The Eiffel Tower was unquestionably the focal point and the superstar of the recent Olympic Games in Paris. That is understandable, since Gustave Eiffel’s master piece has been the emblem of the city for a long time. However, the tower is also a symbol of the wealth and power of the bourgeoisie, the “capitalist class”, a patriciate whose exclusive ranks also happen to include the ladies and gentlemen of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). A soupcon of history may help us to understand the... Читать дальше...
Upcoming releases from Gamescom 2024: ‘Borderlands 4’, ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’, and more. Get all the details here.
Bajaj Housing Finance IPO: Bajaj Housing Finance shares are generating significant buzz in the unlisted market with a strong GMP ahead of its IPO. The company is launching its Rs 6,560 crore IPO on September 9, with the current GMP at Rs 55 against an offer price of Rs 70. This reflects a premium of nearly 80%, signaling high demand.
A near assassination, a couple of phone calls, and six weeks of secret talks, embarrassing missteps and private misgivings, led to the unlikely alliance.
Telia is planning to cut 3,000 jobs this year as part of a plan to simplify the business and cut costs, aiming to save around $250 million annually.
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) kidswear brand Plan B has raised an undisclosed amount from Jito Incubation and Innovation Foundation (JIIF), Ah Ventures and angel investors.
Ex-Volkswagen CEO denies charges in 'dieselgate' trial, Bavarian Ministry takes back 'racist' anti-Salafist video, Police investigate potential voter fraud in Saxony and more news on Wednesday.
In the last-half century, productivity has outpaced the growth of real compensation for the median worker by more than 40 percent. This means that if workers’ pay had kept pace with productivity, as it did in the three decades after World War II, it would be roughly 40 percent higher than it is today. This More
Читать дальше...French watchmaker Herbelin has partnered with India's leading premium watch retailer Helios from Titan Ltd for its entry into the Indian market.
It’s been a pretty rough last year or so for those in the reality-based community here in the United States. I’m sure we’ve had some mental health casualties; watching the international as well as the local play out in the fashion that it has—well, that hasn’t been exactly conducive for sanity. Even the very nature More
Читать дальше...(Telecompaper) Aussie Broadband has announced it is selling its remaining shares in competitor Superloop, equivalent to approximately 12 percent of that operator's...
Alex de Minaur is ultra-consistent but Thursday morning’s match against big-serving Brit Jack Draper is the best chance he’s ever had to take his game - and his career - to a whole new level.
PHUKET: A young Russian man has been found dead with severe injuries in a ditch at Karon beach, and police believe he was killed elsewhere and his body dumped there.
Changes would take the full state pension to around £12,000 in 2025/26, after the £900 increase in 2023
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the killing of a class 12 student after being 'mistaken' for a cattle smuggler was due to the encouragement given to the agenda of hate, and asked whether Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak up on the incident. The student, Aryan Mishra, was allegedly chased in a car and shot dead in Faridabad on August 23 by a group of five suspected cow vigilantes who claimed they mistook the boy for a cattle smuggler, police sources said on Tuesday. Читать дальше...
A total of 4,601 shares changed hands on the counter till 11:26AM (IST).
This marks RSTL’s entry into the green energy segment, diversifying its product portfolio beyond traditional steel tube manufacturing
Some conservatives think they’ve found a slick new way to keep straying African-American voters from returning to the Democratic fold: Attack the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes as a crackdown on African-American consumer “rights” and “freedom” – and an assault on Black “pride.” It sounds far-fetched – isn’t cigarette smoking a major public health More
Читать дальше...Border police officers subsequently examined the car and found that the driver had illegally entered Israel from the West Bank.
Border police officers subsequently examined the car and found that the driver was an illegal immigrant from the West Bank.
Habibti Tata, Much as I miss you, I’m glad that you did not live to see the latest catastrophe Palestinians are enduring. Still, I can’t help but wonder what you would have made of this latest Nakba. We discussed about many things over the years — your colorful life, wisdom you gleaned from it, insights into human More
Читать дальше...The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 430.12 points at 82125.32
In this talk, Alexander Vesely, grandson of the legendary psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, provides an illuminating exploration of his grandfather’s profound legacy. Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and founder of logotherapy, is best known for his seminal work, Man’s Search for Meaning. This influential book, born from Frankl’s harrowing experiences in Auschwitz, offers a powerful testament More
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During her acceptance speech in August at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris heaped praise on her mother. She spoke proudly of a childhood full of promise, forged by a single mother who taught her to dream big. As Harris paid homage to her mother, I thought of how Israel has done everything in More
Читать дальше...Rahul Gandhi meets Vinesh Phogat Bajrang Punia amid Haryana poll ticket buzz