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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Apple is about to launch entirely new products – here’s everything it will announce

The company has long been rumoured to be working on a variety of products for the smart home. Now, they look set to actually launch, with Apple holding an event today.

They will include a range of ways to see information and act with Siri around the home, numerous reports have suggested. It is also working on new smart home products with other companies, according to recent reports.

Many of the products have long been ready to launch, rumours have suggested. But they have been waiting on a revamp of Siri – the virtual assistant on which they depend heavily – which finally arrived last month.

Apple has tried to break into the smart home before, with its HomePod speakers and a variety of software and tools intended to let Siri control other products. But the new launches will mark a major revamp of those existing products, and the first time it will be making specific smart home devices of its own.

It is still unclear how exactly Apple will introduce the new smart home products. For recent launches, the company has used a variety of different approaches – from big live events to the online release of videos and press statements – and it has not always been possible to predict which it will choose.

Here is everything we expect Apple to announce.

Apple’s HomePod speakers marked an earlier attempt to break into the smart home

Smart home display

The flagship product of the launch is expected to be a kind of home hub. It appears to be understood as something like one of Apple’s HomePod smart speakers with a display, or an iPad that is intended to be on all the time and left around the house.

It will include sensors that let it see when someone approaches, and then use cameras to recognises the faces of authorised people and show them their personal content. That might come with additional security features, including the ability to link the screen to an iPhone that will be used for extra verification.

The display itself will show a home screen that will feature a range of apps and could also borrow widgets from the iPhone, reports suggest. Users will be able to use it to see information as well as controlling the device through Siri.

Rumours suggest there might be multiple versions of the display. The first – and perhaps only, initially – one of them will be on a stand, but others could follow that are intended to be mounted on a wall, or come on a robotic arm that allow the display to move around in space, reports have suggested.

New HomePods

Alongside that screen, Apple is also rumoured to be launching a new version of the HomePod Mini. It is not expected to be a huge upgrade, and the only change might be that Apple will add a new processor so that it is able to use the updated version of Siri, which is currently not available on the HomePod and Apple TV.

It appears that Apple will not update the bigger and more expensive HomePod. That has had a complicated history: it was first introduced in 2017, before being largely neglected and then discontinued in 2021, and was then updated and revived in 2023, since when it has not received an update.

New Apple TV

Apple is also said to be launching a new version of the Apple TV. Like the HomePods, it will be a relatively modest update, focused on adding a new chip that will allow it to use the reimagined version of Siri.

Collaborations

Apple might also use the event to showcase certain accessories for the smart home, according to a new report from Bloomberg. And some of those could have been worked on by Apple – even if it doesn’t say it.

The Bloomberg report suggested that it is working with LG on a variety of home cameras – with some including floodlights, wired or battery options, and indoor and outdoor versions – as well as smart locks and thermostats. Some rumours have suggested that Apple has been working on a smart home camera of its own, but it appears that at least initially they will be introduced with LG branding but have been designed in collaboration with Apple.

Apple has already looked to expand its support for those kind of home accessories. With the launch of its new software last month, for instance, it added new capabilities for home cameras, so that their output is easier to view and can be analysed by its AI features.

iPhone Duo

The event is expected to focus heavily on the smart home, and Apple tends to like to ensure that new products get their time to shine. And with the event occurring on 13 October, it’s just ten days before the release of the iPhone Duo.

It seems unlikely that Apple would miss the opportunity to at least remind the world that it has launched that folding phone, which represents the biggest redesign of the iPhone since its launch and a major bet for the company. It may simply use it as a chance to mention it again – or it might use the limelight to explain more of the features of the phone, which is still yet to make out into public at all.

And more?

The smart home products are not the only things Apple has rumoured to be coming before the end of the year. For months, reports have suggested that it is also working on updates to its MacBooks – including the first ever touchscreen version – and a new iPad and iMac.

It seems unlikely, however, that Apple would be keen to overshadow any smart home event with the launch of other new products. As such, those are expected later in the month.

LinkedIn posts about ‘women executives’ land McKinsey partner in trouble; leadership role taken away

A LinkedIn exchange questioning workplace challenges facing women executives has cost McKinsey & Co. senior partner Chris Bradley his leadership role at the consulting firm’s research unit, Bloomberg reported.

Bradley has been removed as a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm's high-profile business and economic research unit, McKinsey said in a statement on Sunday. He will however continue as a senior partner at the firm.

