Two climate activists were Monday spared jail by a UK court after they sprayed two planes with orange paint to protest US pop star Taylor Swift‘s use of private jets.Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole Macdonald, 23, attempted to target Swift’s flight with spray paint in June 2024 when the singer,…
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has brought her Returning Education to the States tour to Arkansas, the second stop in a cross-country initiative aimed at spotlighting how states are reshaping K-12 learning when given more autonomy.The 50-state tour, launched in Louisiana earlier this month, is central to the Trump administration’s push to decentralize education…
Food delivery giant Zomato has joined hands with HDFC Pension to introduce the ‘NPS Platform Workers Model’, a retirement savings scheme for the platform’s delivery partners. The initiative was launched by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a PFRDA event on October 1.According to Zomato, over 30,000 delivery partners have already received their PRANs (Permanent Retirement…
An Indian-origin businessman, Paramjit Singh, who has been a green card holder in America for over 30 years, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than a month. Singh, who has been doing business in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for three decades, was detained at Chicago O’Hare Airport in July while…
New claims emerged in the Delhi High Court regarding the inheritance of Sunjay Kapur. Karisma Kapoor’s children are questioning the validity of their father’s will. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani highlighted inconsistencies, including the use of feminine pronouns for Sunjay Kapur. The court also heard arguments about the will’s origin and alleged control over the estate….
The Republican Party’s Ohio gubernatorial candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, drew attention to America’s education crisis this week, citing troubling statistics on student performance. “75% of 8th graders in America aren’t proficient in math, and the average student in China is four years ahead of the average US student. It’s time to get serious about fixing K-12…
US President Donald Trump has escalated his attack on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), urging Republicans to divert federal healthcare payments directly to Americans instead of insurance companies, as the ongoing government shutdown marks its longest stretch in US history.In a new post on Sunday, Trump repeated his demand that Republicans stop sending what he…
AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old man was arrested by Sardarnagar police in Ahmedabad on Friday for allegedly stealing a 10kg silver bar worth Rs 16.58 lakh from an Air India silver shipment bound for Delhi on October 11. Following an internal probe, an Air India (AI) cargo operations supervisor lodged an FIR with the Airport police on…
Lucknow: Making education more experiential, skill-driven and future-oriented to promote culture of ‘learning by doing’ (LBD), state govt has developed a comprehensive action plan to adopt the model across 3,288 selected state-run schools and DIET institutions in UP.From Nov 3, basic education department will conduct three-day skill-based train-the-trainer programme for 1,888 teachers at Deen Dayal…
A chilling timeline of the i20 car that exploded near Red Fort reveals its journey from Faridabad, with the driver, Mohammed Umar, strategically waiting in a crowded Delhi area NEW DELHI: The i20 car that exploded at 6.52pm on Monday near Red Fort was spotted moving along the inner circle of Connaught Place at around…
