Business
Delhi man loses Rs 50 lakh, picked up missed calls of fraudsters: All you need to know about new Jamtara scam
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Fraudsters in Jamtara, India are using advanced tactics to scam victims out of their money without even asking for their OTP codes. In one case, a man from Delhi had 50 lakh rupees ($68,000) stolen from his account after receiving several missed calls on his phone. The fraudsters were able to complete transactions without ever needing the...
Airline
Airlines: Reach 3.5 Hrs Early, Carry 1 Cabin Luggage: After IndiGo, Air India Issues Advisory Amid Delhi T3 Chaos
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Hours after IndiGo issued advisory for passengers to bring down congestion at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Air India also released a similar travel advisory for people flying out of the national capital. Air India urged passengers to arrive at least 3.5 hours for domestic and 4 hours for international before their flight time and carry only...
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Adiam Berhane, 50, who owned Caffe Aficionado on N. Lynne Street in Rosslyn, defrauded residents from at least 2013 to 2016, stealing their identities and using them to purchase gift cards and other items, according to court records.
ARLINGTON, VA — The owner of a coffee shop in Arlington has been convicted on several charges in federal court...
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Masks are back, and, this time, they’re not just for Covid-19. A “tripledemic” of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V., sweeping through the United States has prompted several cities and counties, including New York City and Los Angeles County, to encourage people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces once again.
Nationwide, Covid-19...
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci dismissed Elon Musk’s attack on him, labeling the billionaire Twitter owner’s call for his criminal prosecution as “merely a distraction.”
Musk on Sunday parroted far-right talking points — and attempted to ridicule the use of pronouns — when he tweeted: “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”
“I don’t respond to him,” Fauci, the outgoing director of the National...
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency giant FTX, defrauded investors by funneling money into his private hedge fund, according to a filing on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The SEC charges were filed in the Southern District of New York one day after Bankman-Fried, the once-celebrated founder of FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas, and...
Asia
Dark Side of Qatar FIFA World Cup: ‘Thousands’ of Migrant Workers’ Deaths, from India Too | Explained
DECEMBER 12, 2022
CEO of Qatar 2022, Nasser Al Khater speaks to media persons during the press conference (Image: Reuters)
“Death is a natural part of life – whether it’s at work, whether it’s in your sleep.” The quote seems fit for some philosophical musing. However, that was not the setting of its utterance.
When asked about a Filipino worker who died...
Community
Donning Safari Suits, 9 Women Trained in Unarmed Combat Provide Security to Tamil Nadu CM Stalin
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Tamil Nadu CM - MK Stalin
Sub-inspector M Thanush Kannaki, head constable M Dhilshath Begam and constables R Vidya, J Sumati, M Kalishwari, K Pavitra, G Rami, V Monisha and K Kousalya have been inducted into the CM’s core security detail on women’s day this year, Times of India reported.
“Our first duty was in Anna Arivalayam (DMK headquarters),”...
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has backed Warner's decision to withdraw his appeal. - Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell says he "couldn't be happier that David Warner told Cricket Australia the equivalent of 'go and get stuffed'" after the veteran opener decided to withdraw his bid to have his lifetime leadership ban overturned.
Warner...
Asia
India fastest growing economy, some raise questions out of jealously: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
India is the fastest-growing economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi but there are people in the Opposition who keep raising questions over the country`s progress just out of jealousy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha on Monday.
The minister`s remark came during the Question Hour after Congress member from Telangana A Revanth...