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A DAY AFTER the government slashed GST rates, online platforms saw a sudden spurt in consumer spending, with e-commerce transactions using credit cards alone jumping about six-fold in a single day on September 22 to Rs 10,411 crore, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.Just a day earlier, on September 21, credit card transactions had amounted to a modest Rs 1,514 crore across 36.16 lakh purchases. The GST relief set off a consumption frenzy, and by the next day, transactions had surged to nearly 95 lakh. Even on September 23, the momentum remained strong, with Rs 7,274 crore spent…

The Ba***ds of Bollywood: As I watched Aryan Khan’s debut web series The Ba***ds of Bollywood and tried very hard to like it as so many other people have, I couldn’t help but wonder- why is everything magnified when you are a movie star? Successes, failures, romance, marriage, heartbreak, divorce, weight gain, weight loss, work-life balance, and brushes with the law. It gets splashed across the news; it’s endlessly discussed and turned into fodder for reels or a purpose for trolls. Is it because we are incapable of seeing movie stars as regular people? Does viewing them as fallible diminish…

Nails can be affected by many conditions, both infectious and non-infectious. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: By Chris Craig (Ciotog) – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1870852 Nails can be a mirror of internal disease. Nail problems can range from discolouration in the form of yellowish, greenish, or whitish nails along with discharge to pus formation, or the sudden onset of longitudinal dark bands. Nails can be affected by many conditions, both infectious and non-infectious.Common causesInfections are a common cause of nail problems. Bacterial nail infections, if not treated at the right time, can become chronic and…

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey leaves the Rayburn House Office Building after testifying to two House committees on Dec. 7, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Justice Department has leveled charges against former FBI Director James Comey, after President Trump demanded prosecutors speed up their pace in an investigation targeting one of his most prominent critics. Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee nearly five years ago. The move comes…

India mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy feels wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup are not offering much assistance to tweakers in the early part of the matches but it’s been comparatively easier for them to get some purchase off the track in the final 10 overs so far. Chakravarthy, who has taken four wickets in four games at an impressive economy rate of 5.85, has been unlucky as many catches have been dropped off his bowling during the course of the tournament. When asked if he felt more comfortable bowling towards the back-end in this tournament, the Tamil Nadu mystery spinner…

President Trump on Thursday advanced a deal for a consortium of mostly U.S. investors to take over the hit video app. Trump says software company Oracle will take a major role in the new venture. AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump has announced a deal on TikTok. The president signed an executive order today declaring that a group of American investors are set to take over the app’s U.S. operations. For more on this deal and how it could change TikTok, we’re joined now by NPR’s Bobby Allyn. Hey, Bobby.BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey. What’s up, Ailsa?CHANG: Hey. OK, so the president,…

President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday (September 25, 2025) and signalled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara.During Mr. Trump’s first term, the U.S. removed Turkiye, a NATO ally, from its flagship F-35 fighter jet programme after Turkiye purchased an air defence system from Russia.U.S. officials worried that Turkiye’s use of Russia’s S-400 surface-to-air missile system could be used to gather data on the capabilities of the F-35 and that the information could end up in Russian hands.Mr. Trump…

Ayush Mhatre-led India U19 will look to whitewash Australia U19 when the two youth teams meet against one another in the third and final ODI at the Ian Healy Oval on Friday. Vaibhav Suryavanshi will once again hog the spotlight as he has been tremendous in the series so far. In the first ODI, he scored 38 off 22 balls, while in the second game, he scored a 68-ball 70. Vihaan Malhotra and Abhigyan Kundu have also been in fine touch, and this has been the main reason behind India gaining an unassailable 2-0 lead. India U19 will take on…

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for the Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Thrissur districts on Friday (September 26, 2025).It has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by surface wind speeds reaching up to 40 km per hour. The IMD also forecast moderate rainfall with surface wind speed reaching 30 km per hour at isolated places in Malappuram and Kozhikode districts.Read the story hereIMD issues orange alert for eight districts in KeralaIMD issues orange alert for Kerala districts, predicts thunderstorms, moderate rainfall, and warns fishers of squally weather.

Amazon receives 38 crore customer visits in 2 days, smartphones register double digit growth | Photo Credit: Haider Ali Khan Amazon on Thursday (September 25, 2025) announced that 38 crore customer visits have happened on their website in the first two days of Great Indian Festival 2025. The e-commerce platform said out of these 38 crore customer visits, over 70% came from beyond top 9 metro cities.The Amazon Great Indian Festival 2025 began for Prime members on September 22 and for all customers next day. Amazon also said that it will continue till Diwali.Prime members drove demand from tier 2…