Author: Rahul M

An 81-year-old retiree from Bengaluru has lost Rs 1.77 crore over a period of 10 days after he fell victim to a “digital arrest” scam where fraudsters accused him of money laundering, the police said. The senior citizen, a resident of Sadananda Nagar in Bengaluru’s NGEF Layout, filed a complaint at the East CEN police station on July 23 stating that he had been defrauded of the money between July 5 and 15. According to the police, the complainant received a call on July 5 from a person who claimed to be Sandeep Jadhav (mobile number +91 8530628346) and introduced…

Peptide cocktails, plasma exchange therapy, infrared sauna sessions, and methylene blue drips. These are just a few of the biohacks that keep Peter Phillips feeling invincible. For the past three years, the 53-year-old tech executive has worked with doctors at Extension Health, a longevity clinic in New York City, to craft a blueprint to help him combat the declines that come with age.“I’m on the cusp of immortality,” he says. Every six weeks, he pops into the clinic for a full body reboot that typically includes a nervous system reset and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Even when on the road, Phillips…

Mumbai: The controversial nomination of an advocate for judgeship at the Bombay High Court has now reached Parliament, with Congress MP Hibi Eden moving an adjournment motion to discuss the matter in the Lok Sabha. On 28 July, the Supreme Court Collegium approved the appointment of Aarti Arun Sathe, once a Maharashtra BJP spokesperson, as a high court judge, which sparked a row as the Opposition raised concerns over whether she would be impartial as a judge. A day after the collegium’s decision, Trinalmool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale posted on X: “Supreme Court collegium has recommended the name…

“The Indian economy is doing very well and is contributing more to global growth than the US,” said Sanjay Malhotra, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), hitting out against US President Donald Trump, who recently called the Indian economy ‘dead’. Addressing the media at the RBI’s headquarter in Delhi, Malhotra also said that India with its supposedly ‘dead’ economy contributing more to global growth at this point than the United States. “We are contributing about 18%, which is more than the US where the contribution is expected to be much less – about 11% or something. We…

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The crash of a military helicopter in Ghana on Wednesday killed all eight people aboard including the West African country’s defense and environment ministers and other top officials, the government said.The Ghanian military said the helicopter took off in the morning from the capital, Accra, and was heading northwest into the interior toward the gold-mining area of Obuasi in the Ashanti region when it went off the radar. The wreckage was later found in the Adansi area of Ashanti. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and the military said an investigation was underway.…

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild.The three females and one male were seen playing in their outdoor enclosure at Dvůr Králové Safari Park on Wednesday, enjoying themselves under the watchful eyes of their parents, Khalila and Bart.That will change soon. As part of an international endangered species program that coordinates efforts for their survival in captivity, the cubs will be sent to other participating parks, including the Beersheba zoo in Israel.Chances are…

Afghanistan superstar Rashid Khan has once again etched his name into the history books. Making his much-anticipated return to competitive cricket after a below-par IPL 2025 campaign, Rashid delivered a match-winning performance in The Hundred and became the first-ever bowler to claim 650 wickets in T20 cricket. A Dream Comeback at Lord’s Rashid made his debut for Oval Invincibles in their opening clash against London Spirit at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground on August 5, 2025. The Afghan leg-spinner was at his vintage best, taking 3 wickets for just 11 runs in his 20-ball spell. On a pitch offering grip…

“Most of my work starts in Lagos, but it doesn’t stay there for long,” says Anita Ashiru. She’s one of the sole production designers working in Nigeria, where her team builds multi-scale sets and stage designs for the country’s booming Afrobeats industry. Requests often come at a whim for work; Ashiru might be called abroad by the likes of frequent collaborator Davido, a Nigerian-American singer-songwriter who frequently shoots music videos in South Africa.Ashiru’s job is one that largely didn’t exist 10 years ago, she says, but the recent growth of the West African music industry has allowed her to live,…

Business travel doesn’t typically conjure up the most glamorous images: working-group sessions in overlit conference rooms, awkward dinners with coworkers at unmemorable chain restaurants. But for some lucky employees, there’s a special subset of work travel that isn’t just something to look forward to but something to fight for: the corporate incentive trip.Mark, a former sales director at LinkedIn who asked to not use his real name, is a frequent flier in the world of corporate incentive travel, wherein companies motivate employees to crush their sales goals with the promise of all-expenses-paid stays at luxury hotels and bucket-list sightseeing experiences.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the United States on its ally to 50%.The tariffs would go into effect 21 days after the signing of the order, meaning that both India and Russia might have time to negotiate with the administration on the import taxes.Trump’s moves could scramble the economic trajectory of India, which until recently was seen as an alternative to China by American companies looking to relocate their manufacturing. China also buys oil…