Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected to receive its most significant camera upgrade yet, with reports pointing to a variable aperture main lens paired with a new Sony sensor. The change should improve low-light photography and give finer control over depth of field, while the remaining cameras are tipped to stay largely unchanged.
Around his early forties, R Madhavan found the excitement that once drove him had quietly disappeared. The actor, known for Alaipayuthey, Rang De Basanti and 3 Idiots, had not stopped working, but the eagerness to reach film sets had gone. He described the realisation as unsettling and set about deliberately restoring his hunger.
Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor nicknamed 'King of the North', becomes Prime Minister on Monday and will name his cabinet the same day. He follows six leaders who left early over the past decade, from David Cameron after Brexit to Liz Truss, who lasted 49 days. Keir Starmer quit in June 2026 as Labour support drained toward Reform UK.
Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Sanctioning Russia Act, the bipartisan bill from the late Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal targeting Russian banks, energy firms and its shadow oil fleet. A clause allowing tariffs up to 100 percent could hit India and China. Blumenthal warned an Iran provision may cost the bill support in Congress.
The income tax department has made a secondary address field mandatory across all ITR forms for assessment year 2026-27, requiring taxpayers to supply additional communication details. Officials say the change should improve the delivery of notices and correspondence, reducing cases where taxpayers miss deadlines because letters fail to reach them.
The 8th Pay Commission is still deliberating before issuing recommendations on pay, allowances and salary structure. Around one crore people stand to benefit — roughly 50 lakh serving central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners, including defence personnel — across 18 employee levels. Staff body NC-JCM wants several of those levels merged to compress the pay structure.
Washington has shifted aircraft out of Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base for the second time this year, moving at least four KC-135 Stratotankers to Ovda in southern Israel. Tracking data since mid-July suggests more than 60 US refuelling aircraft have reached Israel, with 33 confirmed at Ben Gurion. The dispersal shields the tankers from possible Iranian missile and drone strikes.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,600-year-old Assyrian stele of King Ashurbanipal at Nineveh's Shamash Gate in Iraq, nearly a decade after ISIS damaged the ancient city. Found during restoration work, the stone monument records architectural achievements and offers fresh detail on Assyrian urban development and the recovery of contested heritage.
Women who routinely skip breakfast may be undermining their health over the long term, says nutritionist Dr Rohini Patil. She outlines effects spanning blood sugar regulation, hormonal balance, energy levels and metabolism, arguing that the habit's consequences accumulate quietly and are often overlooked until they show up as broader health problems.
Vijay Ganguly took Best Choreography at the 72nd National Film Awards, announced Saturday, for Aaj Ki Raat from Stree 2. Travelling in Thailand without a signal, he learned of the win only when hotel Wi-Fi flooded his phone with messages. He dedicated it to his parents, matching a childhood promise to his father, himself a two-time National Award winner.
Speaking in New Delhi on Saturday, Sunny Deol said he has barely started shooting Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana and finds Hanuman demanding to play, citing the mix of innocence, playfulness and power. Budgeted at a reported Rs 4,000 crore, the two-part epic stars Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, pairs Hans Zimmer with AR Rahman, and opens Diwali 2026.
Economist Nouriel Roubini, who earned the nickname 'Dr Doom' for warning about the 2008 crisis, struck an unusually optimistic tone on artificial intelligence. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, he predicted economic growth could reach 10 percent by 2050, while cautioning that AI and robotics will replace many jobs — meaning simply raising the retirement age will not fix Social Security.
Packaged foods maker iD Fresh Food expects its international business to outpace domestic operations over the next two years as competition sharpens in India's ready-to-cook category. Domestically the company is prioritising margin improvement while accelerating launches into newer segments such as snacking, helped by rapid quick-commerce growth, as it works towards being IPO-ready by October 2027.
A number of state governments are preparing Dearness Allowance increases for employees and pensioners, following the Centre's revision announced in April and effective from January 1. The Centre typically updates DA twice a year using All-India Consumer Price Index data, with announcements in March and October, to offset rising living costs.
Buyers of higher-value cars often overlook a refund they are owed. Dealers collect 1 percent tax at source when a vehicle exceeds the prescribed value, but this is advance tax rather than an extra charge. When filing an income tax return, the TCS recorded against a buyer's PAN can be set against total liability, with any excess refunded.
Businesses and other deductors filing first-quarter TDS and TCS returns for tax year 2026-27 face a new reporting framework under the Income-tax Act, 2025. The due date is July 31, 2026, and this cycle brings new return forms and revised section codes. The department has enabled the forms on the e-filing portal.
San Francisco has pushed Google and Apple to remove AI 'nudification' apps from their stores. Both companies restated their policies on apps that breach their rules and confirmed they had acted against the offending listings, amid growing legal pressure over tools used to generate non-consensual explicit imagery.
A US judge has refused to block Meta from laying off workers who filed an AI discrimination lawsuit against the company. The judge ruled the employees had not demonstrated that losing their jobs constituted the 'irreparable harm' required to justify an emergency order halting the terminations while litigation proceeds.
Apple has reclaimed the position of world's most valuable company from Nvidia as investors reassess AI bets. Apple was last valued at $4.88 trillion with its shares holding steady, while Nvidia stood at roughly $4.86 trillion following a 3.5 percent decline.
One Army officer began trading futures and options in 2022 after a college friend's suggestion, opening an account with Rs 10,000 and making about Rs 80,000 on his first trades. Three years later he was sitting on Rs 48 lakh in losses. A monthly salary above Rs 1 lakh supplied the liquidity that kept him trading.