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Richard Branson was 29 when he pursued an island to impress Joan Templeman, offering $100,000 for a property priced at $6 million before eventually buying it for $180,000. In 2007, he purchased 125-acre Moskito Island for $15 million. Today, the island has been divided among nine private families who own estates there.

On Thursday, the United States targeted two Mumbai-based companies over their alleged oil trade involvement with Iran. The sanctions affected five Indian nationals connected to SSPL Solutions Private Limited and Samudra Marine Services Private Limited. These measures are part of a broader crackdown on Iran under 'Operation Economic Outcast'. The U.S. government aims to curb Iranian oil revenues fueling military and cyber activities.

Promising to accelerate the growth of Ayodhya, the SP leader alleged rampant demolition under BJP’s watch in the name of development

The RBI policy review will need Central assistance to effectively fight inflation

As part of the drive, 57,339 pending hearing cases were disposed on October 7 and 8, reducing the number of cases awaiting hearings to 2,85,834 of the total notices generated in the State

The Gyanesh Kumar-led Election Commission of India, emboldened by a deferential Supreme Court judgment, has already disenfranchised lakhs of genuine electors through its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and risks excluding many more

Court was considering a petition by headmistress of a Kollam school seeking to disqualify school manager for allegedly denying her entry for wearing churidar-kameez instead of a sari

Mamata Banerjee reaches out to the CPI(M) leader even though they have been harsh political critics of one another

Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani declines to comment when asked about Mr. Musk’s remarks; Rahul Gandhi joins the debate saying, “Wait till you discover the other guy”

Madhya Pradesh high court quashed the preventive detention of two brothers under the National Security Act. The court criticized the reckless invocation of the Act by authorities and highlighted a lack of evidence. It found the brothers had been acquitted in multiple cases where NSA was applied, asserting non-application of mind. The court underscored the need for constitutional safeguards against arbitrary detentions.

The accurate reflection of the SEBC community’s numbers, representation, and their issues can now take place in the State’s rural and urban self-governance institutions, says former Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Searches conducted at Urban Co-operative Society, Angamaly; Thennala Service Co-operative Bank; and Kuttanellur Co-operative Bank in connection with alleged fraud involving ₹550 crore

The order comes in response to a petition opposing the decision to create a separate union to bring all research scholars across affiliated colleges and research centres under one body