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weight loss journey. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Singh shared that he has successfully shed 34 kilograms over the past year and is now just nine kilograms away from his target weight. Celebrating his progress, he posted a photo referencing a T-shirt he wore last year, showcasing the visible transformation. «Down 34 kilos this morning… and operation 'firm up hanging skin' is almost complete, with just 9 kilos to go. It's been 12 months since I started this journey… #rockysingh #weightoff. PS — Same T-shirt from last year,» he wrote. His post quickly garnered attention, with many users applauding his dedication. However, speculation arose when a user inquired if he had used Ozempic, a well-known weight-loss drug, to achieve his results. Rather than dismissing the question, Singh welcomed the inquiry, calling it the «elephant in the room.»

SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed at Nirgundi near Manguli at 11.54 am, chief public relations Officer of the East Coast Railways, Ashok Mishra, said. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Suvankar Roy of Alipurdwar in West Bengal, railways said, adding that the youth jumped from the train after the derailment and died. The railways authorities were waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of the death, an official said. The East Coast Railways said one female passenger suffered grievous injury and two other male passengers are being treated for simple injury. The train was heading to Kamakhya station in Assam's Guwahati from Bengaluru and the accident happened on the down line of the Howrah-Chennai route, affecting train services, officials said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Regulations need to have a balanced approach, the chief of India’s market regulator said during a keynote session at the Mint India Investment Summit 2025 held recently. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), also said that high entry barriers could be the cause of the low number of registered investment advisors (RIAs) in India, adding that the RIA business should evolve to a paid one.

Shriram Finance Ltd, the flagship company of diversified conglomerate Shriram Group, is set to cross Rs 3 lakh crore in assets during the next financial year starting April 1 with loan growth of 15 per cent. «We expect 15 per cent credit growth for FY26 if the GDP grows at 6.5 per cent. Usually, loan growth is more than 2 times of the GDP. Higher the GDP growth, higher is the demand for loan,» Shriram Finance executive vice chairman Umesh G Revankar told PTI. Asked about the asset book target, he said, it should cross Rs 3 lakh crore in FY26 and this financial year would close over Rs 2.5 lakh crore. Shriram Finance would end the current financial year with 18 per cent credit growth although the guidance was 15 per cent, he said, adding, the company has exceeded its target.

Lower-income buyers will suffer another blow from expected hikes in used car prices as demand surges and supply shrinks. New cars priced under $30,000 are already rare as the average new-vehicle price approaches $50,000. The only way automakers can eke out profits on economy cars, analysts say, is to build them in nations with lower manufacturing costs. A Reuters review of data from two auto research firms found just 16 models with an average sticker price less than $30,000 and only one, Toyota's Corolla, that is assembled in the United States. All others are made in Mexico, South Korea, or Japan. Slapping a 25% tariff on these low-end cars may force price increases that make them unaffordable to their target market or cause some automakers to abandon them entirely, industry analysts said.

This move is likely to escalate the pain for both lenders and borrowers immediately, although the rule should bring credit discipline back in the long run, industry captains said. «The three-lender cap rule will bring discipline among lenders and also borrowers,» said Manoj Kumar Nambiar, chairman of Microfinance Institutions Network, a self-regulator for the sector.

Naxalism got encouragement for decades in Chhattisgarh and other states due to policies of Congress. Addressing a public meeting in Mohbhattha village in Bilaspur district, Modi said the situation is rapidly changing and a new era of peace is setting in Naxal-affected areas. «Over the decades, Naxalism got encouragement in many states including Chhattisgarh due to policies of Congress. Whichever region lagged in development, Naxalism flourished there, but what did the party that ran the government for 60 years do? It declared such districts as backward and turned away from its responsibility,» he said. He said many mothers lost their beloved sons and many sisters lost their brothers (in Maoist violence). «The indifference of erstwhile governments was like adding fuel to the fire. You (Chhattisgarh) have also suffered it (the Naxal menace). The (previous) Congress government never took care of amenities of poor tribals,» Modi said and listed the Centre's initiatives like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Ayushman Bharat Yojana, which gives free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh… The PM said under the double-engine government, the situation in Chhattisgarh has been rapidly changing.

