Mumbai: Mergers and acquisitions in India will likely see a surge in volumes in 2025-26 both because of a volatile equity market and strong corporate balance sheets, said investment bankers and dealmakers at the Mint India Investment Summit. M&A activity in 2024 fell to a four-year low in terms of deal value to $80.5 billion, … Read more
New Delhi: Billionaire and head of the newly created US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk, along with US President Donald Trump, has taken on the legacy media houses in the US. The attempt to discredit the legacy media is being channelled through X.com, the social media platform owned by Musk and Truth Social … Read more
Amid the uptick in knife crimes in the UK, actor Idris Elba has come up with a solution that has divided the public. The British actor said the government must consider “innovative” prevention methods, including blunting or banning knives. Mr Elba has spent the last year developing a documentary about solutions to knife crime during … Read more
Threads has finally updated its apps for iPhone and Android smartphones with a dedicated media tab. The Meta-owned microblogging platform finally supports a dedicated tab that shows photos and videos uploaded by a user on their profile. Meanwhile, users will be able to use a newly announced markup feature that allows them to highlight parts … Read more
In a twist of fate that could only be described as ironic, a UK locksmith found himself locked out of his own van by one of his French bulldogs. 31-year-old Peter Macann, a resident of Dereham, Norfolk was on his way to a customer when he took a pit stop at a service station to … Read more
Washington DC: The White House briefing room under President Donald Trump’s administration looks younger than ever. The Trump administration has opened the briefing room to representatives from “new media” outlets, including podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators. At her first daily media briefing on Tuesday (local time), Mr Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, … Read more
Washington: The Trump Administration has announced that it will allocate seats in the White House press briefing room to representatives from “new media” outlets, including podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators. This move, spearheaded by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, aims to provide representation to groups that have not previously had a presence in the … Read more
WhatsApp introduced the ‘View Once’ feature for photos and videos in August 2021 and it was brought to voice messages in December 2023. To enable the feature for any given media, the sender is required to tap the ‘1′ icon before sharing. All media shared with the View Once toggle enabled disappears after it is viewed or … Read more
A wanted drug kingpin has been arrested after officials managed to track his wife’s social media accounts which pinpointed his location while on a luxurious European vacation. Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba aka Shock, a dual US and Costa Rica citizen, was arrested at a London airport in December after being accused of shipping cocaine from … Read more
A drug kingpin, who was enjoying a vacation with his wife in the United Kingdom, was arrested after her partner’s social media posts revealed their whereabouts. Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, 43, wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was arrested in London in December after his wife shared luxury holiday snaps online, unknowingly revealing … Read more
File photo of R Ashwin© X (Twitter) Former Indian cricket team spinner R Ashwin was awarded the Padma Shri award as the final list of 139 individuals was unveiled for the coveted civilian awards on Saturday. Ashwin’s former teammate Subramaniam Badrinath took to social media to congratulate the spinner on his massive achievement. “First … Read more
During the last quarter of 2024, Netflix pulled a larger audience in the UK than BBC One, becoming the country’s most popular TV service. Across its entire portfolio, the BBC remains the UK’s favourite news and entertainment destination, but this is nonetheless a significant milestone for a US-based streamer. After all, Netflix was a service … Read more