CPI says CPI(M) agrees to ‘freeze’ controversial PM-SHRI MoU with Centre

CPI says CPI(M) agrees to ‘freeze’ controversial PM-SHRI MoU with Centre

CPI State chief Binoy Viswam leaving AKG centre after meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in Thiruvananthapuram on October 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Communist Party of India (CPI) State Secretary Binoy Viswam on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) told The Hindu that Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had agreed to “freeze” […]

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EDM producer MHR on his debut album ‘Valiyaparamb’: I wanted to show the audience I can do songs like this too

EDM producer MHR on his debut album ‘Valiyaparamb’: I wanted to show the audience I can do songs like this too

For Malappuram-based music producer Mohammed Hussain Rahman, popularly known as MHR, his debut album, Valiyaparamb, has been a dream since his teenage days. Inspired by EDM artistes such as Sardor and Sickick, MHR aspired to produce his own album long before his career took off. However, it took him several years before he could start […]

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Kerala hijab row: Student joins new school

Kerala hijab row: Student joins new school

Representational image only. File A Class VIII student, whose parents had sought transfer certificate from the St. Rita’s Public School at Palluruthy in Kochi following the hijab (head scarf) controversy, joined a new school on Wednesday (October 29, 2025). Her father P.M. Anas said she started attending classes at the Dawn Public School in Palluruthy […]

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U.S. Senate passes bill to terminate Trump tariffs against Brazil

U.S. Senate passes bill to terminate Trump tariffs against Brazil

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) that would overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil’s prosecution of its former President, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt. In the first […]

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Nvidia teams with Palantir to go after corporate logistics business 

Nvidia teams with Palantir to go after corporate logistics business 

Well-known as a defence contractor, Palantir’s shares have risen this year, driven by increased defence spending on its military-grade AI tools [File] | Photo Credit: AP Nvidia and Palantir Tech on Tuesday announced a deal in which Palantir will tap Nvidia’s chips and software to help its customers speed up decision making in complex fields […]

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Stock markets rebound in early trade on U.S. Fed rate cut hopes, fresh foreign fund inflows

Stock markets rebound in early trade on U.S. Fed rate cut hopes, fresh foreign fund inflows

Representational image of a bronze sculpture of a bull on the premises of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back in early trade on Wednesday (October 29, 2025), tracking a rally in global peers, amid hopes of a rate cut by the U.S. […]

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Playback singer and Carnatic vocalist Abhirami Ajai’s wide repertoire bridges classical rigour and modern sensibilities

Playback singer and Carnatic vocalist Abhirami Ajai’s wide repertoire bridges classical rigour and modern sensibilities

Abhirami Ajai’s concert, Divine Echoes, in Thiruvananthapuram took listeners on a musical journey that bridged languages, time, regions and streams of philosophical content that have defined the Bhakti movement in India. As the rain pounded outside, Abhirami’s audience was soaked in melody during her interactive concert at the annual Soorya Dance and Music Festival. For […]

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Rupee trades in narrow range against U.S. dollar in early trade

Rupee trades in narrow range against U.S. dollar in early trade

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 88.21, and touched an early low of 88.34 and a high of 88.18 against the greenback, registering a gain of 11 paise from its previous close. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a narrow range against the U.S. dollar in early trade on […]

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Foxconn to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server plant

Foxconn to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server plant

“Our team is bringing the most advanced AI data center solutions to the United States, which will help our leading customers stay ahead in the AI race,” Foxconn Chairman Young Liu said [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics maker and Nvidia’s key AI server maker, said on Tuesday it will deploy […]

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Apple hits  trillion market value as new iPhone models spark sales

Apple hits $4 trillion market value as new iPhone models spark sales

The company was slow to roll out its Apple Intelligence suite, including a ChatGPT integration, while an AI upgrade to its voice assistant Siri has been delayed until next year [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple briefly topped $4 trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third Big Tech company to […]

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