The Rajapakse regime’s amendments to the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act have nothing to do with concerns about human rights but are to ensure that its repressive measures can continue.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the U.N.'s atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian…
HONG KONG: Asian equities mostly edged up Wednesday as three days of painful losses gave way to a semblance of stability, though oil prices extended gains after the United States and Britain moved to ban imports of Russian crude.
The first The Building Intelligence Group and Keystone Trust’s School Leaver Scholarship in Construction Project Management has been awarded to Wellingtonian Henry McIntyre. Henry has just started a three-year Building Science degree at Victoria University, ...
As of 31-Dec-2021, promoters held 54.92 per cent stake in the company, while FIIs held 16.59 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 0.14 per cent.
Credit where it’s due for The Bachelor and its producers: Choosing to air Tuesday’s episode on International Women’s Day is the best gag this show has pulled in years.
Peacock announced Tuesday that "Parks and Recreation" star Nick Offerman will round out the lead cast opposite William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti in its upcoming mystery-comedy "The Resort."
Dwarikesh Sugar hit a new high of Rs 113.70, on rallying 9% on Wednesday. The stock has surged 25% in the last one week, as compared to a 3% decline on the S&P BSE Sensex.
Russell Wilson was sent to the Denver Broncos in a blockbuster trade Tuesday and oddsmakers quickly took notice by shifting Broncos-related prices. It wasn’t over there, though, as Wilson himself, the former quarterback of the woeful Seattle Seahawks, saw a dramatic change in his individual prices to win the NFL MVP. The shift comes in […]
Perhaps one of the wildest accidental research discoveries occurred during World War II, when General Electric scientist James Wright mixed boric acid and silicone oil in an attempt to create a rubber substitute in 1943. In 1942, Japan had cut off the West from 90% of its natural rubber supply when it “invaded Indonesia and other rubber-producing parts […]
О начале знакомства римлян с галлами существует история, которую сходно рассказывают многие авторы. Однажды утром некто Марк Цедиций, человек ничем не примечательный, плебей, явился к городским магистратам и рассказал им, что накануне вечером, когда он шёл по Новой улице позади городского Форума, его вдруг кто-то окликнул. Он обернулся на голос, но не увидал никого, затем, однако, услышал голос громче человеческого, голос, который сказал ему: «Марк Цедиций, поди скажи на рассвете магистратам, что надо вскоре ждать нашествия галлов». Читать дальше...
As the provocation unravelled, the Rail Tram and Bus Union immediately came to the government’s rescue, ensuring service resumed and the dispute was once again confined to backroom union-management talks.
The current craze over who becomes Nigeria’s president come 2023 leaves one wondering if there is more to it than to serve. If the aspirants meant well for Nigerians why the rush to serve if indeed, they are coming out to serve? It is an obvious fact that the years penultimate to elections are usually […]