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The plateau does not look special at first. Dry ground. Pale rock. Wind moving through long grass. It is the kind of place people pass without slowing down. Yet beneath this quiet surface, something old has been waiting. In central Bolivia, inside Torotoro National Park, stone slabs carry the marks of movement from a vanished…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police are preparing to appeal against the Delhi high court’s judgment quashing EOW’s case against news portal NewsClick and its promoter Prabir Purkayastha.EOW’s case was the basis for ED’s probe into money laundering allegations against the portal. While quashing the FIR, Justice Neena…
Indian-origin scholar Soumitra Shukla came under anti-Indian racist attacks on social media. American economist and social scientist Steven Durlauf stood up for Indian-origin scholar Soumita Shukla against anti-India hatred on social media. Soumitra Shukla, a research fellow at Harvard Business School’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, made an observation on the increasing hatred targeting Indians on X…
Reports suggest that Shraddha Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Shivangi Kapoor and Siddhanth Kapoor all live separately in different homes after the pandemic changed things for the family. Shraddha, meanwhile, is busy with her upcoming biopic ‘Eetha’, hitting theatres on August 28. Shraddha Kapoor is putting in extra effort for her upcoming biopic ‘Eetha’, which is based…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains mentions of death.Nedra Talley Ross was a famed singer and celebrity, also known as the last surviving member of the group, The Ronettes. As per the latest reports, the musician recently left for her heavenly abode at the age of 80.According to a social media post by her daughter, Nedra…
NEW DELHI: Vedanta Power on Monday said it has completed disbursement of compensation to the families of those killed and injured in a boiler-related incident at its power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district earlier this month.In a statement, company said it has provided financial assistance of Rs 35 lakh each to families of the deceased,…
Iran is planning to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz with new transit fees to regulate ship movement through the route. However, the country has ruled out charging any “traditional fees” on ships passing through it.Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for Iran’s National Security Committee told Al Jazeera that a law is being drafted to…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state has ushered in a new era of women’s empowerment. Addressing a programme marking the first anniversary of UCC implementation, celebrated as ‘UCC Day’, Dhami said that discrimination, inequality, and injustice prevailed in society due to…
At the Nasscom Technology & Leadership Forum (NTLF) last month, we organised a panel discussion titled ‘India GCCs as the second headquarters of global enterprises’. The first time many of us heard the term ₹second headquarters’ in the context of global enterprises was in 2007, when then CEO of Cisco, John Chambers, sent his senior-most…
Image credits: Instagram/thebetterindia Most people wait for the perfect opportunity to make a difference. They wait for funding, resources, or support. But Uttam Teron decided to start with what he had: a small cowshed, ₹800 in his pocket, and a determination to ensure that children in his community had access to education. More than two…
