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Prince Andrew, once known for his globe-trotting lifestyle, is now reportedly «too petrified» to set foot in the United States. Amid growing demands for a renewed FBI investigation into his links with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced royal has effectively become a prisoner in his own country.

Bryan Johnson, best known for his anti-aging project Blueprint, has sparked a global conversation after abruptly walking out of a podcast recording in India, citing unbearable air pollution. But it wasn’t just India’s smog that grabbed his attention—upon returning to the U.S., Johnson had a revelation of a different kind. He drew a startling comparison between India’s deeply normalized air pollution crisis and America’s obesity epidemic, questioning why neither country has declared these major health threats a national emergency.

Human resources software firm Deel said it has hit an annual revenue run rate of $800 million and is ramping up preparations to go public with a view to IPO as early as next year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The Indian edtech players are expected to integrate traditional education approaches with educational technology as the ecosystem matures following the post-pandemic boom, top executives at edtech-focused venture capital firm GSV Ventures told Mint. “The ecosystem in learning and skills is now being viewed as more than just edtech," said Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of the US-based venture capital firm, in an interview on the sidelines of the ASU+GSV and Emeritus Summit in Gurugram. “It now includes large site-based education players, universities, and corporate entities—because you need more than just edtech to make it real." This marks a shift from the massive post-pandemic edtech boom that saw edtech players like Byju’s, Unacademy, and Physics Wallah, among others, come of age in the country.

Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday posted $770 million in fourth-quarter net profit, launching a $1 billion share buyback program in the first half of 2025.

With his 70th birthday looming on this year’s horizon, Microsoft founder Bill Gates looked inward to open a window into the man behind Windows and other seminal software that turned the personal computer into a household staple

In the governmentbanking sector of India, Bank PO (Probationary Officer) and Bank Clerk are thetwo most coveted positions. While they fall under the same banking umbrella,they do differ significantly in terms of responsibilities, scope, pay structure,and selection process. Each year thousands of applicants apply for these twopositions but the decision to choose one over other relies heavily on one’s personalpreferences and skill set. That said, to help you make an informed call, here’sa clear picture of the two, detailing the differences and what each roleentails.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted stealing fuel from a parked car. The middle-aged officers screeched to a halt, jumped out and ran through a small park with their flashlights and Kalashnikov rifles.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre has introduced a major simplification to customs procedures through an amendment in the Finance Bill 2025, aimed at enhancing ease of doing business for importers and exporters. The reform allows businesses to voluntarily revise customs declarations after clearance—either to pay additional duty or claim refunds—without undergoing time-consuming appeal processes.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The tax cut announced in the budget was driven primarily by the intent to honour the honest taxpayer, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In a wide-ranging interview to Mint and HT, she explained the philosophy behind the new Income Tax bill expected to be tabled in Parliament this week, what the government is doing to ensure regulators don’t operate in silos, how the government is trying to diversify export markets and the plan to reach 8% GDP growth to become a developed country by 2047.

Fay Vincent, who became baseball commissioner in 1989 and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died

CBS says it will turn over unedited transcripts of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission

Taber, three hours southeast of Calgary.She was married, had a family, worked as a realtor and died three years ago at the age of 81.It was only after her death on January 21, 2022 that her secret life and her real name was made public.Glabus was in fact a fugitive killer and prison escapee named Sharon Kinne in a case that began in the 1960s and stretched from Missouri to Mexico to Canada.Kinne, who married at 16, was living in a ranch home in the Independence, Missouri, area in March 1960 when her 25-year-old husband, James Kinne, was shot in the back of the head while napping. Independence is just outside of Kansas City.The mother of two told police she had heard her 2-year-old daughter ask, “How does this thing work, daddy?” Then there was a gunshot.Sharon Kinne said she ran into the bedroom and found the toddler holding her husband’s .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shane Smith has helped make the country’s largest pork producer into a grunting, rooting, squealing marvel of efficiency. The chief executive of Smithfield Foods took the company public this past week and is ready to invest in it to confront his biggest challenge: getting us to eat more pork.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors, high net worth individuals (HNIs) and proprietary traders have created derivatives positions that indicate that the stock markets could move within a 4% range on Saturday, when Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget for fiscal year 2025-26. The positions were created on a day the markets rose for the fourth straight session.

Police say a Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been stopped off Norway

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Biocon Biologics Ltd expects a significant rise in demand for its insulin products across geographies in the coming months and years, managing director and chief executive Shreehas Tambe said on Friday. “What we are certainly seeing is an increasing demand for our insulin products…not just in the US and Europe but also in emerging markets," Tambe told Mint in an interview.

Traders and portfolio manages are just like the rest of us – they have pride and shame, and they like to present themselves as successful.  So if you ask one of them about their recent performance, you’ll get a sort of edited highlights, with all the dumb trades they made left out, and quite possible a few smart trades that they didn’t make inserted into the historical record. Even without any intention to deceive, memory can be a surprisingly unreliable record.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Max Healthcare is focused on inorganic expansion, including development of brownfield assets as well as acquisitions, to drive growth, its chairman and managing director Abhay Soi said on Thursday. The Delhi-headquartered hospital chain’s board on Thursday approved an agreement to set up a 500-bed hospital in Thane, Maharashtra, under a built-to-suit model with VR Konkan Pvt Ltd.

Prince Harry is accused of choosing exile with Meghan in the United States and verbally annihilating his family. After leaving his royal responsibilities and moving to the United States, Prince Harry has come under fire, according to royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams.