- Friday, May 02, 2025
A STRIKE by workers at Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi has caused flight delays and cancellations for incoming and outgoing passengers, Kenya Airways said on Wednesday. The biggest union of Kenya's aviation workers said they would take industrial action over a proposed deal for India's Adani Group to lease…
AGITATING junior doctors on Wednesday sent an email to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking an appointment to discuss the ongoing impasse arising out of the alleged rape and murder of an on-duty medic at a state-run hospital here last month. In their mail, the medics mentioned that they…
ACTOR-MODEL Malaika Arora's stepfather Anil Mehta allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a building in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, a police official said. Mehta allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of a building in Bandra area at around 9 am, he said. A team of Bandra police rushed to the…
LEADER of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has alleged that democracy in India for the last 10 years was broken, but now it is fighting back. Rahul Gandhi made these remarks on Tuesday while talking to reporters at a news conference here at the National Press Club. “I can say to…
TAYLOR SWIFT, a self-declared "childless cat lady," has endorsed Kamala Harris for president of the United States. The global megastar broke her silence on the current state of US politics Tuesday, voicing support for Harris over Donald Trump for the White House, and calling the Democratic candidate a "steady-handed, gifted…
KAMALA HARRIS went on the offensive against Donald Trump in a fiery televised debate Tuesday, getting under her rival's skin as they battled for a breakthrough in an agonisingly close election. In a performance that earned her the endorsement of pop superstar Taylor Swift, the Democrat clashed with the "extreme"…
INFOSYS co-founder N R Narayana Murthy has said that the onus of creating a good study environment at home rests with the parents. At a recent event to release Paul Hewitt’s book Conceptual Physics in Bengaluru, Murthy said that parents need to be good role models and should not think…
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury's condition is "critical" and he is on respiratory support at AIIMS in New Delhi, his party said on Tuesday. The 72-year-old Yechury is being treated for acute respiratory tract infection at the ICU in AIIMS, it said in a statement. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors…
AN Indian nurse who was sacked by a British care company won a significant payout on Monday (9) in a case that lawyers said could spur other migrant workers to pursue claims against unscrupulous bosses. Kirankumar Rathod is among more than 100,000 overseas workers who have arrived in Britain to…
THE RBI has imposed penalties totalling ₹29.1 million (£26,544.31) on Axis Bank and HDFC Bank for certain deficiencies in statutory and regulatory compliance. In a statement on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said a penalty of ₹19.1 million has been imposed on Axis Bank for contravention of certain…
