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In the aftermath of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in over six decades, survivors found themselves huddled in the open on the High Atlas Mountains. The catastrophe struck just a day earlier, claiming the lives of more than 2,000 people and leaving villages in ruins. Neighbours in the affected areas tirelessly searched for survivors buried under the […]
New Delhi: For the first time in an over four years old bribery case involving technology solutions provider Cognizant, names of three Larsen and Toubro (L&T) executives have emerged recently in a filing before a US court. According to the filing at a New Jersey court made earlier this last month by the defence counsel […]
Britain’s second-biggest city Birmingham effectively declared itself bankrupt, expressly curtailing all nonessential spending after being issued with equal pay claims totaling up to £760 million ($954 million). Birmingham City Council, service provider to more than one million people, filed a Section 114 notice, halting all spending except on essential services. The deficit arose due to […]
At least 73 people were charred to death and another 52 injured when a major fire broke out in a five-storey building in the South African city of Johannesburg, officials said Thursday. Authorities said it was unclear what sparked the blaze at the building located in the city centre. City of Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson […]
In a bizzare incident, a nurse in a UK hospital has been convicted for killing seven babies under her care. The nurse identified as Lucy Letby, 33, of Countees of Chester Hospital, had killed 7 newborn babies between 2015 and 2016. Now, an Indian origin Dr working at the hospital at that time has come […]
State prosecutors in Uzbekistan have alleged that distributors of an Indian-manufactured cough syrup that killed 65 children in the country bribed local officials with $33,000 to skip mandatory testing. According to a report in Reuters, this was revealed in court on Wednesday (August 16). The number of deaths linked to the cough syrup cited by the […]
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch is rumoured to have a new romantic relationship. This comes a few months after he broke off his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old who used to work as a police chaplain. Now, he’s in a new relationship with Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist. This information was reported by […]
The UK Global Talent Visa, introduced by the United Kingdom to attract the “brightest and the best” minds to the country by simplifying the entry process for recipients of awards in academia or research, arts and culture and digital technology has received only three applicants since its launch. Upon unveiling the initiative in 2021, former […]
The proposed ‘fight’ between Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be going down the rabbit hole. Zuckerberg has now said that he has moved past the idea of the cage fight after Musk’s non-serious attitude towards it. The two tech billionaires had decided to fight it out in June, with […]
The news of Canadian PM Justine Trudeau and wife Sophie separating has hogged the social media headlines in the last few days. But does one really empathise with them, or pass on? The couple, who have three children and have been married for 18 years, were once seen to have had a fairy tale romance. […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday (August 8) disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years after his conviction in a corruption case last week. A trial court in Islamabad had on Saturday sentenced Khan to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of Pakistani Rs 100,000 for […]
Ending their 18-year-old marriage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie have decided to separate. The couple, who has three children, were seen less frequently together in public in recent times. Trudeau, 51 and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, 48, tied the knot in May 2005. On their anniversary in 2020, Trudeau affectionately described Sophie as […]
It’s undeniable that Russia’s offensive on Ukraine had a severe impact on international tourism. Attributing source markets, the Unwto.org, which measures tourism market intelligence and competitiveness, says, “Russia and Ukraine represent a combined 3% of global spending on international tourism as of 2020. A prolonged conflict could translate into a loss of $14 billion in […]
An Indian teenager Rhyan Singh (16) was attacked and stabbed on his birthday while playing basketball in Melbourne. The incident happened in Tarneit City, according to media reports. Singh’s two friends were also ambushed by a mob armed with knives. “(It’s) not fair … we were planning for his birthday,” Singh’s mother Sushma Manandhar was quoted […]
A Green Card, it’s said, is a cultural aspiration for millions of Indians. Essentially, it represents the holder’s right to live and work within the United States. The India Green Card waiting list is just growing by the day, prompting a bipartisan group of 56 US lawmakers to urge President Joe Biden to expedite the […]
At the inaugural event of the 2-day All India Education Convention at Pragati Maidan, PM Narendra Modi said that even at the UN, he speaks in Indian languages. He lamented the fact that despite the existence of several prosperous languages in India, they were represented as unprogressive. He made this point at the inaugural event […]
Ex-husband of US first lady Jill Biden, Bill Stevenson has come out in support of ex-president Donald Trump, accusing the Biden family of targeting Trump. The Biden family had done “the exact same thing” to me at one point, Stevenson, who was Jill’s husband from 1970 to 1975, told a recent TV interview. Expressing his […]
Even as many countries are rapidly doing away with capital punishment, Singapore executed a woman on Friday under its harsh drug trafficking laws — the second such hanging in a week. Saridewi Djamani, 45, had been sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams of diamorphine, or pure heroin, the Central Narcotics Bureau […]
Mocked and isolated, transgenders continue to struggle for social acceptance across the world. But finally, they have something to smile about. A transgender from the United Kingdom has become father of a baby girl. Caleb Bolden (27) discontinued his gender-transitioning medications in January last year when he decided to be a baby. Now, Caleb wants […]
A travel book, it’s said, is the quickest route to explore the world even if it’s only in our imagination. A passport is the gate pass to achieve the cherished wish of globe-trotting. If you’re an Indian passport holder, you have some good news. Recently, Henley Passport Index released a report claiming that the Indian […]