“Following our conduct review process, we have removed the partner from his leadership roles, including at the McKinsey Global Institute. His public comments fell well short of the standards we expect at our firm,” McKinsey spokesman Taylor Burns said in an emailed statement.

Bradley also served as a leader on some internal committees, Burns said, according to the news report.

What were the comments all about?

The decision followed an internal review triggered by Bradley’s LinkedIn back-and-forth last month with one of the authors of a new book that discusses the “glass cliff” phenomenon faced by women in the workplace.

McKinsey had previously distanced itself from Bradley’s comments on the subject, which were later deleted.

The term “glass cliff” is coined by academics to describe a pattern in which women are more likely to be appointed to leadership roles at companies facing a crisis or struggling to turn around their business.

Proponents of the theory argue that research shows female executives are often given opportunities to become chief executive officers when the risk of failure is higher in a certain organisation.

Bradley, who is based in Australia, questioned whether the phenomenon existed at all. In the now-deleted posts, he described the glass cliff as “a very convenient way to always be a victim in the rain”.

McKinsey has long sought to advance the conversation about challenges women face in the workplace. It also published a “Women in the Workplace” study, compiled with Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In advocacy group, for more than a decade.

All we know about Chris Bradley

Bradley holds a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he majored in industrial organisation and graduated in 2003.

He also holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and science, with a focus on finance and mathematics from the University of New South Wales.

Bradley has also worked as senior brand manager at Sainsbury's Supermarkets in the United Kingdom, according to his LinkedIn profile.

According to company profile, Bradley brings insights from a wide repertoire of industries and 25 years McKinsey experience.

He previously led McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice across Asia and developed many of our firm’s modern strategy frameworks.

He is also the co-author of the internationally best-selling book Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick (John Wiley & Sons, 2018) and originated McKinsey’s Ten Timeless Tests of Strategy, according to the company records.

‘We can’t be reckless’: Tata Sons chairman signals caution on $120 billion growth bets amid boardroom tensions

‘We can’t be reckless’: Tata chairman signals caution on $120 billion growth bets(Agencies)

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Tuesday urged caution as the group pursues its $120 billion investment in future growth, saying it cannot be “reckless” and must protect its balance sheet and assess demand amid boardroom tensions.

Speaking at Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in New Delhi, he said the group would continue to invest in projects such as semiconductor chips, which India and the world need. He acknowledged that such projects can be slow to deliver returns amid a tussle with Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata, who has pushed for quicker returns.

Chandrasekaran said the group must avoid undue risks and keep an eye on its balance sheet and demand. On whether an investment is financially viable, he said the numbers would not always be tidy, adding, “You need to feel the stones and cross the river. It is not that you are going to have a very clean spreadsheet in this uncertain world.”

Chandrasekaran defends semiconductor investments

Defending the group’s semiconductor investments, the Tata Sons chairman said its semiconductor push should not be judged on whether it meets the numbers in two to three years. He noted, "Direction is certain, need is certain, ability to execute is certain," and added that semiconductors would be fundamentally required, while advanced manufacturing was here to stay.

The defence comes at a time when Tata Technologies, which is developing India’s first large-scale semiconductor fabrication plant, has previously faced delays related to operations and access to technology. Chandrasekaran acknowledged the rough run the group has faced amid the Air India crash in June 2025, a cyberattack and supply-chain disruptions, but said it still recorded double-digit growth while maintaining its margins.

Tata Sons chairman defend investments amid growing dispute

The comments come as Tata Trusts, the group’s majority shareholder, reviews its approach to capital allocation. The nearly 160-year-old Tata group reported revenue of $185 billion in the last fiscal year.

Noel Tata has reportedly differed with Chandrasekaran in recent board discussions over capital-allocation decisions and investments that can deliver returns more quickly. Tata Trusts owns about 66% of Tata Sons, the holding company of the group behind brands including Jaguar Land Rover, Air India, Taj Hotels and Tetley Tea.

His defence also comes amid an internal dispute that has now become public. In August, the Tata Sons chairman said he would not seek another term after his current tenure ends in February 2027, citing the lack of unanimous backing from the Tata Sons board. In February, concerns raised by Noel Tata prompted the board to postpone a decision on Chandrasekaran’s third term, and Tata Trusts began looking for a successor.

However, the Tata Sons board reappointed Chandrasekaran as chairman for five years last month. Noel Tata, one of the Trusts’ two board nominees, voted against the decision. Tata Trusts subsequently termed the reappointment illegal under the company’s articles, citing legal advice, a position disputed by Tata Sons.

