Actress Freida Pinto is all set to star in streaming giant Netflix‘s upcoming series “Unaccustomed Earth,” an adaptation of the Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection.

Pinto will play Parul Chaudhury in the series, which was originally announced in April. As previously reported, Netflix has commissioned eight episodes, reports.

The official tagline for the show states that it is “an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian American community navigating love, desire, and belonging.”

“Rich with nuance, passion, and unforgettable characters, ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ invites you into the elite and insular Indian-American community of Cambridge. When a star-crossed romance between a devoted wife and her long lost love comes to light, a scandalous affair is born and new battle lines are drawn in this intensely interconnected immigrant community.”

India remains a compelling investment destination worldwide, owing to stability, structural reforms and a resilient consumer base, leading global investment firm KKR has stressed.

KKR, in its ‘2025 Mid-Year Global Macro Outlook,’ said India’s growth prospects and favourable market conditions make it an attractive opportunity for investors. “From a macro perspective, India’s relative insulation from global trade friction remains intact, supported by its predominantly domestic, consumer-driven economy,” the report stated.

“We continue to see India as one of the most compelling strategic allocations within emerging markets today,” it added.

The report, published by KKR's Global Macro & Asset Allocation team, emphasised India's unique position as a scalable opportunity amid a shift from benign globalisation to great power competition.

At a time when global supply chains are getting rejigged, if India can do the right reforms, it could become a meaningful producer and exporter of goods, which could spur investment, credit and GDP growth, an HSBC report said on Friday.

In the chicken-and-egg debate of who rises first, GDP growth or credit growth, we thankfully, have a new contender -- reforms, said the report by HSBC Global Investment Research.

“The reforms include lowering tariff rates, signing trade deals, welcoming FDI inflows, and improving ease of doing business. A start has been made. But for impact, reforms need to run deep,” it added.

The report said that market memory can be short.

“Same time last year, we were fretting about weak deposit growth. Today, we are fretting about weak credit growth. We believe one thing is common across both episodes. That while all eyes are on the RBI to resolve the situation, the central bank can only partly address the problem using the monetary policy levers at its disposal," it further stated.

Global music sensation AP Dhillon has teamed up with legendary vocalist Shreya Ghoshal and Tara Sutaria for the song “Thodi Si Daaru”. The Bollywood actress said that filming with the synth-pop star was an absolute joy for her.

Tara said: “When I first heard ‘Thodi Si Daaru,’ I was hooked - it’s a fun and flirty piece of music and so different to what I’d heard before in AP’s records.”

“Filming with him was an absolute joy and we laughed and danced our shoot away— he’s been wonderful to collaborate with, and that made the process feel effortless.”

She went on to talk about Shreya and said: “To be the face of my favourite and dearest Shreya ma'am's voice again this year is a great joy and honour for me! Her gorgeous voice in the mix just gave the song an extra edge, as always. I hope listeners will enjoy this as much as we did while making it. “

The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark.

At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82,087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25,075.

In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindra , HDFC Bank, Eternal (Zomato),HUL, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Titan and Bajaj Finserv were top losers.

On the sectoral front, auto, IT, PSU bank, metal, realty, media, energy, infra, PSE and commodities were major gainers, while financial services, FMCG and private bank were in the red.

Wolves have announced that Diogo Jota has been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame, paying tribute to both his outstanding contributions on the pitch and the profound impact his untimely passing has had on the footballing world.

The Hall of Fame, which is run independently by a committee chaired by Wolves legend John Richards, made this rare and heartfelt decision swiftly following the tragic deaths of Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, the Premier League club said.

Jota and his 25-year-old brother, Andre Silva - also a professional footballer - died in a car accident on July 3 in Zamora, Spain.

Inductions into the most coveted part of the club’s museum are typically the result of detailed discussions over many weeks or months, but in this case, the decision was unanimous - a reflection of the overwhelming emotion felt by supporters and the wider football community, and the remarkable legacy Diogo leaves behind.," Wolves said in a statement.

Britain's job market continued to see recession, with unemployment rate and job vacancies rising to new highs over years due to labour cost hikes, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Thursday.

The country's unemployment rate for people aged 16 years and over stood at 4.7 per cent in the March-May period of 2025, registering increase both year on year and quarter by quarter, according to the ONS. The figure also reached the highest level in around four years.

Minority rights groups on Thursday highlighted ongoing atrocities against Hindu minorities in Pakistan, particularly the abduction and abuse of teenage girls.

A leading minority rights group revealed that a 15-year-old Hindu girl and a student of Class 9, Shaneela Meghwar, was forcibly abducted at gunpoint from her home, located on Matli’s Sessions’ Court Road in Badin district of Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Top Army officers on Thursday briefed Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on the prevailing security situation in the state as well as the overall security scenario across the northeastern region.

A Raj Bhavan official said that during the meeting between the Governor and the top Army officers discussed the security situation in Manipur, which has been under President’s Rule since February 13, four days after the resignation of N. Biren Singh from the Chief Minister’s post.

Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested one of its operative after recovering ten .30 bore sophisticated pistols along with magazines from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.