International

14 May

Indian fastfood ‘Golgappa’ makes its entry into White House

editorInternational

Ajay Jain Bhutoria community leader recently attended the AANHPI reception in the Rose Garden of the White House. Bhutoria expressed his excitement about Indian street food enteries into White House menu. India's most popular street food, golgappa which is loved by most of the Indians was served during the event. Earlier, only samosa had made its appearance internationally, now golgappa. Bhutoria expressed, "A lot of US administration officials, whether people from the State Department or the White House, have travelled to India many times. I'm sure the counterparts over there say that out of all the street foods, you need…

27 Apr

It could take over 14 years to clear debris in war-ravaged Gaza

Business CorrespondentInternational

A senior official with the UN Mine Action Service told on Friday (April 26) that there are around 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in the war-ravaged Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over and it could take over 14 years to get done. Pehr Lodhammar of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said that it was impossible to clearly state how much of the ammunition fired in Gaza remained live. Lodhammar, who has run mine programmes in countries such as Iraq, further noted that unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would increase the difficulty in the…

20 Apr

This morning Elon Musk said he has postponed his planned trip to India

Ashish MajumderInternational

Recently Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s visit to India has been postponed, reports said. He was scheduled to visit India on April 21 and 22 to meet PM Narendra Modi and announced Tesla’s plan to enter the Indian market. Musk was expected to announce investment of $2 billion-$3 billion. The new dates for his visit to India are yet to be announced. This is actually very important news as famous businessman and investor Elon Musk take interest in India and want to invest here. Actually Elon Musk is very famous personality and everyone knows about him for his great work. Right…

29 Jan

Bernard Arnault overtakes Elon Musk as World’s richest

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, InternationalBusiness

Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) chairman and CEO Bernard Arnold has overtaken Elon Musk to become the world's richest man. According to Forbes, the French billionaire and his family's net worth increased by $23.6 billion to $207.6 billion. On Friday, Mr. Arnault's net worth exceeded the Tesla CEO's $204.7 billion net worth, which fell 13 percent with Mr. Musk losing more than $18 billion, the report added. The two billionaires have been engaged in a tug-of-war of wealth since 2022, with Mr Arnault said to have taken the top spot later that year. The report revealed that the market capitalization…

29 Dec

PM Narendra Modi Accepts Invitation To Inaugurate BAPS Hindu Mandir In Abu Dhabi

Business CorrespondentInternational

PM Modi will inaugurate the first traditional Hindu stone mandir in the Middle East. The inauguration ceremony of BAPS Hindu Temple is scheduled for February 14, 2024 in Abu Dhabi. The BAPS on Thursday, December 28, released a statement and said PM Narendra Modi has accepted invitation after a delegation of the temple visited him at his official resident on Thursday evening. This will be UAE's first traditional hand-carved Hindu Temple and is located in Abu Dhabi's Abu Mureikha area. The construction of the temple began in 2019 and it will open to the public on February 18, 2024. The…

17 Oct

Sherika De Armas, Miss World 2015 contestant, dies at 26

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, International

Former Miss World contestant Sherica de Armas, who represented Uruguay in the Miss World pageant in 2015, died on October 13 at the age of 26 after a battle with cervical cancer, the New York Post reported. Mrs. De Armas underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Her death sent shock waves through Uruguay and around the world."Fly high, little sister. Always and forever," her brother Mayk De Armas said on social media. Carla Romero, Miss Universe Uruguay 2022, lamented that Ms De Armas was "too evolved for this world. One of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life."…

08 Sep

Japan launches rocket carrying moon lander SLIM

Priyanka BhowmickInternational, internationalInternational, Japan

Japan on Thursday (September 7) launched a rocket that plans to become the country's first successful moon lander, as seen in live footage shared by the country's space agency. The H2-A rocket, carrying the precision "Moon Sniper" lander, blasted off at 8:42 a.m. (2342 GMT Wednesday) and is expected to land on the lunar surface in four to six months The rocket was launched from Tanegashima in southern Japan after being postponed three times due to bad weather and gathering nearly 35,000 online viewers. The rocket is also carrying a research satellite developed by NASA, the European Space Agency and…

19 Aug

Elon Musk will no longer allow users to block accounts on X

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, InternationalBusiness, International

Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced that the platform will remove the blocking feature for its users, saying it "doesn't make sense." However, users will still have the ability to block others from sending direct messages. Musk's move is just one of many changes since the site was acquired in a $44 billion deal last year. Currently, when a user blocks an account, it prevents that account's posts from appearing in the blocker's timeline, and vice versa. In addition, a blocked account loses the ability to send messages to the blocker and view their…

04 Aug

Japan asks X to take down fake account

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, InternationalBusiness, india

Japan's Finance Ministry (MOF) on Thursday warned of a fake account for its top currency diplomat Masato Kanda on Social Media X, formerly known as Twitter, as markets fear currency interference within a month low of the yen. In a rare English-language post on X, the ministry said "Please do not follow impersonated accounts and/or comment on posts", saying such an X account did not allegedly belong to Kanda or his staff. "The MOF is currently requesting that X (formerly Twitter) suspend the impersonated account. Thank you for your cooperation", it said on its official account. The account, named "Masato…

24 Jun

Singapore’s Grab slashes 1,000 jobs in biggest round of job cuts since pandemic

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, InternationalBusiness, Entertainment

Singapore's ride-hailing company Grab is cutting about 1,000 jobs, or about 11 percent of its workforce. This is the biggest round of job layoffs by the Southeast Asian tech giant since the pandemic, when it laid off about 360 employees in 2020. Grab CEO Anthony Tan said the layoffs were not a "shortcut to profits" but part of a fundamental shift in the company's operating model and cost structure. He described the decision to lay off around 1,000 employees as a 'painful but necessary step'. In a letter to Grab staff, Tan wrote, “I want to be clear that we…