Category: Events

Just days after Michael Dell briefly climbed to the position of the world’s second-richest man, the Dell Technologies founder is making headlines again — this time in real estate. Dell has put his 4,100-square-foot Boston penthouse on the market, a property he purchased a decade ago for $10.9 million. Located in Boston’s Millennium Tower, the...

Sangrur youth consumes poison outside DC office, alleges harassment over drug video. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sachin Pilot tore into CM Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government after a person “consumed poisonous substance” over harassement he allegedly faced for speaking against durg menace in the poll-bound state.Highlighting the incident, which would possibly compound the crisis for the...

IIT-Bombay hostels to get wall-mounted fans NEW DELHI: IIT Bombay is planning to replace ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans in its student hostels, with sources saying the move had been under consideration for the past two months and was recently finalised. Students also claimed that the first batch of wall-mounted fans had arrived on campus.The...

The proposed $24.3 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia is under careful examination The Trump administration’s approval of a potential $24.3 billion sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has put a long-pursued defence deal on a new track.The proposed package includes 48 F-35 aircraft and 49 engines, but the...

Bill Gates said his children will inherit ‘less than 1%’ of his wealth; ex-wife Melinda Gates is making sure of it, reveals why she didn’t fund daughter’s startup Bill Gates has said his children will inherit less than 1% of his wealth when he dies, and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates appears to be following...

Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have remained strained over militant activity along border. (AP photo/ File) At least three people were killed and several others injured in a Pakistani airstrike targeting Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunar province, Tolo News reported on Monday, citing a provincial official.The military strike is supposedly in retaliation for suicide bombing at a...

Protests in Pakistan (Representative image) Pakistan’s government has put heavy restrictions on protestors warning them that those seeking to march towards Islamabad with the government warning that disruptions could cost the economy around $400 million a day as separate marches by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) put pressure on the capital.Pakistan’s information...

Annamalai questions Vijay’s UK investment trip NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president criticised chief minister and TVK leader C Joseph Vijay’s recent visit to London to attract investments, arguing that the state government should instead focus on encouraging local industries to expand and invest.“Chief Minister Mr. Vijay has returned from London after attracting investments....

Praggnanandhaa outwits Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: When it was finally revealed that Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa would play Board 1, meaning he would face the toughest oppositions — like his oppoennet in Anish Giri in India’s match against the Netherlands on Sunday — at the 46th Chess Olympiad...

Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel as attacks on Middle East energy and shipping infrastructure deepen supply concerns. Oil prices fell on Monday as investors focused on signs of a recovery in Saudi Arabian crude shipments, even as attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis added to tensions in the Middle East and the US and...