JANUARY 8, 2023
A map showing the location of earthquake that hit Port-Olry on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (Picture: Google
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has rocked the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.
It struck some 15 miles from Port-Olry, also hitting at a depth of 17 miles, the US Geological Survey said earlier today.
The Pacific Tsunami...
JANUARY 8, 2023
Tata Sons, chairman N Chandrasekaran on Sunday reacted to incident of a drunk passenger allegedly urinating on a woman on one of its international flights last year, calling it a "matter of personal anguish to me and my colleagues at Air India."
"Incident on Air India flight AI102 on 26 Nov 2022, has been a matter of personal...
JANUARY 8, 2023
AS WINTER is already here, there are plenty of snowfall videos that have mesmerised the internet. However, nothing can be compared to the beauty of Jammu and Kashmir.
A small clip that was recently shared by the Ministry of Railways from its Twitter handle is evidence of the same. The caption of the video that was shared on...
JANUARY 7, 2023
Goa: In another incident of harassment on the flight, two foreign national passengers were offloaded from a Go First flight on Friday (January 6) for misbehaving with women crew members of the plane.
The two passengers, reportedly Russian nationals and in an inebriated state, allegedly asked one of the women flight attendants of the Go First Goa-Mumbai flight...
JANUARY 7, 2023
Jan. 7, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Members of the House of Representatives are sworn in by Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif) who was elected speaker of the House on the 15th ballot. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy grabbed the speaker’s gavel just as Friday turned into Saturday, squelching a week-long, rancorous GOP rebellion that left the chamber rudderless...
JANUARY 7, 2023
A motorist navigates his way through a crack on a road in Joshimath, India, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Authorities have stopped all construction activity and started shifting hundreds of people panicking after seeing a temple collapse and cracks in over 600 houses due to subsidence of land in a northern Indian hilly town, officials said on Saturday....
JANUARY 7, 2023
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 27, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
US stocks jumped Friday after December payrolls and services-sector data.
The economic data showed signs of easing inflation, bolstering hopes the Fed will cut interest rates this year.
The S&P 500 avoided a fifth...
JANUARY 5, 2023
Three vehicles are partly submerged on a roadway in Wilton, Calif., in south Sacramento County, after heavy rains on New Year's Eve caused levees along the Columnes River to fail. (Hector Amezcua / Associated Press)
The pounding rains of New Year's Eve had ceased, but the pastures, freeways and neighborhoods surrounding the tiny community of Wilton continued to...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Thirty-year-old Tanu Dogra dreads getting another round of COVID-19 as she has had it three times already, during every wave, and has been left with battling a leftover symptom and a much compromised body that has meant making adjustments in her work life. “I don’t have it in me to take it anymore,” says Dogra, who has...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Salesforce, the business software giant, is laying off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8,000 employees, and scaling back office space because of concerns about the economy, the company said on Wednesday.
“The environment remains challenging and our customers are taking a more measured approach to their purchasing decisions,” Marc Benioff, the company’s chief executive, said...
