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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. South Korean gaming giant Krafton will acquire a controlling stake in Pune-based Nautilus Mobile for ₹118 crore and the transaction is expected to give JetSynthesys a part exit.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion dropping soon. The game was announced during the Nintendo March 2025 Direct on Thursday, March 27. Developed by Tribute Games and published by Dotemu, it presents Marvel’s iconic superheroes in a retro beat ‘em up and is reminiscent of the ‘90s arcade classics. The game is set for release on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox later this year. It features hand-drawn animation inspired by Marvel’s 1990s comic book art style. According to Gamesrader, players can expect fast-paced action with a roster that includes superheroes like Wolverine, Captain America, Spider-Man, Storm, Venom, Phyla-Vell, and Nova.

FICCI-EY report. Moreover, digital media is expected to be the first M&E segment to cross Rs 1 trillion in ad revenues in 2026, it said. The Indian M&E sector is expected to grow at over 7 per cent in the next three years to cross Rs 3 lakh crore, it added. The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector in 2024 reached a total valuation of Rs 2.5 lakh crore (USD 29.4 billion) and contributed 0.73 per cent to India's GDP in 2024.

Trump is doing all he can to save TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It's unusual because not long ago Trump had wanted to ban it. In a desperate bid to make TikTok American, he said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China if it allows ByteDance to sell the app to an American buyer. However, AFP has reported that China has rebuffed Trump's offer, with its foreign ministry saying that it has «repeatedly stated our position» on TikTok. «The Chinese side's stance against imposing additional tariffs is also consistent and clear,» foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said. A US law during the Biden administration ordered TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the US, enacted over concerns that Beijing could exploit the video-sharing platform to spy on Americans or covertly influence US public opinion. The law took effect on January 19, a day before Trump's inauguration. TikTok temporarily shut down in the US and disappeared from app stores as the deadline for the law approached, to the dismay of millions of users. Trump suspended its implementation for two-and-a-half months after beginning his second term on January 20, seeking a solution with Beijing. TikTok subsequently restored service in the US and returned to the Apple and Google app stores in February. Trump's reprieve to TikTok is set to expire on April 5. Why did Trump change his stance on TikTok from wanting to ban it to going all-out to save it? Why Trump wants to save TikTok

AJ Bell Platinum, its SIPP and SSAS business, has 3,600 customers with £3.2bn of assets under administration. Clients and assets are due to transfer in the second half of the year. The deal sees £18.5m transferred on completion, made up of £17.5m in cash and £1m in new InvestAcc shares, and £6.5m of deferred consideration in cash, subject to certain conditions. AJ Bell Investments AUM rises 38% as platform business hits £89.5bn AUA AJ Bell CEO Michael Summersgill said: «Our strategy is to provide easy-to-use, low-cost platform propositions using a single, scalable operating model t...

weight loss journey has captured widespread attention as a man successfully lost 13.5kg and eliminated his belly fat under the guidance of fitness coach Priyanka Lahiri. Priyanka, known for her own inspiring transformation, shared his story on the microblogging platform X. She revealed that the man had approached her with the goal of improving his diet, reducing body fat, building strength, and enhancing his running ability. Through a well-structured plan, he was able to achieve significant results.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to announce another rate cut in April, and its impact on bank fixed deposit (FD) rates remains a key question. Ashok Vaswani, Managing Director and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, in a interview to ToI said he believes that while the previous 25-basis-point cut has not yet led to lower deposit rates, a total reduction of 50-75 basis points could start influencing term deposit pricing. He expects significant movement in the banking sector over the next 6-12 months. Deposits remain a critical focus for banks, with last year witnessing a competitive battle for attracting funds. Vaswani acknowledges that securing deposits is not just about volume but also pricing. To sustain growth, Kotak Mahindra Bank is leaning on product innovation, customer-centric offerings, and its digital platform, 811. However, liquidity constraints persist, making it too soon to determine whether conditions will improve. The bank continues to monitor macroeconomic trends closely. Also Read: Billionaire Uday Kotak’s private bank adds thousands of clients

media and telecommunications regulator announced on Thursday that it has fined the operator of the adult-only platform OnlyFans £1.05 million ($1.4 million) for failing to meet age-verification and disclosure requirements, according to a report by Reuters. The fine comes amid growing concerns about the platform's involvement in hosting illegal content, including child sexual abuse material and trafficking. Meanwhile, another Reuters report earlier in January, 2025, noted that the popular subscription-based platform has been at the center of allegations involving its payment processors, Visa and Mastercard. According to the Reuters report, a whistleblower, identified as a senior compliance expert, filed a complaint in January 2023, accusing the two credit card giants of failing to stop their networks from processing payments for illicit material on the platform.

