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Samay Raina clearly wasn’t going to let Gaurav Munjal’s big Unacademy deal pass without a joke.After the edtech company was acquired by upGrad for a little over $200 million (around ₹1,680 crore), the comedian took a playful swipe at his friend over just how far the company’s valuation has fallen.And Munjal played along.Raina shared a picture with the Unacademy co-founder on Instagram and congratulated him in his usual, rather savage, style.“Congratulations to my friend Gaurav Munjal for selling his company Unacademy for just $200 million dollars when he could have sold it earlier at $3.4 billion dollars,” Raina wrote.The joke,…

MUMBAI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will attend the BCCI Annual General Meeting on September 18 at the BCCI HQ here, as the representative of the Bengal Cricket Association, of which he is the president.31 out of 35 state units will attend the BCCI AGM, with four state associations being left unrepresented due to various issues.The cricket associations of Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar will not be represented at the BCCI AGM, while the Maharashtra Cricket Association will be represented by Court-appointed administrator Govinda Sanap. Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad will represent the Karnataka State Cricket Association, while ex-India…

An 1847 painting made by a not-so-popular artist wouldn’t have much historical or monetary value for most. But to Jackie Sondell, whose three grandparents died in the Holocaust, it’s a priceless family heirloom. The Austrian deputy consul general in the Twin Cities, from his posting in New York, lifted the top off a cardboard box and pulled out a tiny piece of art. The 1847 watercolour miniature, about 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide, showed a nobleman who was an officer in the Austrian Empire’s army and was stolen from the house of Sondell’s relative Eduard Epstein in Vienna,…

Meet Pragya: She could not take the JEE route during Covid, but her IIT dream found another path. (Photo: LinkedIn) For many students aspiring to study at an IIT, the journey seems to begin and end with one examination: the Joint Entrance Examination, or JEE. But Pragya’s story offers a different perspective. When the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted her plans to take the JEE while she was in Malaysia, she did not abandon her dream of studying at an IIT. Instead, she found another route to the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.In 2021, Pragya joined the IIT Madras BS programme in…

Madhuri Dixit’s husband Dr Shriram Nene reveals why Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli moved to London: ‘Because they can’t enjoy their success in India’ Cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma have largely kept their family life away from the spotlight since making London their primary base. Madhuri Dixit’s husband, Dr Shriram Nene, has now recalled a conversation he had with Anushka about the couple’s decision to move abroad, suggesting that the constant attention they received in India made it difficult for them to enjoy a normal family life.Dr. Shriram Nene recalls conversation with Anushka SharmaSpeaking to YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia,…

Short hair grows out of shape faster than people expect, and monsoon humidity exaggerates whatever is already slightly overgrown: a blunt line goes fluffy, and layers stop sitting the way they should. Waiting an extra month between trims doesn’t just affect the shape – it makes daily styling much harder because you’re fighting the cut as much as the weather. Stick to your regular trim schedule through the monsoon rather than pushing it back, even if the length feels barely different.None of this requires an elaborate routine. It’s about adapting what you do to the season instead of defaulting to…

NEW DELHI: Shubham Gautam hails from Narora, a town located on the banks of the Ganga River in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. Narora is famous for its nuclear power plant, operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).In the NPCIL campus, Ankit Kumar Rajput runs a cricket academy, where he first spotted Shubham Gautam, a fast bowler who earlier this year won the speed hunt organised by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) and went on to become one of the most expensive players in the UPT20 League when Noida Kings roped him in for Rs…

Mike Nithavrianakis worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan for three years from 2019 to 2022, working as Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Trade Director for Pakistan. During his time there, he clearly remembers his first visit to a school run by The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan, The students in the classrooms were intrigued by their lessons and displayed what he described to IBT as a genuine “thirst for learning and knowledge.” Not just the students, the staff welcomed him warmly, the head teacher was humble and deeply committed to the school she led.The visit revealed to Nithavrianakis…

Who is Shankh Mitra, the Jadavpur University graduate who became one of the world’s highest-paid CEOs? (Photo: LinkedIn) An engineering graduate from Kolkata has found himself among the world’s highest-paid corporate leaders, but his journey to the top did not begin at an IIT or in Silicon Valley.Shankh Mitra, an Indian-origin executive and the CEO of US-based Welltower, received a compensation package valued at about $821 million for 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking of top-paid CEOs. That placed him second on the list, behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk.The figure, however, needs some context. It was not…

Trigger Warning: This story contains references to murder, rape and death. Reader discretion is advised. On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to investigate the death of Disha Salian, a former celebrity manager, after her father questioned the circumstances surrounding her passing in 2020.FIR to be registered, statement to be recordedAccording to PTI, the bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale ordered the CBI to lodge an FIR and take down the statement of Satish Salian, the deceased’s father, adding that nobody should be labelled an accused unless the probe yields sufficient evidence against them.Mumbai police…