SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Commercial brands trendjacked the moment by promoting their products. (AFP)
One-word tweets are the new trend on Twitter after influential accounts like that of United States president Joe Biden and space agency NASA responded to American railway Amtrak's 'trains' tweet early Friday morning. Amtrak's tweet quickly went viral; at the time of writing this the message had about...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Prakash Raj shared some of these photos that also included Idols inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS.
The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi this year has seen many idols inspired by various things, especially Bollywood films. From Yash's KGF to Ram Charan's RRR and Allu Arjun's Pushpa: The Rise, pictures of several idols in Pandals have...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
US President Joe Biden. PHOTO: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
While President Biden warned the nation about threats to democracy in a prime time address on Thursday, ABC was airing a game show, “Press Your Luck.”
As Biden spelled out his objections to former president Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans,” NBC was broadcasting a rerun of “Law and Order.” CBS skipped the...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Self-proclaimed spiritual leader and accused of rape, Nithyananda is reportedly seeking political asylum in Sri Lanka. Citing a deterioration in his health, the fugitive godman penned a letter to the president of the island nation on August 7 and flagged an 'urgent' need for medical attention. The letter mentioned the scarcity of medical infrastructure in the Sovereign...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Former President Donald Trump. - Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump's intelligence interests differed from those of his predecessors.
Trump was more intrigued by the extramarital affairs of world leaders than UFOs, The New York Times reports.
If something interested him, he would say, "can I keep this?," The Times reported.
As commander-in-chief, Donald Trump didn't...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Portugal: Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido resigned on Tuesday after the widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services and forcibly transfer an Indian pregnant woman between hospitals. Temido in a sentence said that she "no longer has the conditions" to exercise the position, which the prime minister accepted, Portugal's National Public broadcaster, RTP...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The British pound sterling is in danger of sliding further against the dollar, according to Capital Economics.
Chief UK economist Paul Dales wrote Wednesday that the energy crisis in Europe will push the UK into a recession.
The British pound sterling could slide to a new record-low against the US dollar next year as the UK economy...
AUGUST 31, 2022
Former President Donald Trump. - Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Trump's latest salvo in his effort to get a special master was panned as a "PR filing" rather than a serious legal document.
His lawyers recycled claims of political bias and alluded to his possible 2024 presidential run.
Notably, they made no mention of his weeks-long claim that...
AUGUST 31, 2022
An Indian-American doctor has filed a lawsuit here against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and business tycoon Gautam Adani on a host of issues, including corruption and Pegasus spyware. The US District Court for the District of Columbia has issued summons to all these leaders, along with several others, which...
AUGUST 31, 2022
NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate in urban areas in the 15 years and above age group slowed to 7.6% in the April-June quarter of 2022 as economic activity gathered pace after lifting of Covid-19 curbs.
The Periodic Labour Force Survey for the April-June quarter also showed that the labour force participation rate (LFPR) improved only marginally during the...
