes. It has an optical heart rate sensor and is said to be capable of measuring blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels.Oppo Watch X2 PrieThe Oppo…
Hartmut Issel, Head of Equity and Credit APAC and CIO at UBS Wealth Management, expects Indian corporate earnings growth to recover in 2025-26 (FY26) to 15% from the lower base of the current financial year. This is likely to result in double-digit Nifty returns over the next 12 months.“India has been doing very well, and we think it will also do so again. I would estimate in the June quarter (April-June 2025 – Q1FY26), when the earnings growth probably comes up a little bit,” he said. Issel pointed out that industries like consumer, cement, autos, and oil and gas have…
Saqib Saleem who was last seen in ‘Citadel’, will next be starring in ‘Crime Beat’ which also has Saba Azad. Recently during a chat with ETime about Crime Beat, Saqib and Saba also opened up on social media and how they are affected by it. Opening up on it, the actor said, “I was very affected by social media. You are made to believe that this is the way of the world. It shouldn’t feel like a job. I am an actor, an artist. I’m not an influencer.”He further added how these days actors are cast based on their follower…
The workshop was organised by the Trinity Challenge, a charity supporting the creation of data-driven solutions to help protect against global health threats, and the One Health Trust to explore community access to effective antibiotics. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Healthcare leaders, researchers, tech specialists, and other experts came together at a workshop in Bengaluru on February 20 to explore two barriers to access to effective antibiotics — stock control and substandard or falsified oral antibiotics. These issues impact both human and animal health.The workshop was organised by the Trinity Challenge, a charity supporting the creation of data-driven…
Apple has announced the release timeline of its next big update for the iPhone dubbed iOS 18.4. It is expected to be rolled out in April, expanding the set of artificial intelligence (AI) features in the Apple Intelligence suite that the Cupertino-based technology giant has introduced with previous updates so far. Additionally, the update is also expected to expand the availability of the said AI features to support more languages and locales.iOS 18.4 Release TimelineFollowing the launch of the iPhone 16e as the newest entry-level model in Apple’s lineup, the company has updated its iOS 18 page with new details. First…
Shares of private lender Bandhan Bank Ltd. are trading with gains of 4% on Friday, February 21, after the stock was added to CLSA’s high conviction outperformers list.CompanyValueChange%ChangeCLSA has a price target of ₹220 on the stock and had an earlier rating of “outperform.” CLSA’s price target implies a potential upside of 60% from Thursday’s closing levels.Calling Bandhan Bank a play on the MFI recovery cycle with a gradual migration to secured loans, CLSA cited the new management’s intention to increase the share of secured loans to 55% to 60% from the current level of 50%. The brokerage said that…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel began his historic tenure on Thursday as the first Indian American to lead the premier investigating agency. The Republican-led US Senate confirmed Patel in a narrow majority vote of 51-49, with two Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voting with all Democrats against confirming Trump’s nominee. Patel is now the first Indian American FBI Director and also the first of Asian descent.Patel is a former public defender who has seen a meteoric rise in the power structure of Washington D.C. in recent years, rising up to be the Chief of Staff…
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 14 5G and Redmi Note 14 4G for the global markets in January. Now, the Chinese smartphone brand has updated its Security Center to provide official confirmation on the company’s software update policy for the international variant of the Redmi Note 14 4G. Both phones are likely to get more software support than their Indian counterparts. The 5G variant runs on MediaTek Dimensity 7025-Ultra SoC, while the 4G version has a MediaTek Helio G99-Ultra under the hood.Redmi Note 14 4G to Get Six Years of Security UpdatesAs per the official page, the global variant of…
There is a special situation playing out in Vedanta Ltd. and it could possibly be a case for rerating. Here are some scenarios playing out for the metal conglomerate post the demerger approval.CompanyValueChange%ChangeEarlier this week, Vedanta’s shareholders & creditors approved the conglomerate’s demerger plan and the management expects the process to conclude by the end of the first quarter of financial year 2026. The demerger was approved by the board in September 2023 and the company has already received the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the exchanges for the demerger.The earlier plan was to split the existing listed entity into…