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Blake Lively has been awarded just around USD 400,000 in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after settling their legal battle over the production of their 2024 film ‘It Ends With Us’.A federal judge, Lewis J. Liman ruled Wednesday that the actress would get only a fraction of the USD 8 million she sought. He explained in a written decision in Manhattan why Lively was not entitled to the full amount that her lawyers claim was spent after Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios LLC, filed their own claims in response to her December 2024 lawsuit.Judge cites…

June 17 started like any other workday. Sani Krishna had to reach her office by 10 AM. She booked a bike taxi on Rapido, a platform she trusted, one that markets itself heavily on the promise of women’s safety. She had enough time. She was not rushing. She even told the rider, “We have time. You can drive slowly.” He did not listen. Just 300 meters from her home, the rider attempted to overtake a tractor. He lost control. The bike skidded. Sani went under the tractor. Its rear tyre ran over her body. The rider who had ignored her…

NEW DELHI: Vaishnavi Adkar has climbed more than 300 places in the world rankings since returning from a career-stalling ACL injury, risen to become India’s No. 1 women’s singles player and broken new ground on the international circuit. Yet, at 21, the Pune tennis player has been left out of India’s Asian Games squad.For a young player building her career, ACL was a devastating setback. For Adkar, however, it eventually became a turning point.“I think it was a blessing in disguise,” Adkar said of the injury layoff.The forced break gave her time to rebuild her body, work on her fitness…

forever checmicals(Representative image) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are often called “forever chemicals” because their ultra-strong carbon–fluorine bonds make them stubbornly resistant to breakdown in the environment. They’re prized in industry for repelling water, oil and heat, but that same durability means they persist in soil, water and living tissue long after use. Now, a Yale Engineering doctoral student has developed a novel approach that doesn’t just capture PFAS, it chemically re-engineers them. By reacting certain PFAS molecules with octanol, the method roughly doubles their size, causing them to drop out of water and become far easier to destroy, according…

GATE 2027 registration begins tomorrow The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) will begin the registration process for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2027 tomorrow, August 27. Eligible candidates will be able to apply for admission to Master of Technology (MTech) and PhD programmes and recruitment to Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).The GATE 2027 registration window will remain open until September 27. Candidates will have to complete the application process through the official GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website at gate2027.iitm.ac.in.GATE 2027 important datesThe GATE 2027 examination will be conducted on February 7, 13, 14, 20 and…

‘Lifetime trauma’: Netizens react after child allegedly watches Yash’s ‘Toxic – A Fairytale for Grown-Ups’ despite ‘A’ certificate Yash starrer Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups arrived in theatres today. But along with box office buzz, the film triggered a heated online debate over its ‘A’ certificate and reports of children being present at screenings meant strictly for adults. Here’s what happened.What sparked the row over children watching ‘Toxic’?A user on X (formerly Twitter) claimed a child was seated next to him during a screening of Toxic, despite the film carrying an ‘A’ certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification…

Soha reflected on her own relationship with her parents. For many parents, being close to their child means knowing what is happening in their life. But as children grow older, that closeness changes. Friends become more important, conversations become shorter and the child who once shared everything may suddenly start keeping things to themselves.Actor Soha Ali Khan is already thinking about that shift as her daughter Inaaya grows up. In a podcast conversation on Yuvaa, Soha reflected on her own relationship with her parents and the kind of mother she wants to be for her daughter. “I’m still confused as…

File photo Simon Helmot (L) during an ILT20 match. He will coach the Gulf Giants in the upcoming season. (Image: Creimas) New Gulf Giants head coach Simon Helmot believes smart recruitment and a fearless identity are the keys to returning the inaugural ILT20 champions to title contention. In a conversation with TimesofIndia.com, the Australian coach discussed marquee signings of Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Blessing Muzarabani, their auction strategy, squad balance, and the culture he wants to build at the ILT20 franchise.Excerpts:Q. You’re in the Caribbean right now. Talk about where you are and what took you there.Simon Helmot:…

Conservationists restoring habitat at a historic estate in Northumberland have rediscovered a hidden population of one of England’s rarest insects, finding the species just 10 minutes into a survey at a site where it had not been recorded for more than 70 years. Dr Dave Wainwright, a senior conservation scientist with Butterfly Conservation, found a breeding colony of the dark bordered beauty moth (Epione vespertaria) at the National Trust’s Wallington Estate near Morpeth. The day-flying moth is known for its distinctive custard and chocolate-coloured wings. It was last recorded at Wallington in 1952 before disappearing from local records. As reported…

Advaith Sridhar and Akash Ramdas, IIT Madras alumni, are using AI to discover cooler, better chip materials. (Photo: X post) Every new generation of artificial intelligence is demanding more powerful chips. But there is a problem hidden beneath the algorithms, data centres and billion-dollar AI models: the chips themselves are getting dangerously hot.According to San Francisco-based startup Discovered Materials, AI chips today can face heat fluxes of around 140 watts per square centimetre. Managing that heat is becoming a major engineering challenge—and finding entirely new materials capable of improving chip performance has traditionally taken years, sometimes more than a decade.Two…