Apple shares jumped 4.2% to $262.9, giving it a market capitalisation of about $3.9 trillion and making it the second most valuable company in the world after AI-chip giant Nvidia [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple shares surged to an all-time high on Monday, with the iPhone maker close to becoming the third company to... Read More

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. court has ordered Israel’s NSO Group to stop targeting WhatsApp, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. court has ordered Israel’s NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it... Read More

File picture of President Droupadi Murmu. | Photo Credit: ANI President Droupudi Murmu will arrive in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) evening for a four-day tour of Kerala. The Special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane carrying Ms Murmu will touch at the IAF’s Forward Base Support Unit enclave of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Kerala... Read More

Apple launched the iPhone 17 series globally, including in China, in September [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple’s iPhone 17 series outperformed its predecessor in early sales in China and the United States, research firm Counterpoint said on Monday. The newer models outsold the iPhone 16 series by 14% during their first 10 days of... Read More

Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters. The posts shown to those users featured “prominent display” of chest, buttocks, or thighs, “explicit judgement” about body... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Hamas on Monday (October 20, 2025) it would be “eradicated” if it breaches the Gaza deal with Israel, but said he would give the Palestinian militant group a chance to honour the truce. U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance headed to Israel shortly after Mr. Trump’s comments, joining two top U.S. envoys... Read More

RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arrested immediately after filing his nomination papers from Bihar’s Sasaram Assembly seat on Monday (October 20, 2025), officials said. Officers of the police station concerned maintained that Mr. Sah was arrested by Jharkhand Police as a non-bailable warrant (NBW) was pending against him. His supporters were clueless about the developments.... Read More

Many people fervently believe that coin tosses are random. The Indian men’s test cricket team captain Shubman Gill lost all five of his tosses against England this summer. The probability of such an event is only 3.1%, or one in 32, if winning or losing is assumed to be random. Some cricket enthusiasts realised then... Read More

Waterlogged roads at South Railway Station in Ernakulam following heavy rains on October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu As many as 11 districts in Kerala are bracing for heavy rains on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad,... Read More

Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s parliament is set to elect ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female Prime Minister on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), one day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner that would pull her governing bloc further to the right. Ms. Takaichi will... Read More