Monday, 12 October 2026

A Legend Restored As Pakeezah Makes Its Way Back To Indian Cinemas | Grazia India

More than 50 years later, Pakeezah returns in a restored version for modern audiences

I first watched Pakeezah just 16. Even then, 34 years after its release, its visual lyricism felt almost otherworldly – the immersive sets, vibrant colours, poetic Urdu dialogue and classical music created the scale of a grand opera on-screen. It was the kind of film that could leave an indelible mark on a teenager, even decades after it was made. Now, more than half a century after its 1972 release, Pakeezah has been restored in 4K (the sharpest resolution possible today) by the Film Heritage Foundation of India, and will have its world premiere at Festival Lumière in Lyon, France, this October.

“Pakeezah has been the most important restoration [of film] in my lifetime,” says Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, director of the Film Heritage Foundation of India that has also restored films from cult classics like Sholay (1975) to arthouse milestones like Mandi (1983) to Satyajit Ray’s globally acclaimed Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), amongst several others.

Perhaps no other film in the history of Indian cinema carries quite such a formidable constellation of legends. Written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, it stars Meena Kumari, the undisputed queen of tragedy, alongside Raaj Kumar with music from the genius of Ghulam Mohammed, and Naushad. A labour of love, made over 14 years, Pakeezah traversed the shift from black-and-white films to colour, and nothing quite like it has ever been made again in the history of Indian cinema.

A still from Pakeezah (1972), via Film Foundation of India

Restoring it, therefore, was never going to be straightforward. The biggest blow came when the Film Heritage Foundation of India discovered that the original camera negative – the most valuable element for a restoration – had melted and was almost gone, leaving the restoration team “heartbroken”. But hope survived when an interpositive of the film and, later, a colour reversal internegative (CRI) was found at the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in Pune.

Despite the source material not being qualitative, Dungarpur believed the film was too important to lose hope. “I wanted to revive this film because I knew that it has influenced a whole generation of filmmakers, including the likes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali,” he says and convinced the producers on the importance of bringing Pakeezah to the current generation who “had never seen Meena Kumari on the big-screen”.

After its Lyon premiere, followed by a screening at the BFI London Film Festival, Pakeezah will make its way back to Indian cinemas. A film once thought to be slipping away will finally be seen again where it belongs.

Can Imran Khan be deported for joining CJP protest? What OCI rules say

Can an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder join a political protest in India? Can the police seek their deportation for doing so? These questions have come into focus after BJP leader Kirit Somaiya wrote to Mumbai Police seeking the detention and deportation of actor Imran Khan for joining a protest supporting the Cockroach Janta Party. Somaiya alleged that Khan was a foreign citizen and questioned whether his participation violated OCI rules and visa conditions. But does the law bar OCI cardholders from taking part in protests, and what are the grounds on which action can be taken against them?

Q) What is an OCI card?

The OCI scheme was introduced in 2005 for eligible people of Indian origin who hold foreign citizenship. Despite its name, an OCI card does not confer Indian citizenship.

OCI cardholders are foreign nationals who enjoy certain privileges, including a lifelong, multiple entry visa to India, subject to applicable rules. They also receive specified benefits relating to education, property and certain professional activities.

However, they cannot vote in Indian elections, contest elections to Parliament or state legislatures, or claim other political rights reserved for Indian citizens.

The rights and restrictions governing OCI cardholders are set out in the Citizenship Act, 1955, and the rules and notifications issued by the Centre.

Q) Can OCI cardholders participate in protests?

The OCI rules do not expressly list attending a public protest as an activity for which every cardholder must obtain prior special permission. But this does not mean that all forms of political activity are automatically permitted.

Under Section 7B of the Citizenship Act, OCI cardholders are not entitled to specified rights available to Indian citizens. The restrictions on voting and elected office, however, do not by themselves establish that simply attending a protest is illegal.

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Q) What about freedom of speech and assembly?

Article 19 of the Constitution guarantees citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression and the right to assemble peacefully and without arms, subject to reasonable restrictions.

These guarantees are specifically available to Indian citizens. An OCI cardholder, as a foreign national, cannot claim them on the same basis as a citizen.

Q) Can an OCI cardholder be detained or deported?

An OCI cardholder remains a foreign national and is subject to Indian laws governing foreigners and immigration.

Section 7D of the Citizenship Act provides for cancellation of OCI registration on specified grounds. The law includes grounds relating to sovereignty and security, among others.

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A complaint to the police or an allegation of a visa violation does not, by itself, establish that an offence has been committed or that deportation is justified.

