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Bed & bath: 7 bedrooms, 6 bathsTop amenities: Gym, terrace, BBQLocation: Figueres, GironaPicture your dream Spanish villa, and it will probably look something like this. An hour north of bustling Barcelona, this masia is squirreled away in a quiet corner of Figueres—the ancient town best known as Salvador Dalí’s birthplace. Perched on the edge of a private nature reserve, it’s surrounded by the high gorges and vast fields of the Catalonian countryside, framed by the snow-capped peaks of the Pyrenees in the distance. The villa is a converted olive mill; in the depths of the house, the original stone wheel and…

The succession of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is a thorn in China-India relations, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said on Sunday, as India’s foreign minister prepares to visit China for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020. Ahead of celebrations this month for his 90th birthday that were attended by senior Indian ministers, the head of Tibetan Buddhists riled China again by saying it had no role in his succession. Tibetans believe the soul of any senior Buddhist monk is reincarnated after his death, but China says the Dalai Lama’s succession will also have to…

Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters Mercedes Benz India plans to hike prices by 1-1.5% from September to mitigate the impact of a weak rupee against the euro, according to its MD and CEO Santosh Iyer.The luxury car market leader has already hiked vehicle prices twice this year, first in January and then in July.”There is another price hike coming up in September, because of the euro. If you see, the last one month has remained at the 100 mark (INR), and that has not changed. Therefore, we will have to undertake an increase as well in September,” Mr. Iyer…

Rapper Vedans, performance at the Ente Keralam expo to be held at Vazhathope in Idukki | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRNAGEMENT Malayalam rapper and songwriter Hirandas Murali, popularly known as Vedan, is set to make his Tamil cinema debut in director Vijay Milton’s upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual, tentatively titled Production No. 5. The film, produced by Rough Note Production, features Telugu actor Raj Tarun in the lead, marking his first musical appearance in Tamil cinema.Vedan, known for his politically charged and socially conscious music, rose to prominence with his debut track Voice of the Voiceless in 2020. His work often addresses issues…

Apple might need a new CEO to avoid becoming one of the casualties of AI, analysts have said. While Tim Cook, Apple’s current chief executive, has brought operational expertise to the top job, the iPhone-maker currently needs a product-focused CEO, according to LightShed partners analysts Walter Piecyk and Joe Galone. “To be clear, Tim Cook was the right CEO at the time of his appointment and unquestionably has done a great job. Apple has sold over $2.0 trillion of iPhones with Cook as CEO. In fact, iPhone sales could show signs of life this quarter, as tariff-related pull-forwards help stabilize…

GUWAHATIThe outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), or ULFA (I), claimed a missile attack carried out by “colonial occupational forces” on its camp in Myanmar killed two of its top commanders on Sunday (July 13, 2025).The outfit said in a statement that the attack was carried out during the funeral ceremony for another senior leader, ‘Lieutenant General’ Nayan Asom, killed earlier in a drone attack by the “occupational forces”.Unconfirmed reports from Myanmar’s Sagaing Division said some camps of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) also came under drone attacks. The ULFA(I) and NSCN(K) are known to share camps…

Tata Motors vs Tata Elxsi vs TCS: Shares of Tata stocks have attracted the shareholders’ attention due to a strong market rally and dividends. Here, we analyse and compare three Tata stocks across various parameters, including dividend payouts, market capitalisation, share prices, and long-term returns to help investors understand which offers the most value. Tata Motors vs Tata Elxsi vs TCS: Market Cap (MCap) Among the three, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) holds the highest market capitalisation. As per NSE data (as of July 13), TCS: Rs 11,81,124.67 croreTata Motors: Rs 2,49,971.29 croreTata Elxsi: Rs 37,619.96 crore Story continues below this…

A Martian meteorite said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 – 4 million, is displayed at Sotheby’s, in New York. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK — For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. Sotheby’s in New York will be auctioning what’s known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale that also includes a juvenile Ceratosaurus dinosaur skeleton that’s more than 6 feet (2 meters)…

Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and historian Meenakshi Jain were among the four people nominated to the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. An alumnus of St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and Mayo College, Ajmer, Shringla was a topper in the 1984 batch of the civil services. He chose the foreign service and, in a distinguished career, served as India’s ambassador to the US, the High Commissioner to Bangladesh and ambassador to Thailand. In 2019, during his tenure as the envoy to the US, the “Howdy Modi” event was held in Texas. He was the foreign secretary from 2020 to 2022 and…

England women players celebrate their win over India women during the fifth T20I in Birmingham on July 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A historic maiden Women’s T20 series victory already scripted against England, India failed to end on a high, losing to the hosts by five wickets in a last-ball thriller in an inconsequential fifth and final match here. India, however, won the series 3-2. India rode on Shafali Verma’s quick-fire 75 to score 167 for 7, a target which England chased down with five wickets to spare on the last ball. Sent in to bat on Saturday (July…