Home was only a few steps away.But before she could step out of an Uber cab at around 4 AM, a Gurgaon-based sales manager says she found herself in an argument with a driver who had allegedly locked the vehicle and refused to let her leave.Within days, her account had spread widely across LinkedIn, with…
There is new money, old money, and then the kind of money that could make someone the world’s first trillionaire!With SpaceX set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, that possibility may no longer seem far-fetched. If the listing goes as planned,…
African proverb of the day: ‘Only a fool tests the depth of a river with two feet’ African proverb of the day: Wisdom is often expressed through simple images drawn from everyday life. It comes in simple words which seem too obvious. But beneath that lies deeper knowledge that is timeless.Today’s African proverb of the…
India’s agriculture sector has undergone a significant transformation over the past 12 years, driven by higher public investment, record foodgrain production, expanded irrigation, improved access to credit and a stronger safety net for farmers, according to a government paper released this month.The report, titled Empowering India’s Annadatas, outlines how agricultural policy has evolved from a…
You just walked in the door from an exhausting day at work. You’re hungry and spent, just wanting to catch your breath for a minute. You grab something to eat and then sit in front of the TV. The next thing you know, you’ve just binge-watched five episodes of the latest show.While that’s okay occasionally,…
Indian-origin Vijay Kumar pleads not guilty to the murders of his wife and three other relatives in Georgia earlier this year. Indian man Vijay Kumar, who was accused of killing his wife Meenu Dogra and three other relatives following a heated argument in Georgia earlier this year, pleaded not guilty to the murders and his…
The United States on Thursday shared footage of attack on MT Jalveer in the Strait of Hormuz which had 20 Indians onboard, claiming that the foreign-flagged vessel attempted to transport oil from Iran through the Gulf of Oman.“US forces disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman at 11.20pm ET on June 10 after…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: The White House Situation Room, forged during the Kennedy years of the Cold War, has hosted some of the most consequential discussions in modern American history: nuclear crises, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, responses to terrorist attacks, and wars overseas.According to a forthcoming book by New York Times…
A Pakistani asylum seeker who raped a “particularly vulnerable” 18-year-old woman in a Nottinghamshire park, UK, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, reports BBC. 28-year-old Sheraz Malik attacked the teenager in Sutton Lawn park, located in Sutton-in-Ashfield, on June 29 last year. Malik assaulted the woman after she had already been raped by…
US stock markets traded higher on Thursday, with technology and artificial intelligence (AI)-linked stocks rebounding after a volatile week, while investors continued to monitor rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, inflation concerns and global interest rate expectations.The benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.5% in morning trade, recovering some of the losses recorded over the previous…
