According to sources, top Home Ministry and Punjab police officials decided to act against Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh after he led the violent February 24 attack on a police station in Ajnala, on the outskirts of Amritsar. Amritpal and his supporters, some armed with swords and guns, stormed into the Ajnala police station, using the […]
At least two people have died as a result of the ongoing storms inundating California, and nearly 10,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as severe flooding threatens several coastal counties, according to officials. The powerful storms dumped heavy rain across the state’s central and northern regions, prompting the Weather Prediction Center to issue a […]
As uncertainty about the global economy hits the technology sector particularly hard, Facebook parent Meta is laying off another 10,000 workers, roughly the same number as the social media company announced late last year in its first round of layoffs. In November, the company announced 11,000 job cuts, accounting for roughly 13% of its workforce […]
Russia may be bogged down in its ruthless assault on Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is sweeping the Republican presidential primary. Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it clear that if they win the nomination, Ukraine’s lifeline of US weapons and ammunition would be jeopardized, and the war could end […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted on winning the battle for Bakhmut in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, as questions remained about whether Ukraine should devote more manpower and resources to defending the besieged city. “As always, today I was in touch with our commanders, with intelligence [officers]. “It is very difficult — very painful — in the […]
The Oscars are one of the world’s most prestigious awards, and the hit Indian film ‘RRR’ is up for its first Academy Award. The film’s song ‘Nattu Nattu’ recently won the Critics Choice Award as well as the Golden Globe Award, and it is now nominated for an Academy Award. ‘Naatu Naatu,’ the irrepressible, fun […]
While the Wagner Group of Russia holds the majority of the eastern portion, Ukraine exerts control in the west of the now-ruinous and virtually uninhabited Bakhmut. Russian forces are reportedly conducting more military operations in the Donetsk region, which together with the neighboring Luhansk province makes up Donbas, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. […]
The government announced on Friday that two deaths in India had been linked to the influenza A subtype H3N2 virus, one each in the states of Karnataka and Haryana. It further mentioned that this virus has been reported in about 90 cases nationwide. Just a few days prior, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) […]
Authorities were forced to ban mining and tourism on the slopes of Indonesia’s most active volcano after Mount Merapi erupted on Saturday with avalanches of blistering gas clouds and lava. Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted, forcing officials to halt mining and tourism operations on the volcano’s slopes and pouring smoke and ash that covered towns […]
“Trying to foresee the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night without lights, while gazing out the back window,” the late management guru Peter Drucker once quipped. Change is occurring so quickly when it comes to predicting new technological trends that the back window might as well be fogged up. […]