MaxIQ, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered revenue platform for B2B SaaS enterprises, has appointed Sastry Malladi as chief technology officer (CTO). With more than three decades of experience, Malladi will lead MaxIQ’s product and engineering organisation, the Dell Technologies Capital and Intel Capital-backed company said in a release. “I’m thrilled to join the leadership team at MaxIQ during this pivotal growth phase,” Malladi said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was in October 2022 that Elon Musk was being grilled by Financial Times editor Roula Khalaf on his provocative usage of Twitter, and how it landed him so often in trouble with the establishment, the platform itself and other users (on.ft.com/4hDvxmi). Musk laughingly retorted, “Aren’t you entertained? I play the fool on Twitter and often shoot myself in the foot and cause myself all sorts of trouble..." Musk has solved a large part of the problem by buying Twitter (now X) and becoming a part to the establishment.

Victoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council—Russia, Russia’s Sherpa in W20, and Vice Rector at HSE University. “The new members of BRICS are settling in. BRICS partners are getting adjusted to the process BRICS, but it was decided not to go immediately further in terms of expansion. Instead, new partner category was introduced.

Grand Continent Hotels will debut on the NSE SME platform on Thursday. Ahead of the listing, the GMP, at Rs 0, is not very inspiring for investors. The IPO, which was completely a fresh equity sale of 66 lakh shares, was subscribed just over 1x. The proceeds will be used for repayment of debt, expansion of hotel properties in India and other general corporate purposes.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Come the end of May or June, India’s provident fund (PF) subscribers will be able to withdraw money from their retirement kitties through UPI or ATMs, according to labour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra.

MUMBAI: Many mutual fund holdings go unclaimed because investors either fail to document them properly or do not inform their family members. To address this, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has introduced a mechanism that integrates mutual fund statements with DigiLocker, enabling nominees to access investment details when needed.

NITI Aayog is working on a programme to improve India's penetration into global value chains for the growth of domestic micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), its chief executive BVR Subrahmanyam said on Wednesday. Observing that MSMEs are more affected by regulations than large companies, he said the PM has taken a major step towards deregulation and a task force under the cabinet secretary is working on it.

QatarEnergy LNG for its North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Compression Project. The order is estimated at around $4 billion (about ₹34,000) crore), according to people familiar with the matter, It surpasses the ₹25,000 crore order won last year by the Railway Strategic Business Group of L&T Construction from an authorised Japanese agency to construct 508 route km of high-speed electrification system works for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Bullet Train Project. The infrastructure firm, in its statement, referred to the project awarded to its offshore hydrocarbon business as an «ultra-mega» project, a term it uses for projects above ₹15,000 crore, without mentioning the order value. Doha-based QatarEnergy is a state-owned petroleum company and one of the largest gas companies in the world.

NPCI) has addressed the UPI outage issue, calling it a “partial decline” caused by technical issues. Further, it confirmed that the issue has been resolved.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. VerSe Innovation, the parent of news aggregator Dailyhunt and short-video app Josh, expects to break even in the next three to four months and turn profitable in FY26 after reducing losses and improving cost efficiency, co-founder Umang Bedi told Mint in an interview. “The primary focus is to break even in the next few months," Bedi said.

Jeffrey Goldberg said on March that he was accidentally added to a group chat with top members of the Trump Administration, as they discussed plans to attack the Houthis of Yemen earlier this month. Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, detailed the events in an article for the publication (“The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans”). The group chat on the encrypted messaging platform Signal included US Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite the growing wave of nationalistic cinema in India, overseas audiences remain largely unmoved by its fervour. While films like Chhaava, Sky Force, and The Kashmir Files have struck a chord domestically, their overseas performance tells a different story.

SBI Card, the second-largest credit card issuer in the country, has announced several revisions to its rewards program for credit cards, which will take effect from April 1, 2025. The upcoming changes will impact some of its popular credit cards, such as Club Vistara SBI Credit Cards, Club Vistara SBI PRIME Credit Cards, SimplyCLICK SBI Card, Air India SBI Platinum Credit Card, and Air India SBI Signature Credit Card.