PropEquity. There were 1,22,365 housing units launched in the year-ago period. Real estate data analytics firm PropEquity data showed that new supply rose only in Bengaluru and fell in other cities. As per the data, new housing supply in Bengaluru increased 17 per cent to 20,227 units in January-March from 17,303 units in the year-ago period.

Zeeshan Ansari made his much-awaited IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) against Delhi Capitals at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. The 25-year-old was included in the playing XI by SRH captain Pat Cummins, replacing pacer Simarjeet Singh. Cummins won the toss at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium and opted to bat first against Axar Patel & Co.

Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an «indispensable partner» in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the US military command in Japan to a new «war-fighting headquarters.» Hegseth, who is on his first Asia trip with Japan as his second stop, also stressed the need for both countries to do more to accelerate the strengthening of their military capability as the region faces China's assertive military actions and a possible Taiwan emergency. «Japan is our indispensable partner in deterring Communist Chinese military aggression,» Hegseth said at the beginning of his talks with Japan's Defence Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo. «The US is moving fast, as you know, to reestablish deterrence in this region and around the world.» His comments come as an assurance at a time when Japan has been worried about how US engagement in the region may change under President Donald Trump's «America First» policy, Japanese defence officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing protocol. ALSO READ:'I am almost done...': Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC after $1 trillion in US govt cuts

Trump. The March 5 notice raised alarms from immigration and free speech advocates because it appears to expand the government's reach in social media surveillance to people already vetted and in the U.S. legally, such as asylum seekers, green card and citizenship applicants — and not just those applying to enter the country. That said, social media monitoring by immigration officials has been a practice for over a decade, since at least the second Obama administration and ramping up under Trump's first term. Below are some questions and answers on what the new proposal means and how it might expand social media surveillance.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Employment among working-age women in urban India has increased by around 10 percentage points over the past six years. Now approaching the 30% mark, it still remains relatively low compared to our peer countries and has considerable scope for improvement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When I see the image of a woman tea plucker—versions of it are used by businesses in their marketing of tea—it rather bothers me. Perhaps it’s because when you walk into a tea estate and see women at work, they smile in greeting, they allow you to photograph them, and they make a pretty picture.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Washington Post technology reporter Eva Dou’s House of Huawei promises to unravel the enigma of the Chinese telecom titan Ren Zhengfei, and how he built the world’s largest telecommunications equipment company by revenue. That it ends up more like a diligent history lesson than a sharp expose isn’t entirely Dou’s fault.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Price hikes by automobile companies will kick in from 1 April, casting a shadow over India's already struggling passenger car market. Struggling with rising prices of key raw materials and nervous over uncertainty created by the US' new auto tariffs, carmakers have shifted focus from the mass market to the high-end segment to maintain profitability.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The enterprise software industry gods have spoken and declared “AI agents" to be the next big thing. The only problem: There’s confusion on what they are.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After spending months and more than $250 million campaigning to elect President Trump, Elon Musk made a call late last year to help roll out his plan for humanity’s path beyond Earth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Against the odds, the Russian economy has weathered the war. The next economic storm on the horizon: peace.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US Trade Representative team’s talks in Delhi last week with Indian officials can be seen as part of an effort to find a way to avoid President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Indian exports that mirror the burden faced by US goods entering India. The US and India, once tethered to market debates in a transactional context, now navigate a relationship redefined by supply-chain wars, tech supremacy and containment of China.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sandy Button of Pea Ridge, Ark., was born in 1952, grew up watching black-and-white television, and got her first computer in the 1980s. Now? She makes half a dozen orders a week on her smartphone, and minutes later packages come from the sky.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mallika Sarabhai was around 10 years old when she was introduced to the idea of art for social change by her mother, noted dancer and choreographer Mrinalini. “Amma, who had been born and brought up in the south, moved to Gujarat after her wedding.