A 14-year-old Florida student was arrested last week after school employees found a “kill list” on the teen’s phone, authorities said. Faculty members at West Gate K-8 School in Port St. Lucie notified deputies of the chilling list last Tuesday. The student was charged with eight felony counts of written threats to kill, according to…Continue Reading
The Karnataka High Court ruled on Tuesday that because hijab is not an essential religious practice, students cannot object to reasonable uniform restrictions. Several petitions contesting the ban on hijab in educational institutions were also dismissed by the Karnataka High Court. Prohibitory orders were previously issued in Udipi, Shivamogga, and Kalburagi, among other districts in…Continue Reading
The Gujarat government on Monday informed the state Assembly that a little less than 300 lions, lionesses and cubs have died in the last two years of natural and unnatural causes in and around the Gir sanctuary. Replying to questions of various Congress MLAs, Minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Kiritsinh Rana, informed the…Continue Reading
Mother Teresa’s former secretary has been named the new head of the Indian charity founded by the Catholic saint, officials said Monday, months after the organisation’s funding came under government scrutiny. Sister Joseph Michael is the third person to helm the Missionaries of Charity since the 1997 death of the revered nun and Nobel Peace Prize…Continue Reading
Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran has been appointed as Air India Chairman, a group spokesperson said. The development comes as the Tata Group scouts for a new Air India CEO-MD. Earlier this month, ex-Turkish Airlines head Mehmet Ilker Ayci, who was named as the new Air India CEO-MD, declined the position. No reason was given…Continue Reading
Share price of Paytm`s parent company, One 97 Communications Ltd, slumped by around 13 per cent to hit an all-time low on Monday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred Paytm Payments Bank from onboarding new customers. At the BSE, One 97 Communications Ltd share closed 12.84 per cent down at Rs 675.35. The…Continue Reading
China risks paying “high reputational costs” should it decide to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to one political analyst.Even if China wanted to bail out Russia — either financially or economically — its capacity to do so is very limited, said Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S.”Much of…Continue Reading
SINGAPORE — Shares in China lagged among Asia-Pacific markets on Tuesday, with the release of much better-than-expected Chinese economic data offering little respite.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 6.35% in afternoon trade. That came after the benchmark index closed at its lowest since March 2016 on Monday.Chinese tech stocks in Hong Kong were volatile in…Continue Reading
U.S. stock futures struggled for direction early Tuesday morning as investors continue to monitor developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and await a key Federal Reserve policy decision.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were flat. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.15% and 0.34%, respectively.During regular trading on Monday, the S&P 500 declined 0.7%, while the…Continue Reading
China’s nascent digital yuan is set to challenge the dollar’s domination of international trade settlements in the next decade, according to Richard Turrin, author of “Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution.””Remember, China is the largest trading country and you’re going to see digital yuan slowly supplant the dollar when buying things from China,” Turrin told CNBC’s…Continue Reading
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