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Unlike the announcement of the Booker Prize, which is preceded by a long list and then by a short list, stretching the process to three months, the nominees for the Nobel Prize for Literature are never revealed. Instead, it is left to literature pundits to speculate ahead of the announcement and it quite often happens that […]
There has been much discussed and investigated case of Cognizant Chennai bribery that keeps creating news in India as well as USA. The bribery case was first reported in 2016, with allegations that Cognizant executives had bribed Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and some other government officials to obtain various permits and approvals for construction […]
Several low lying areas of New York City got inundated after heavy torrential rains pounded the metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday. Officials issued advisories to residents to park their vehicles on higher ground even as several subway (metro rail) lines were shut following the flooding. Many arterial streets also saw flooding that led to […]
Canada may have provided the most definitive intelligence linking India to the assassination plot of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the Vancouver area on June 18, according to officials from Western allied nations, as reported by The New York Times. While American spy agencies also provided information to Ottawa after the killing of Nijjar, […]
At least 17 renowned authors, including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin have sued OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” claiming that artificial intelligence programmes are using their copyrighted works without permission. In the suit filed in a New York court, the authors have alleged “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ […]
Social media platform X’s head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta has reportedly resigned from the top post. He was tasked with overseeing crucial content-related policy matters and advocating for Twitter’s stance in light of emerging policy changes, as well as providing support to the local sales team. Gupta, who was designated […]
This year’s G20 summit has demonstrated the continued ability of the group to address its most urgent challenges, according to US President Joe Biden. On Sunday, President Joe Biden lauded the G20 Summit of this year as solution-focused, emphasising its showcase of the G20’s capacity to tackle the world’s most urgent global issues. President Biden […]
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 […]
