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Earthquake in Nepal (Image source: ANI) India has announced grant assistance worth Nepali Rupees 560.2 million (approximately Rs 35.1 crore) for the construction of 14 schools in quake-hit regions of Nepal as part of its continued support for the country’s reconstruction and development efforts.Nepal continues to rebuild its public infrastructure more than a decade after…
China is the world’s largest e-commerce market and has been so for many years. One of the biggest players in China’s online shopping market is Chinese ecommerce giant JD.Com, also known as ‘China’s Amazon’. As AI layoffs sweep companies and countries, the founder of JD.com has made a pledge to the company’s 900,000 employees. JD.com…
MUMBAI: You probably do not care much about your inactive accounts on online platforms such as Amazon or Flipkart. But do you know that your dormant e-commerce accounts are being targeted by fraudsters?Unlike financial transactions which usually leave a trail and are notified to users through mobile alerts or messages, suspicious transactions made through e-commerce…
Oil prices fell slightly on Friday after reports of a potential extension of a US-Iran ceasefire amid the ongoing Middle East conflict that has stretched beyond three months.Prices of Brent crude fell 0.37% to $93.36 a barrel, while US oil futures slipped 0.71% to $88.27 a barrel, as traders reacted to shifting signals around a…
TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: Arun Singh Dhumal, chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council, is among the few BCCI administrators who have consistently spoken aggressively about the world’s richest cricket league and its media rights growth.In an exclusive chat with TimesofIndia.com, Dhumal explained the value the IPL has created over the last 18 years…
“Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen/Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.”Every time Class 12 student Tashvi Berry opened her English literature book to study American poet Adrienne Rich’s 12-line metaphor-drenched rage against patriarchy, these famous opening lines made absolutely no sense.For the 17-year-old with learning disabilities, who had the poem for her…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains mention of death.Actor-cum-cinema reviewer Satyendra has died owing to some medical complications, sending shock waves through the Tamil film industry and YouTube community. Reports say he had been suffering from health issues for the past few days and breathed his last today at the Royapettah Government Hospital in Chennai. The…
Stephen King is one of the most famous and successful authors in modern literature. Best known for his gripping horror, suspense, and psychological thriller novels, King has written numerous bestselling books including It, The Shining, Carrie, and Misery. Born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, he developed an interest in storytelling from a very young age….
AHMEDABAD: A 22-year-old student from Gujarat was allegedly stabbed to death in Canada’s Niagara region near the US border, leaving her family in Anand district devastated.The deceased was identified as Vidhi Kalpeshbhai Megha, a native of Borsad town in Anand district.Vidhi had been living in Canada for the last four years for higher studies. Along…
New Delhi: About 30 minutes after examinations had begun on Thursday—a Bakrid holiday — Delhi University announced that all undergraduate and postgraduate students who could not appear due to the festival would be allowed to take the examination after July 4. The decision came even as over one lakh students went ahead with their papers…