Kangana Ranaut Gets Personality Rights Protection; Delhi HC Orders Meta To Remove AI Deepfakes And Fake

Kangana Ranaut Gets Personality Rights Protection; Delhi HC Orders Meta To Remove AI Deepfakes And Fake Speeches Within 72 Hours |

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s personality rights, restraining the unauthorised use of her name, image, voice and other personal attributes, including through artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, manipulated videos and fabricated speeches.

Justice Vikas Mahajan, in an order dated October 8, directed Meta Platforms Inc to remove and permanently take down the allegedly infringing content identified by Ranaut within 72 hours of being served a copy of the order.

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The court also directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications to issue necessary directions to internet and telecom service providers to block access to the identified infringing websites within the same period.

The directions will remain in force until the next date of hearing.

The court passed the order on a suit filed by Ranaut seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights, alleging that fabricated statements, AI-generated content, morphed images and manipulated audio-visual material depicting her were being circulated across social media and other online platforms.

After examining the plaint and accompanying documents, the court observed that Ranaut’s stature gave her proprietary rights over her personality and associated attributes, including the right to protect them against unauthorised use and commercial exploitation.

The court held that such protection also extended to AI-generated, morphed, sexual and explicit deepfake content.

“The apprehension of detriment and damage to the image and personality of the plaintiff, prima facie, appears to be real and present,” the court observed while granting interim relief.

The court noted that certain content identified in the documents filed by Ranaut appeared, at first glance, to be obscene, sexually vulgar or pornographic material generated through AI or manipulation, allegedly depicting her without her permission. It also referred to a fact-check report placed on record concerning an image that Ranaut claimed was fabricated.

The judge further observed that manipulated audio-visual material and AI-generated content falsely portraying Ranaut as making statements, expressing opinions or participating in activities that never occurred could mislead ordinary viewers into believing the material was genuine.

The court said such misrepresentation and misinformation assumed greater significance when a person’s image and current designation were used alongside fabricated quotes or statements.

Ranaut’s counsel, senior advocate Saket Sikri, had argued that the circulation of such material infringed her personality rights, publicity rights, right to identity and right to dignity, besides potentially damaging her reputation.

The plaint stated that Ranaut, who has worked in the entertainment industry for over two decades and is currently a Member of Parliament representing the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh, enjoys substantial public recognition and commercial goodwill associated with her name, image, likeness and voice.

The court found that the material listed in Annexure A to the order made out a prima facie strong case in her favour. It held that the balance of convenience also favoured Ranaut and that the potential injury to her image and personality might not be adequately compensated through monetary damages.

As part of the interim order, the court restrained the defendants, including unidentified persons referred to as John Does, and those acting on their behalf, from creating, publishing, reproducing, disseminating, hosting, transmitting or otherwise exploiting Ranaut’s personality attributes without her authorisation.

The restraint specifically covers AI-generated content, deepfakes, synthetic media, manipulated videos and audio recordings, fabricated speeches, false endorsements and impersonation content depicting or purporting to depict her.

The defendants have also been restrained from creating or operating accounts, pages, profiles, channels, websites or other digital assets falsely suggesting any association, affiliation, endorsement or authorisation by Ranaut.

The court directed Meta to remove or disable access to the identified content on platforms operated by it, including videos, reels, posts, accounts and channels unlawfully using or imitating her persona.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications have been directed to issue the necessary notifications or directions to internet service providers and telecom service providers to block or remove access to the websites identified in the plaintiff’s documents.

Both Meta and the government departments have been directed to file compliance affidavits within two weeks.

The court also permitted Ranaut to notify the defendants of additional infringing URLs, accounts, channels or content discovered after the filing of the suit. Such material can be removed or access to it disabled without requiring her to institute fresh proceedings.

At the same time, the court clarified that a website or social media account that is not primarily infringing but is blocked pursuant to the order may approach the court with an undertaking that it does not intend to infringe Ranaut’s personality rights. The court may then consider modifying the injunction.

The defendants have also been permitted to approach Ranaut for clarification on how particular URLs listed in Annexure A and Document K fall within the scope of the order.

The court issued notice on the applications and directed the concerned defendants to file their replies within four weeks. The matter is listed before the Joint Registrar on December 4, 2026, for completion of service and pleadings, and before the court on February 3, 2027.

The court also recorded that two defendants had taken down the disputed material after receiving an advance copy of the suit. On Ranaut’s counsel stating that these defendants could be deleted from the array of parties, the court ordered their deletion.