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A rare oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only one he ever sat for, has fetched 1.63 crore (approx £1,52,800 or $204,648) at a Bonhams auction in London, more than double its pre-sale estimate. The painting, by renowned British artist Clare Leighton, was created in 1931, during Gandhi’s visit to London for the Second Round Table Conference, which sought to discuss India’s constitutional future under British rule. Bonhams had originally valued the artwork between 53 lakh and 74 lakh (between £50,000 and £70,000), but it ended up as the top lot in the auction house’s Travel and…

The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday launched its qualified institutional placement (QIP) of up to Rs 25,000 crore at a floor price of Rs 811.05 per equity share. Separately, the lender also announced that it received board approval to raise up to Rs 20,000 crore through additional tier 1 and tier 2 bonds in FY26. The floor price of the bank’s QIP has been set at Rs 811.05 per equity share, a discount of 2.5 per cent over the Wednesday’s closing price of its shares at Rs 831.55 apiece. Story continues below this ad This…

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has sold an apartment in Mumbai for Rs 5.35 crore, according to property registration documents reviewed by Square Yards. The apartment is located in Shiv Asthan Heights in one of Mumbai’s most prime residential areas, Bandra West. Salman also resides in the same area in the building called Galaxy Apartments. As per the report, the transaction includes a stamp duty payment of Rs 32.01 lakh and registration charges of Rs 30,000. The apartment, which has a built-up area of over 1,318 sq ft, also comes with three parking spaces. According to Storyboard18, in 2023, Salman Khan…

The Nipah virus has once again reared its head in Kerala, and even while the State grapples with infections, other zoonotic diseases (diseases that spread between animals and humans) — including Mpox and avian influenza — may have disappeared temporarily from the news, but continue to be of concern in several countries. Time to find out how much you know about zoonoses!Science Quiz: On zoonotic diseasesThe World Health Organization backed the widespread rollout of this vaccine in October 2021START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | About 60% of emerging infectious diseases that are reported globally are zoonoses. Is the following…

Researchers at Kerala University have unearthed vital historical data that sheds new light on the 1859 Carrington Event, one of most intense geomagnetic storms. Drawing from long-overlooked magnetic logs preserved at the historic Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory, the team has decoded hidden clues that could reshape the understanding of solar mega-storms and their future threat to modern civilisation. The Carrington Event, triggered by a colossal solar flare, slammed Earth’s magnetosphere on September 2, 1859, unleashing global auroras and sparking unexplained surges in telegraph systems. While 19th-century technology endured the chaos, the scientists warn that a similar event today could cripple navigation…

Niraj, working his way past Rohan, netted the winner for Army in the MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chennai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Certainly, this is not the best Indian Army team that one has witnessed in the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup invitation hockey tournament.Its forwards haven’t stepped up to a great extent, though the defence has been saving grace. To be fair, it has played well within its limitations. Requiring a victory to stay alive in the competition, Army huffed and puffed to a 2-1 win over Maharashtra in a Pool-A contest at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here…

Dubai-based immigration specialist and entrepreneur Andri Boiko. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The golden visa schemes that are being introduced by several countries including the United Arab Emirates is a response to the currently prevailing sense of global uncertainties, said a leading immigration specialist. Speaking to The Hindu in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 16, 2025), Andri Boiko, Dubai-based immigration specialist and entrepreneur said pandemic, conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, U.S. President Trump’s orders on U.S. citizenship rules and attraction of tax relief among high net worth individuals in the Global South are reshaping the immigration landscape of the…

With his tax agenda finally passed, Donald Trump has turned back to his true passion: making America poorer and more geopolitically isolated for no good reason.Last week, the president threatened 25 of America’s trading partners with punishing tariffs, unless they present him with an agreeable trade deal by August 1. These represent a modified version of the levies that Trump unveiled back in April and then delayed shortly after.He separately imposed levies on various other foreign goods, including fresh Mexican tomatoes, which went into effect this week. America’s average tariff rate now sits at 20.6 percent, its highest level since…

From being the World No 1 not too long ago, consistently going to the finals and being in contention for World Tour titles, and even entering Paris Olympics as one of the medal favourites, the past year has been one filled with frustrations for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The Indian duo, after their first-round win at Japan Open Super 750 on Wednesday, hoped that in the lead-up to the World Championships next month in Paris, they can be injury-free together. That is why they decided to skip the North American circuit on the BWF World Tour after the Singapore-Indonesia…

Southwest Airlines will begin service to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in 2026.St. Thomas has become a popular vacation destination, with a record number of airline passengers in 2024.  It just got easier to get a dose of vitamin sea. Southwest Airlines is launching new service to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands next year, adding the Caribbean destination to its roster. The new flights to St. Thomas’ Cyril E. King International Airport (STT) are expected to kick off in early 2026 and will mark the carrier’s ninth island destination in the Atlantic Basin, according to the airline. However, the…