Spread the love NEW DELHI: The company you keep may shape your life – and if it includes stressful or toxic people, it could even make you age faster.A new international study suggests that difficult or persistently stressful people in one’s social circle may quietly accelerate biological ageing and affect overall health.Researchers analysing social network data and biological samples from...
97% of employers say English proficiency key now: Report
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Nearly 97% of employers in India say English proficiency among employees is more important today than it was five years ago, while 87% believe the rapid adoption of AI is increasing the need for English skills at workplace, according to a global survey by ETS (Educational Testing Service), the organisationwhich is behind the TOEIC English...
US-Iran war clouds Paramount’s Warner Bros deal; Chinese tech giant may return
Spread the love FILE – The Warner Bros. water tower appears at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) It took over a month for Paramount Skydance to convince Warner Bros shareholders and management that it is offering a better deal than Netflix. However, it seems the US-Iran war may change all the equations. The ongoing may...
Can acid-attack survivors be given government jobs? SC to states
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Continuing with its humanitarian approach towards acid attack survivors, the SC on Monday asked the states and Union Territories to explain whether these physically disfigured people can be rehabilitated through preferential employment in govts and PSUs through a policy decision.Dealing with a PIL by acid attack survivor Shaheen Malik, a bench of CJI Surya Kant...
Do we have nothing except Bengal SIR to hear, asks SC
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Days after it criticised Bengal govt for frequently rushing to SC with ‘vague and irrelevant’ reasons to delay the ongoing SIR of the state’s poll rolls, petitions by persons complaining against deletion of their names from voter lists saw the court finding itself facing the same issue, leading an exasperated bench of CJI Surya Kant...
‘Without money, we will die here too’: Why war hasn’t stopped Indian workers heading to Middle East
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Even as tensions escalate across West Asia, queues outside visa application centres for Gulf countries in Delhi show little sign of slowing, with many workers saying economic compulsions leave them little choice but to travel to the restive region.Outside centres processing visas for UAE and Saudi Arabia on Monday, dozens of applicants were seen sitting...
Manchester-bound flight returns to Delhi after flying 13 hours; London-Mumbai diverted to Cairo
Spread the love NEW DELHI: A call sign confusion led to IndiGo’s flight to Manchester on Monday flying for over 13 hours and then returning to Delhi from over Africa.The reason: The aircraft operating was a wet-leased (hired with operating crew) Norse Atlantic Boeing 787 which had got the clearance. But being operated by IndiGo and the clearance being sought...
‘Can’t breathe… there is oil smoke inside homes, hospitals’: Iranians tell kin in India
Spread the love Iran’s capital Tehran and its surrounding areas have been witnessing thick black clouds hovering over it along with “toxic rain of oil” that is descending upon the city in the form of black droplets. This came about after Israeli forces struck the Shahran and Shahr-e-Rey oil depots in Tehran, late on Saturday. Soon after, Iranians living in...
Government working to ‘optimise’ gas supply as Gulf war hits LNG flow
Spread the love NEW DELHI: With nearly 40% of India’s LNG flow hit due to the West Asia conflict, govt is working on an “optimisation plan” for industries, including priority segments such as fertiliser. Those familiar with the discussions said the petroleum ministry could work out the arrangement as early as Tuesday, with a reduction in supply to fertiliser sector...
Teen Beaten To Death: Speech-impaired boy killed after cricket dispute; police hunt for accused
Spread the love In a tragic twist of fate, Kundan Kumar, a speech-impaired teenager in Bihar’s Vaishali district, lost his life over a cricket match misunderstanding PATNA: Even as the country was watching the epic class between India and New Zealand in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final on Sunday evening, a tragic incident unfolded in Vaishali district, where a...
