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Collins Aerospace, a part of RTX Corporation a Virginia-based aerospace and defence conglomerate, opened its new engineering development and test centre (EDTC) in Bengaluru.The company said the new facility would streamline product development, testing, and certification of components locally, bringing aerospace technologies to market faster.Initially, the EDTC would support Collins Aerospace, including its avionics, advanced structures, interiors, and power and controls businesses. However, in the future, the facility would expand to serve all RTX businesses, supporting a broader range of aerospace and defence applications and allowing for shared innovation across the company’s diverse product portfolio, said company officials at a media…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Washington, D.C., U.S. File. | Photo Credit: @narendramodi via X/via REUTERS The United States wants India to eliminate tariffs on car imports under a proposed trade deal between the two nations, but New Delhi is reluctant to immediately bring down such duties to zero even as it considers further cuts, sources told Reuters.India’s high auto tariffs will feature in formal talks for a bilateral trade deal that are yet to begin, said one of the three sources, all of whom were briefed on the matter, paving the way for American…

Zoho’s platform-first approach would eliminate common implementation bottlenecks by offering deeply integrated applications, low-code extensibility and AI-powered automation, says Mani Vembu. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement SaaS (Software as a Service) has picked up better in India than it has in the U.S, said Mani Vembu, the new CEO of tech firm Zoho.The company was currently in the process of replicating its success in India across Europe, West Asia, Asia Pacific and in other geographies, he said while addressing a media conference here on Wednesday.Zoho, which started as a business software and applications provider for small entrepreneurs, is now shaping…

Akshay Padmanabhan’s thematic concert for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s ‘Tamil music festival’ was steeped in devotion. The vocalist was accompanied by M. Vijay (violin), B. Sivaraman (mridangam) and K.R. Sivaramakrishna (kanjira). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Some compositions are so awe-striking they leave an indelible imprint on the mind. One such masterpiece is Lalgudi G. Jayaraman’s ‘Angayarkanni’, a Navarasa Varnam that portrays nine emotions, akin to those mentioned in the Natya Shastra, in as many ragas. Primarily designed for dance recitals, its exquisite lyrics, appropriate ragas and the seamless fusion with rhythmic cadences (poruthams, the composer’s insignia) combine to make it…

Actor Madhampatty Rangaraj and director Raju Saravanan with the team of their upcoming Tamil film | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The circus is back in town! Actor Madhampatty Rangaraj and director Raju Saravanan who teamed up for Mehandi Circusin 2019 are reuniting once again for a new project. The film went on floors last December and it’s now known that the team has wrapped up shoot for the untitled project. A statement from the makers states that the film was shot in Palacode and the surrounding hilly regions of Dharmapuri district. Currently, the film’s post-production is said to be in…

It was a chilly February evening in Konark, Odisha. The majestic Sun Temple was being painted in warm golden hues by the rays of the setting sun. A little away from this 13th century stone edifice, at the Konark Natya Mandap (the venue for the annual Konark Music and Dance Festival) young boys ran around joyfully. Soon, beckoned by their guru, they entered a small room behind the stage, where they were quickly dressed up as girls in elaborate costumes, bright make-up and beaded jewellery. When they finally appeared on stage, the Gotipua dancers stunned everyone with their grace and…

A man walks near the bronze statue of a bull outside the BSE in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: AP Benchmark BSE Sensex surged by 740 points while Nifty snapped a 10-day losing streak on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) following value buying in utilities and power shares and a strong trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex surged by 740.30 points or 1.01% to close at 73,730.23. The index jumped 943.87 points or 1.29% to hit an intra-day high of 73,933.80.Cutting short its record 10-day falling streak, the broader Nifty of NSE rebounded by 254.65 points or 1.15% to…

Watch: In conversation with team ‘Dabba Cartel’ In Netflix’s new crime comedy series Dabba Cartel, produced by Farhan Akhtar and co-created by Shibani Akhtar, a gang of women eking out their lives in Thane cook up a storm: running a clandestine drug operation under the guise of a food-delivery business. Veteran actor Shabana Azmi plays the formidable captain of the ship, a middle-class Griselda of few words, wielding silence like a blade. The series has been directed by Hitesh Bhatia (Sharmaji Namkeen) and began streaming on Netflix on February 28.The Hindu spoke to Farhan, Shibani, Bhatia and Netflix India boss…

Rapper Nomadic Voice | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “I am currently listening to ‘Neelavana cholayil’,” says Malayali rapper Nomadic Voice as he sat down for a Zoom call with The Hindu after his night shift duties as a mental health nurse in Ireland. Almost in a reflex, he hums the first two words of the melody from the 1982 Kamal Haasan-Sridevi starrer Premabhishekam sung by KJ Yesudas. Shedding the garbs of a rapper, whose real name is Sarath Sasidharan, he jokes, “I write what I write because I could never do what they do .” Nevertheless, his trippy track ‘Kali Mari’,…

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee witnessed high volatility. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated by 19 paise to close at 87.00 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) on sharp pullback in domestic equities, a weak American currency and a decline in crude oil prices. Forex traders said U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff escalation has set off a chain reaction in global markets, sending the dollar into a downward spiral. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee witnessed high volatility. It opened at 87.18 then touched the intraday high of 86.93 and the…