Bengaluru: The recent allocation of a Vande Bharat train to Ernakulam was a relief for passengers travelling to Kerala and Tamil Nadu. However, many are now demanding that the Railways add more coaches to the train. With the end-of-year vacations approaching, this crucial service continues to show huge waiting list numbers.According to data from South…
A new era of premium visas: Trump introduces the ‘Gold Card’ to help companies secure global talent. When President Donald Trump’s administration officially launched the “Trump Gold Card” visa programme on Wednesday, it was presented as a high-priced shortcut to US residency — a fast lane, at a steep cost, for non-US citizens seeking expedited…
Marshmallow root has been around for so long in traditional medicine that most people have heard of it without quite knowing what it actually does. The thick, soft gel that comes from the root has always been linked with soothing irritated areas of the body, especially the throat and the digestive system. People use it…
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should at least apologise to the people for the nightclub fire at Arpora which claimed 25 lives last week.Speaking at a public meeting in South Goa, the AAP leader alleged that the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub did not have requisite…
Jemima Khan, the ex-wife of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, has made a public plea to Elon Musk over her ex-husband’s alleged treatment in prison. Posting on X, she described how her two sons have not been allowed to see or speak to their father during his 22 months of solitary confinement.In her…
Avocados confuse almost everyone. They stay firm for too long, then turn soft and unusable at the worst moment. Many kitchens deal with the same problem and end up wasting fruit that spoils far earlier than expected. With avocado prices rising and the fruit becoming a weekly essential, learning how to keep avocados fresh has…
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian neighbours locked in a long-running territorial dispute, had agreed to halt all hostilities with immediate effect.Trump said he had a “good conversation” with the prime ministers of both nations about their “long-running war”, after which…
NEW DELHI: Veteran leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at his own party’s government in Karnataka after home minsiter G Parameshwara’s called for demolition of structures constructed using money from drug peddling in the state.In a social media post on X, Chidambaram said that Congress is against “bulldozer justice” and asked the Karnataka government…
Girls in rural India taught chess for free (Photo Credit: Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: The queen was not always the strongest piece in chess. From the inception of “Chaturanga” in India in the 6th century, and through its long journey across the Middle East before reaching Europe in the 15th century, the piece we now…
Pakistan on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global crypto exchange Binance to explore tokenisation of sovereign and real-world assets of up to $2 billion, marking one of the country’s most significant steps toward adopting blockchain-based financial infrastructure, PTI reported.The MoU was signed at the Finance Division by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and…
