JANUARY 14, 2024
Ayi Puranam Ammal of Kodikkulam, Madurai.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday said that a woman from Kodikkulam in Madurai, would get the chief minister's award on Republic Day for donating her over Rs 7 crore worth land for the expansion of a government school.
Stating that education is "an imperishable wealth", Stalin said in a post...
Automobile
Chinese Tesla rival Nio stuns world with live-streamed test of new 1,000-kilometer-range EV battery
JANUARY 13, 2024
The CEO of the company drove between Shanghai and Xiamen on a single charge.
Chinese Tesla rival Nio showed off a revolutionary new EV battery with a range of over 1,000 kilometers per charge.
William Li, the CEO of the company, drove 1,044 kilometers (just under 650 miles) between Shanghai and Xiamen on a single charge on his Nio...
JANUARY 9, 2024
Newly appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal applauds as chief of staff of outgoing Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne Jean-Denis Combrexelle and his chief of staff at the education ministry Fanny Anor look on at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France January 9, 2024. Emmanuel Dunand/Pool via REUTERS
PARIS, FRANCE - Gabriel Attal...
JANUARY 7, 2024
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.
CHENNAI: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday said services and the manufacturing sectors have an equal and important role to play in India's growth story, adding that the services sector should not be given 'stepchild treatment'.
Rajan, who is also a Member of the Tamil Nadu Economic Advisory Council, said the manufacturing...
JANUARY 7, 2024
Apple iPhone 15 plus.
iPhone users who were affected by Apple's so-called ‘batterygate’ and submitted a claim seeking compensation, have started receiving their payouts from the tech giant, after the iPhone maker agreed to pay up to $500 million in total to settle a lawsuit in this regard.
As per MacRumours, which was the first to report the story,...
JANUARY 6, 2024
A person rides a carriage as snow falls in Central Park, in New York, on Jan. 6, 2024. - Andrew Kelly/Reuters
The year's first significant winter storm in the eastern U.S. is expected to bring heavy snow to more than a dozen states this weekend.
Winter storm warnings are in effect for 13 states, from North Carolina to Maine.
Overall,...
JANUARY 5, 2024
Lawrence Summers.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers called on US business leaders to set aside their concerns over the excesses of the Biden administration’s progressive policies and to recognize the historic dangers of another presidential term for Donald Trump.
“This is probably the most consequential presidential election since the Second World War,” Summers said on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street...
JANUARY 4, 2024
The heart of the Republican effort to potentially (or probably: inevitably) impeach President Biden are business agreements involving his son Hunter Biden. Even before Republicans took control of the House a year ago, party leaders, such as then-incoming House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), announced their intention to explore how money from foreign actors might have made...
Business
An upmarket California restaurant took thousands of dollars in tips from staff to fund business expenses, a federal lawsuit claims
JANUARY 4, 2023
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A California restaurant "misappropriated" thousands of dollars in tips to fund business expenses, the DOL claims.
The restaurant deposited tips into its business account and gave a portion to staff each week, the DOL claims.
The DOL accused it of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. It's seeking $500,000 for staff.
A French restaurant...
JANUARY 3, 2024
A major winter storm packing travel-snarling snow and dangerous ice is on track to arrive in the Northeast this weekend, a storm that AccuWeather meteorologists say will deliver the first big snowfall along the Interstate 95 corridor in nearly two years.
The cross-country storm will first push across the Southwest into Thursday before swinging eastward, where it will...