Israeli airstrikes in Syria kill 14 people – media As we mentioned in the opening summary, a series of Israeli strikes were reported to have hit multiple areas in central Syria on Sunday. Syrian state media said on Monday that the overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising the … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Sep 09 2024 | 11:03 AM IST GST Council Meet Today: The 54th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, scheduled for Monday, is set to discuss several critical issues that could significantly impact multiple sectors. Chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the council will … Read more
The automotive industry is poised to grow even faster, according to SIAM president. | Photo: Shutterstock 4 min read Last Updated : Sep 09 2024 | 12:00 PM IST The Indian automotive industry has crossed Rs 20 lakh crore mark in FY24 and now contributes 14-15 per cent of the total GST collected in … Read more
Sue Prideaux begins her biography of Paul Gauguin with an account of his long-lost teeth. Four of them were discovered in the year 2000 in a well near the site of his last bamboo hut in French Polynesia. The artist had secreted them there in a jar, for whatever reason, and investigation by the Human … Read more
Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Image: Niharika Kulkarni/NurPhoto via Getty Images A capable institution One of the more capable and effective institutions of independent India is the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). After its toothless origins in 1988, the SEBI Act 1992 equipped it with significant power. Successive heads … Read more
The sky is clear as I sit sipping coffee in the sunny courtyard of an 18th-century house – now a boutique hotel – in the small Lanzarote town of Teguise. But Óscar Cubillo, my host, sees something different. Looking up, he says: “The planes are always there. They never stop.” Lanzarote, an island shaped by … Read more
BBC As invading Russian forces near Pokrovsk, Maria and her cats have finally decided to leave Fleeing the town she has lived in most of her life, Maria Honcharenko is taking just one small bag, and her two tiny kittens. After stubbornly staying on in the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the 69-year-old is now … Read more
BBC/Imogen Anderson Baby Bibi Hajira was fighting for her life when the BBC visited Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start. “This is like doomsday for me. I feel so much grief. Can you imagine what I’ve gone through watching my children dying?” says Amina. She’s lost six children. None of them lived … Read more
Once Rob McKeon had accepted that his decisions would mean some people would die in prison, it made things easier. “My job is not to get people home,” he says. “Once you realise that ‘life’ sometimes does mean life, you can get on with the job.” In the 12 years that McKeon has been a … Read more
The UK’s most prominent politicians were subjected to a deluge of abuse on X during the general election period, one of the most comprehensive studies of online abuse in politics has found. Five politicians – Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Diane Abbott, Suella Braverman and Sadiq Khan – were, between them, sent more than 85,000 clearly … Read more