Amravati auto-driver wins hearts with fluent English and big dreams

Spread the love       Auto driver (@kon_bhushan1222) ‘If you know English, you can go to London, Paris, America’. These are the words going viral on social media these days. Also a perfect example of the fact that sometimes, the most memorable lessons come from the most unexpected people. A video from 2024 has resurfaced showing an auto-rickshaw driver from Amravati, Maharashtra,...

How a heated argument turned fatal for Kolkata techie; partner, her mom arrested

Spread the love       The deceased, Sarthak Sarkar, a resident of Barasat, and had been living in the rented flat at Fartabad with his girlfriend and live-in partner. KOLKATA: A late-night argument inside a rented flat in Kolkata ended in bloodshed, leaving a 25-year-old software engineer dead and two women, including his live-in partner, behind bars.The incident took place at Fartabad...

‘Immigration policy too tough’: 5 key takeaways from Trump’s 60 minutes interview

Spread the love       US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran contributed to the Republican Party’s losses in the midterm elections, while conceding that his administration’s deportation drive may have been too harsh and expressing willingness to work with Democrats on immigration reform.In an interview with CBS News on Friday, with...

Arshdeep, Gurnoor Brar, Auqib Nabi to stay back for India’s Test preparations

Spread the love       Indian players celebrate the wicket of New Zealand’s Tom Latham. India pacers Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi will remain with the team for preparations ahead of the Test series against New Zealand, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed on Saturday.The three pacers will stay back after the ODI series as the team begins its preparations for...

‘Pregnancy is not a disease’: Bengaluru mom applies lipstick during labour

Spread the love       A few contractions, a lipstick in hand and a woman choosing to experience one of the most intense moments of her life on her own terms. For Myra Sharma, a Bengaluru and Patna-based engineer and content creator, applying lipstick while in labour was not about looking glamorous or pretending that childbirth was easy. It was simply her...

Delhi’s air quality slips into ‘severe’ category on Diwali, AQI at 404

Spread the love       Image Credit: Tarun Rawat/TOI NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further on Monday morning, with parts of the national capital slipping into the ‘severe’ category as a thick blanket of smog reduced visibility across several areas.Data shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed that the air quality monitoring station at ITO recorded an Air Quality...

For the first time since 2017, Sensex and Nifty end Muhurat trading in the red

Spread the love       MUMBAI: For the second time in 10 years, sensex and Nifty both closed lower during the special hour-long trading session on Diwali which marked the start of Samvat year 2083, one of the Hindu calendars which is followed by the Gujarati trading community who dominate the city’s share market.In Sunday’s low-volatility, low-volume trading session, sensex opened higher...

5,000-year-old underwater peat reefs off Mozambique teem with marine life

Spread the love       Image Credit: Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) Ocean Observatory Sometimes, drowning can give someone (or something) a new lease on life. This is a 5000 year old story of a drowned forest off Mozambique, which have now become living reefs.Off the coast of Mozambique, beneath the shallow waters near Bazaruto, scientists have found the remains of...

In Noel’s crosshairs, Chandra and Mehli reconnect at Tata HQ

Spread the love       File photo: Noel Tata and N Chandrasekaran MUMBAI: Fresh from Italy, where Tata Motors announced the acquisition of commercial vehicle maker Iveco, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran invited Mehli Mistry, the late Ratan Tata’s confidant and a trustee of the Tata Education and Development Trust, to Bombay House on Thursday.Coming just days after the two were seen...

Reds gone, but ‘dimagi Naxals’ still instigating people: PM Modi

Spread the love       RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat had disappeared, alleging that what he called ‘Dimagi Naxals’ had infiltrated political parties and organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution and democracyContinuing his long-standing tradition of celebrating Diwali with security forces, this time at Karanpur...

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