MARCH 22, 2019
BENGALURU - The Karnataka Transport Department has revoked the licence of Ola Cabs for the next six months. The action against Ola came after it was found in violation of guidelines for cab aggregators. The ride hailing service was allegedly operating two-wheeler taxis without permission which led to the state-wide ban.
"Based on the report given by senior...
MARCH 22, 2019
Rep. Elijah Cummings is demanding the documents by April 4 and signaled he may issue subpoenas if the White House refuses to comply. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats are raising new concerns about what they say is recently revealed information from Jared Kushner’s attorney indicating that the senior White House aide has been relying...
MARCH 22, 2019
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2018, file photo, South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center left, and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification, center right, attend at an opening ceremony for two Koreas' first liaison office in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea abruptly withdrew its staff from an inter-Korean liaison...
MARCH 21, 2019
Facebook Inc. disclosed a flaw on its social network that made passwords of hundreds of millions of users visible to employees and said the issue has now been fixed.
During a security review in January, Facebook found that the passwords were stored in a readable format, against its security procedures, but that they were never visible to anyone...
MARCH 21, 2019
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The families were still mourning relatives lost in the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia when they were crammed into a hotel conference room a few weeks after the crash. Sign this form, they were told by employees of the low-cost carrier, and they would receive 1.3 billion rupiah, or $91,600.
For those...
MARCH 21, 2019
Standard 737 Max planes are not equipped with a so-called angle of attack indicator or an angle of attack disagree light. The indicator will continue to cost airlines extra, but the light won’t. - Ruth Fremson/NY Times
As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two...
MARCH 21, 2019
US Mortgage rates fell quickly after the Fed's announcement Wednesday that it would be getting back into the bond-buying business, big time – which could take rates even lower.
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed, which had been sitting for days at 4.40 percent, fell sharply to 4.34 percent, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is...
MARCH 21, 2019
Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Co.
Disney CEO Bob Iger is already gearing up for the next phase of the company on the heels of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which closed Wednesday.
The $71 billion acquisition adds a number of beloved entertainment assets to Disney's collection as it prepares to...
MARCH 20, 2019
A 2016 news report revealed how after adopting 15 minutes of meditation as a form of discipline, Robert W. Coleman Elementary school – that contains over 300 students- experienced a school year free of suspensions.
Instead of being sent to the principle’s office, students are sent to the Mindful Moment Room. In this room, the students are paired with...
MARCH 20, 2019
Jitendra Bahadur Singh Pakistan is flying armed surveillance bots along dozens of locations including Uri, Poonch, Rajouri, Nowshera and Sunderbani.
ISLAMABAD - Shaken by last month's Indian Air Force (IAF) strikes in Balakot, Pakistan has started deploying weaponised drones across the LoC, according to a Border Security Force (BSF) report accessed exclusively by India Today. Pakistan is...
