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Beauty therapist Chantelle Van Vliet wins £32,237 after tribunal finds discrimination over menopause symptoms. For Chantelle Van Vliet, asking for a little flexibility at work became the beginning of a painful legal battle. The 48-year-old beauty therapist had spent more than two decades building a career in the aesthetics industry, working at prestigious spas around...

A Hindu businessman and four members of his family have been missing from Bangladesh’s Chandpur district since August 20, with police investigating reports that he had received threats, according to local media reports.Pintu Das, who runs a shop and is also involved in lending money against gold jewellery, went missing along with his wife, two...

Mamdani says he opposes RSS event at Madison Square Garden but can’t cancel it, sparking backlash from BJP leaders and debate among NRIs WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has stirred up a row among sections of the diaspora – and between Indian political parties – by declaring that he does not support...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded in the region early Wednesday The deadly flash floods that tore through Nepal’s Himalayan border region on Wednesday may have been triggered by a massive chunk of glacier breaking away high in the mountains and crashing into a river valley below. An initial analysis by geologists and glaciologists cited...

Nepal’s geography makes the country particularly exposed to floods and landslides Nepal is once again confronting the destructive force of nature, with flash floods sweeping through communities along the Bhote Koshi and other rivers, killing dozens and leaving hundreds missing. The disaster has devastated settlements, roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure in northern Nepal, while a...

BJP MP Bhojraj Nag RAIPUR: “The weather was bad, raining heavily and I got the information that CM would be on visit but I prayed to Mahadev and cut a lemon and I stopped the rain,” said Kanker BJP MP Bhojraj Nag, who has repeatedly invoked lemons, jhaad-phoonk and “ghost-removal” in public remarks, has triggered...

Agra: Six years after the brutal gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman at Boolgarhi village in UP’s Hathras district triggered nationwide outrage, her family says round-the-clock security has effectively turned their lives into an unending “house arrest”.“There has been no social life over these years. No one has visited us, and no one...

D Gukesh (PTI Photo) World chess champion D Gukesh found an amusing way to deal with an online troll after a playful exchange on social media took an unexpected turn.On Wednesday, the Indian grandmaster, who has faced increased scrutiny following a difficult run of results in recent times, shared a screenshot of the conversation on...

Sugar should become expensive, people over 40 should avoid it: MP minister Vijayvargiya NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh minister and BJP MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said sugar should become expensive and advised people above 40 to avoid consuming it, as opposition parties stepped up criticism over rising sugar prices ahead of the festive season.Speaking to...

Gold is currently trading at around $4,600. A tenfold increase from that level would put the price at roughly $46,000 an ounce. (Image source: Adobe stock) Will gold prices hit $50,000 per ounce in the coming years? Thomas Kaplan, the chairman of Electrum, and a billionaire has predicted that the yellow metal may rise as...