India’s fledgling #MeToo movement claimed its highest-profile scalp to date on Wednesday as a government minister and veteran editor quit after at least 20 women accused him of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, who became junior foreign minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government after a glittering journalistic career, […]
LONDON/DUBAI : OPEC has urged its members not to mention oil prices when discussing policy in a break from the past, as the oil producing group seeks to avoid the risk of U.S. legal action for manipulating the market, sources close to OPEC said Proposed U.S. legislation known […]
Digitally-enhanced photos of political hopefuls, many of them running for the first time, are on display around Afghanistan Doctors, mullahs, sons of warlords, feminists and even a prison inmate are among a motley crew of candidates contesting war-torn Afghanistan’s October 20 legislative election. The more than 2,500 candidates […]
TORONTO : Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was […]
The overtly masculine image of amber liquid sloshing gently on rocks of ice as gentlemen hold their glasses and clouds of cigar smoke swirl around is changing rapidly with whisky brands tapping into a diverse customer base and experimenting with flavours as diverse as coffee and tea. […]
Cuttack, Oct 17 : The Millenium City of Cuttack has been decked up in precious metals as major Durga puja organizers here have opted for exquisite gold and silver filigree work for their pandals. This display of gold and silver embellishments at the pandals has been the “hallmark of […]
open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, met and felicitated the medal winners of the 2018 Asian Para Games. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister expressed happiness at receiving the medal winners. Appreciating their performance, he remarked that their mental strength was a key […]
open view web desk Asian stocks chalked modest gains at the open Tuesday as U.S. equity index futures advanced, with investors balancing the outlook for global growth and earnings against geopolitical flareups and technical weakness. Share indexes rose in Japan, Australia and South Korea, and futures ticked higher in China […]
CAPE CANAVERAL: One of NASA’s space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown. NASA said Monday that the Chandra X-ray Observatory came back online Friday. Chandra’s trouble occurred less than a week after the Hubble Space Telescope was sidelined. In both cases, the problem was in […]
PANAMA CITY : Joanne Garone Behnke has replayed every possible scenario in her mind a hundred times. Maybe her 79-year-old aunt sought shelter at the sturdy condo nearby that withstood Hurricane Michael’s devastating winds. Maybe she was rescued and is lying in a hospital bed somewhere. […]
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