Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared pictures of himself spending time on the banks of the Hooghly river in Kolkata and taking a boat ride.In the visuals shared by the Prime Minister, he is seen seated on a wooden boat with a camera in hand, with the Vidyasagar…
Pineapples are common fruits that people tend to use. However, peeling pineapples is considered to be tedious work due to their hard skin and eyes. Most people already have knowledge about the basic technique for slicing them. The problem is the need to do it in an effective and fast way while minimising the waste…
CHENNAI: The headline-grabbing turnout of 83.7% masks a quieter reality — actually, fewer people voted than the last two assembly elections.In percentage terms, data till 9.30pm (excluding postal ballots) showed that the city logged a sharp jump from 60% in 2021 and 61.2% in 2016. But in absolute terms, only 23.7 lakh votes were polled…
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Global oil prices rose on Friday amid renewed fears of escalation in the Middle East after Iran released footage showing commandos boarding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of heightened military activity in Tehran.Brent crude futures rose $1.23, or 1.17%, to $106.3 per barrel by early trading, while West Texas Intermediate…
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following high-level talks at the White House involving senior officials from both countries.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the meeting in the Oval Office with representatives from Israel and Lebanon “went very well”…
Meta is laying off 10% of its workforce. As reported earlier this month by news agency Reuters, the Mark Zuckerberg headed company plans to reduce its workforce by 10%, or roughly 8,000 employees, in May. The company announced the layoffs in a memo written by chief people officer Janelle Gale to employees saying that the…
A US Special Forces soldier has been charged with exploiting classified intelligence from a covert mission that led to the of capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. He allegedly used the sensitive information to pocket more than $400,000 through bets on an online prediction market, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.According to authorities, Gannon Ken Van Dyke,…
At least one person was killed and five others were injured after gunfire erupted inside the food court of Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Friday, authorities said, according to AP.Police said the shooting stemmed from a confrontation between two groups and was not a random attack. Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse told…
Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry’s computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the government said Thursday, the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country.The cyberattack is a major blow to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis in 2022…