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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala University’s Centre for Latin American Studies is paying the price for what could be the costliest ‘typo’ in its financial history — a careless bank clerk swapping ‘ ₹’ with ‘$’ while transferring funds to a Brazilbased journalist as remuneration for four online lectures he delivered in 2023.The difference between the intended fee…

HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman from Hyderabad, Nikitha Godishala, employed in Columbia, in the US state of Maryland, was found murdered in the apartment of an Indian man who is believed to have fled to India. Howard County police confirmed that the man, Arjun Sharma (26), is wanted on first- and second-degree murder charges.Howard County police…

LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Image via: Getty Images Kevin Durant and LeBron James are the two true legends of the big league, and both have played together for Team USA during the Olympics in Paris. As for their net worth, both have earned significantly from the NBA, and their net worth consists of earnings…

AMRITSAR: The officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, has summoned Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to appear at its secretariat on Jan 15 over alleged “anti-Sikh remarks”, “objectionable conduct”, and a recently surfaced video that the Takht says deeply hurt Sikh sentiments.Mann posted on X that he would appear before Sri Akal Takht…

Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president on Monday, two days after US forces captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, to face trial in New York. Rodriguez took the oath in the National Assembly, telling lawmakers she did so “in the name of all Venezuelans.” She has hinted she…

FILE – Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File) Ever since Mark Zuckerberg announced the creation of Meta Superintelligence Labs in first half of 2025, Meta CEO has been on an AI hiring blitz. A Twitter user who goes by the moniker @HinataMotivates, said to be a tech-motivation account, shared a podcast clip (going…

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro made his first appearance in a US courtroom on Monday following his capture, entering a plea of not guilty to all charges and asserting that he remains Venezuela’s legitimate leader.“I am innocent, I am not guilty,” Maduro told the judge, adding, “I am a decent man.” As he continued speaking in…

A Hindu businessman who also served as the acting editor of a local newspaper was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday evening in Bangladesh’s Jessore district, reported news agency PTI citing local media.The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, a resident of Arua village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district in…

India’s salaried class feels squeezed—not because they don’t want to pay taxes, but because the system increasingly treats retirement savings as a luxury. (AI image) For a country that prides itself on a thriving middle class, India’s tax treatment of retirement savings has begun to feel oddly out of step with economic reality. Over the…

Domestic kitchens contain heating technologies that operate on distinct physical principles, yet they often appear interchangeable in everyday use. Aluminium foil is a routine accessory in conventional cooking, used to shield food surfaces or retain moisture, and it is generally unremarkable when placed in a standard oven. The same material behaves very differently inside a…