An Uber spokesperson said Prabhjeet Singh is leaving the company to pursue another leadership opportunity. Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh has stepped down after more than a decade with the ride-hailing company, the company confirmed on Thursday, PTI reported.An Uber spokesperson said Singh is leaving the company to pursue another leadership opportunity.“We…
Paris recorded a June high of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Health authorities across Europe remained on high alert Friday as an unprecedented heatwave continued to sweep across the continent, forcing governments to introduce emergency measures ranging from alcohol restrictions and event cancellations to transport advisories.Scientists described the spell of extreme weather, which began on…
Siya Goyal (left, face covered) and her alleged boyfriend Chetan Chaudhary are in police custody in connection with the death of 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal. PUNE: Claiming that the police are yet to establish any direct evidence against his client, lawyer Ashutosh Srivastava on Wednesday said there was no eyewitness or independent witness to prove that…
Birthday boy Shivam Dube celebrates with Prasidh Krishna after taking a wicket. (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Shivam Dube turned 33 in style on Friday, marking his birthday with a rare and memorable achievement during India’s first T20I against Ireland in Belfast — becoming only the fourth Indian bowler to take a T20I wicket on…
Brajesh Pathak said that the Samajwadi Party and Congress are indulging in politics of appeasement and attacking Sanatan culture to attract Muslim voters. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday played down the ongoing controversy over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, claiming that no one…
UK-based comedian of Indian-origin Hardeep Singh Kohli is accused of 20 charges, including multiple counts of rape and sexual offences involving five women, and is to face trial after pleading not guilty. Kohli, 57, entered his pleas through his legal team during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow. The trial is scheduled to…
Small plane slams into Beijing landmark CITIC tower A car-sized aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, the 108-storey CITIC Tower, on Friday, according to two bystanders cited by Reuters.Police sealed off roads around the building, also known as China Zun, and prevented passersby from filming the scene.The CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, is…
Indian woman Amitoj Kaur was the sole casualty of the fire that caught her apartment in Nova Scotia, Canada, earlier this month 24-year-old Amitoj Kaur was identified as one of the victims of the tragic fire that caught a residential building in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, earlier this month. Kaur came to Canada to study and…
Among the biggest drags was Micron Technology, whose shares fell 5.5%. The memory-chip maker has been one of Wall Street’s biggest winners this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling as AI-driven demand boosted sales. Wall Street slipped on Friday as another sharp selloff in artificial intelligence (AI)-linked stocks outweighed gains across much of the broader…
Residents in Dubai received an incoming missile alert on Friday, only to be told shortly afterward to “disregard” the warning.The brief text message from the UAE’s Interior Ministry, sent shortly after 5.15 pm local time, was the first such alert issued during the Iran war.The warning appeared to have been sent in error, though it…