File photo: Ships in Hormuz NEW DELHI: India’s maritime regulator, Directorate General of Shipping, has directed shipowners, ship managers and recruitment and placement service (RPS) agencies to avoid deploying Indian seafarers on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz until further orders, reports Dipak Dash.The regulator issued the advisory Wednesday night after recent incidents involving attacks…
Clavicular pushes back after AOC warns of ‘rabbit holes’ tied to growing looksmaxxing culture (Image via Getty) Looksmaxxing streamer Clavicular has responded after U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, shared concerns about the growing looksmaxxing trend and its impact on young men. The exchange started after AOC was asked about Clavicular and the…
NEW DELHI: In an important clarification to its two-year-old judgement against ‘bulldozer justice’, Supreme Court said its ruling does not bar use of bulldozers to remove rampant illegal constructions and encroachments on public land following compliance with the procedure laid down in municipal laws.Refusing to adjudicate individual contempt petitions alleging demolition of houses, mosques and…
Syed Sohail Uddin survived the attack but suffered more than 15 stab wounds and remains hospitalised as he undergoes treatment for severe injuries. WASHINGTON: An Indian man was allegedly stabbed 15 times inside a shopping mall near Salt Lake City in the US state of Utah because of his religion, media reports said. Syed Sohailuddin,…
For decades, the coelacanth existed in scientific literature as a creature of the distant past. Fossils showed that members of this ancient fish lineage had lived alongside dinosaurs and vanished from the fossil record around 66 million years ago. The assumption seemed straightforward: they were gone.Then, in December 1938, a fishing trawler operating off the…
MIAMI: The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published on July 20.The policy was implemented in Feb 2020…
NEW DELHI: Justice can serve little purpose if not delivered timely – a truth underscored by a 1977 murder case.Though Supreme Court acquitted a person in the case – drawing curtains on a long drawn-out battle and marking a moment of triumph for the citizen who had all along denied committing the crime he was…
Srini Pallia, CEO & MD, Wipro Bengaluru: Wipro struck a cautious note on near-term demand after reporting a modest June-quarter performance compared with its larger peers, saying clients continue to prioritise AI investments while remaining selective on discretionary spending.For the quarter ended June, Wipro’s IT services revenue stood at $2.6 billion, down 1.4% sequentially but…
Fugitive in Ziaur Rahman assassination case arrested by Bangladesh detectives DHAKA: Former Bangladesh army Major Muzaffar Hossain – allegedly one of the masterminds and assassins of PM Tarique Rahman’s father and former President Ziaur Rahman – has been arrested after being at large for 45 years.The arrest of Hossain – identified in historical records and…
Uber agreed on Thursday to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition from US and European rivals.The acquisition advances the US ride-hailing firm’s efforts to build a global food-delivery business that can better compete with Just Eat, owned…