Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (Photo: Reuters). Russia on Saturday backed a permanent seat for India and Brazil on the United Nations Security Council, while strongly opposing the same for Western countries.During his speech at the General Assembly, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said no additional seats at…
Representative Image (AI-generated) An Iowa company that believed it was paying legitimate vendor invoices instead transferred more than $800,000 to a bank account controlled by a scammer in 2022. About four years later, the US government has recovered roughly $375,000 of the fraud proceeds through a federal forfeiture case. The US Department of Justice (DOJ),…
Unlike Heineken’s usual round bottle, the WOBO was rectangular and designed to double as a building brick. In 1963, Heineken produced 50,000 rectangular bottles designed to work as both beer containers and building bricks. The idea came from Alfred Heineken, who wanted the bottles to serve a second purpose after the beer had been consumed….
Trump’s outreach to Xi and praise for Sharif come as India faces a more transactional US relationship TOI correspondent from Washington: The clearest sign yet of a widening US-India diplomatic rift came this weekend from the White House and the United Nations, where India was denouncing Pakistan for what it called a litany of “falsehoods”…
Prachi Choudhary (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally at the Asian Games swelled to 30 on Saturday after Prachi Choudhary won bronze in the women’s 400m final, adding another athletics medal to a productive day for the country.Prachi clocked 53.21 seconds to finish third in the final. Bahrain’s Salwa Naser claimed the gold…
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission conducted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to “help the BJP capture Bengal” by deleting names of valid voters. She further demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.“The truth is…
Kharge also questioned whether the controversy was being reduced to the role of CEC Gyanesh Kumar while overlooking wider questions about the functioning of institutions. NEW DELHI: Priyank Kharge on Thursday hit out at the BJP for defending the Election Commission after the Form 6 row. He said that the ruling party should allow the…
TCAGI began with a straightforward, but audacious, idea: how to help children understand climate change without scaring them with it. Sophie’s own experience of eco-anxiety as a child inspired the organization’s first major project, a series of children’s books aimed at introducing the climate crisis to young readers while emphasizing hope, teamwork and practical action….
Eggs thrown at TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh’s car in Hooghly NEW DELHI: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh’s car was pelted with eggs on Saturday while he was travelling to Serampore in Hooghly to attend a political rally addressed by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The incident took place in the Uttarpara area, where a group…
Kumaraswamy said there was a need to distinguish between reports appearing in the media and the actual situation inside the EC NEW DELHI: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday called on the Election Commission EC to clarify amid the continuing row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Kumaraswamy said the responsibility for addressing…