FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 186 for 5 (Pant 52, Kohli 52, V Iyer 33, Chase 3-25) beat West Indies 178 for 3 (Powell 68*, Pooran 62, Bhuvneshwar 1-29) by eight runs
West Indies lost again, but this time they took the game deep and made India edgy. Even in the last over, with 25 runs required for victory, the...
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has directed the National Archives to send White House visitor logs from the Trump administration to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Former President Donald Trump was trying to block the release of the records, but White House counsel Dana Remus said in a letter to...
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
New Delhi: On February 14, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar launched a scathing attack on bitcoin, saying that banning cryptocurrency is "probably the most sensible decision available in India."
Sankar mentioned this at the 17th Annual Banking Technology Conference and Awards hosted by the Indian Banks Association.
"We looked at the reasons put out...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
MUMBAI: Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC), the country's largest insurer, on Sunday filed papers with markets regulator Sebi for going public through an initial public offer, set to be the biggest in India.
Through this IPO its promoter, the government, is selling 31.6 crore shares, translating to 5% equity of the insurer. LIC is keeping aside 35%...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Top lawyer kicked off a flight when cabin crew refused to let his children's nanny join him in business class, and he became 'disruptive,' report says. - Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images
A lawyer and his family were kicked off a British Airways flight from London to Turin, per MailOnline.
The family's nanny had been...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Former President Donald Trump. - Evan Vucci/AP
Trump aides instantly knew when the former president tore up documents, the Washington Post reported.
His ripping style — clean tears horizontally and vertically — became so recognizable to aides.
The former president is facing renewed scrutiny into the preservation of historical and important documents.
Former Trump administration aides instantly knew...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Austin Powers Super Bowl Commercial
The Super Bowl is due to kick off later today, but you can already watch some of the best Super Bowl commercials online right now. As has been the case for the last few years, a number of Super Bowl spots have already been released ahead of their debut during the Big Game...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
A side-by-side image of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former president Donald Trump. - Getty Images
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been quietly steering a campaign to recruit potential Senate candidates.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that it's an effort to gain a GOP majority in the upper chamber.
McConnell does not want the "goofballs"...
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
A general view of a fireworks display after the Olympic flame was lit during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Beijing National Stadium.
BEIJING — A rare snowstorm in Beijing on Sunday brought a distinct winter vibe to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
But it also might have extinguished the Olympic flame at the Bird's Nest.
Photos...
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been secretly collecting Americans’ private information in bulk, according to newly declassified documents that prompted condemnation from civil liberties watchdogs.
The surveillance program was exposed on Thursday by two Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico alleged that the CIA has long concealed...
