NEW DELHI: Piling on PM Modi for asking people to adopt Covid-type austerity measures in wake of the West Asia crisis, opposition parties said the PM always seeks sacrifices from people to avoid accountability for his failures. They also accused him of duplicity and asked why was he claiming “all is well” during poll campaign…
French streamer PrinceofParis has come under heavy online attention after a livestream incident that quickly went viral on social media. The influencer, who is known for showing a rich and stylish lifestyle while streaming from what he claimed was a luxury French castle, suddenly faced an unexpected interruption during a live broadcast. The moment raised…
SAN DIEGO: President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a surprising comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was fired from his role as FEMA’s temporary leader last year after he defended its existence.His nomination comes as the Trump administration has increasingly signalled it is backing away from…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will depart for a five-nation tour on Friday, beginning with the UAE, said govt in an official announcement. Modi will visit the UAE, Sweden and the Netherlands on his way to Norway for the India-Nordic summit that was postponed last year in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.Modi will…
KOLKATA: The BJP govt on Monday directed police to ensure loudspeaker sound does not travel beyond religious precincts and that prayer congregations do not block roads and cause inconvenience to the public, except on special occasions.These were among the dozen instructions to senior police officers that also included zero tolerance for illegal coal- and sand-mining,…
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for austerity measures to curb fuel consumption, including reviving work-from-home, companies have begun reviewing the possibility of getting at least some employees to come to office on fewer days.Large conglomerates, including the Tata Group and Reliance Industries, are reassessing workplace policies and exploring greater flexibility for employees…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has a favourite food he wishes were not so closely tied to climate change. Even as he invests heavily in climate campaigns and sustainable food technologies, Gates has admitted that cheeseburgers remain his weakness, a comfort food he loves but also sees as a climate disaster. The billionaire has repeatedly spoken…
DHAKA: Bangladesh cannot be intimidated with “barbed wire”, PM Tarique Rahman’s foreign affairs adviser Humaiun Kobir said Monday as the new BJP govt in West Bengal in its first cabinet meeting decided to transfer land to Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing the border with Bangladesh.Targetting Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, he said election rhetoric and…
The Polish YouTuber Nikodem Czyżewski, better known online as Lil Narcyz, has sadly been found dead in Croatia after being missing for nearly a month. The 23-year-old Youtube creator was last heard from on April 8, when he contacted his family before suddenly disappearing. Police in Gliwice, Poland later confirmed that the search had ended…
MUMBAI: Four early investors in Billionbrains Garage Ventures that operates the leading fintech platform Groww, are together selling 4.3% stake worth about $500 million (close to Rs 4,800 crore) in the recently-listed company. Peak XV, Sequoia, Y Combinator and Ribbit, the selling shareholders, have mandated Kotak Securities and JP Morgan India to sell the shares…