A strong heatwave embroils Europe leading France to ban alcohol consumption at certain events (Image source: Reuters) France has banned alcohol consumption at some events during the massive Fête de la Musique music festival as a punishing heatwave pushes temperatures towards record levels, with 35 departments placed under red heatwave alerts.Temperatures of 39°C to 40°C…
Indian expatriate Anas Abdul Latheef For Indian expatriate Anas Abdul Latheef, success in the UAE is not defined by business milestones or government contracts. Instead, it traces back to a phone call he made to his mother more than a decade ago.According to a report by Gulf News, Latheef still remembers borrowing Dh350 (around Rs…
The case was probed by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London (Representational image) A UK court has convicted a man of possessing and distributing Islamist terrorist material after he came under scrutiny from security agencies following a visit to Pakistan two years ago.Shuja Gibraeel Mohsin, 20, was found guilty on Friday after a two-week trial at…
Words once said can not be taken back. One should not let their mouth carry them where their foot can’t bring them back. It means do not say anything without thinking, out of rage, and regret later because you can’t take back those words. There is no easy way to say this: acting impulsively has…
Brazil suspects cyberattack for wrong emergency alert (Representative image) Brazil’s Civil Defense agency on Saturday said that a suspected cyberattack triggered a series of false warnings across the country overnight after which they temporarily suspended the mobile emergency alert system.The alerts, which were sent during the night between Friday and Saturday, caused widespread confusion and…
A Redditor asks whether Rs 28LPA in Bengaluru is better than $60K per year in the US. $60K per year is obviously more than Rs 28 LPA but salary conversion can be misleading and the dollar option may not be lucrative at all when the expenses of the US are taken into account. An F-1…
Indian man on Green Card EAD asks if he can go back to India with Rs 6 crore fund and no job. There is no unanimous opinion on the exact amount of money in your bank account that may allow you to take a career break. An Indian man in the US recently took to…
Indian man Chandan Tayal arrested for smuggling cocaine from the US to Canada. An Indian man was arrested with 60 kilos of cocaine at Port Huron in Michigan while he was on his way to cross the border to Canada. Driver Chandan Tayal was stopped by the CBP at the Blue Water Bridge and on…
What began as US President Donald Trump’s ambitious $14 million effort to beautify one of the nation’s most iconic landmarks ahead of America’s 250th birthday has rapidly transformed into a spectacle. TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the US capital was designed to mirror America’s greatness. Instead, it is currently redolent…
Old wounds are best left forgotten. A Swahili saying literally translates to ‘stop scratching the cockroach’s scars when translated to English but its deeper meaning teaches us an important lesson on moving on. Cockroaches symbolize survival and their scars are tales of struggles. There is no use in scratching those scars as there is no…