Author: Admin
With digital payments becoming more and more common in developing and developed countries, the spending behaviour of people has significantly changed. A study conducted by a team from the University of Adelaide and the University of Melbourne in Australia has concluded that cashless payments are driving people to spend more than before. The researchers conducted the study by doing a meta-analysis of 71 previous papers and by observing the spending habits of people across 17 countries. They found that the convenience of spending has made people more prone to spending on luxurious items that are mostly unnecessary. “To prevent spending…
Actor and comedian Martin Mull, who was best-known for his work in shows such as Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Roseanne and Clue, died at the age of 80. Maggie Mull announced the death of her father in an Instagram post on Saturday. The actor died at his home after a “valiant fight against a long illness,” wrote Maggie Mull in an Instagram post. “I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness. He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing…
Five soldiers have been killed after their tank met with an accident during a river-crossing exercise near the Line of Actual Control in Leh’s Daulat Beg Oldi area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. Rescue officials have recovered one body, while the four others are missing. A Junior Commissioned Officer, or JCO, is among the five killed in the accident that happened around 1 am. The soldiers were on a training mission and were crossing the Bodhi River near Mandir Morh, 148 kilometres from Leh, on their T-72 tank when suddenly the water levels began to rise, official…
All of us have experienced pressure while working in a corporate set-up. Some jobs have high-pressure deadlines, requiring you to be alert at all times. Most of us have heard instances where people had to put their jobs ahead of everything else. They sometimes had to finish work while on vacation, while riding back in cabs or metros, take meetings while travelling, work overtime, at odd hours, and on weekends, just to meet certain targets and complete projects. Now, a corporate employee’s candid reflection on the toll of modern work culture has struck a chord with many. Taking to X…
Global investment bank and financial company Morgan Stanley has stated that the PM Gati Shakti scheme has succeeded in giving a new fillip to India’s infrastructure development and multi-modal connectivity across highways, railways and ports that has spurred economic growth. According to the report, India has scaled up its infrastructure strongly over the last decade, with higher investment that is also better targeted and potentially more productive. “We expect India’s infrastructure investment to steadily increase from 5.3 per cent of GDP in FY24 to 6.5 per cent of GDP by FY29. Indeed, this implies that infrastructure investments are expected to…
A stickler when it comes to keeping time, Rahul Dravid was once unusually late to a reading session at a bookstore in Bengaluru. But Dravid settled in the back row with other invitees for the entire duration of the event without any fuss. He politely declined the organisers’ request to move up the row. Dravid never really wished for the front seat or the glare of the world. It’s just not his zone. But on Saturday, irrespective of the outcome, the India head coach will have to stand in full view of the cricketing world when his side takes on…
When a civil service aspirant right-swiped on a dating app, he had no idea he was walking into a sinister plot carefully planned to scam men looking for love. On Sunday, the victim, not named by the police, reached the Black Mirror Cafe in East Delhi’s Vikas Marg area to celebrate the birthday of Versha, a woman he had recently matched with on “Tinder”. At the cafe, the two ordered some snacks, two cakes, and four shots of a non-alcoholic beverage. The “date” was going quite well until Versha had to rush out due to a family emergency. As the…
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court, a day after she said that women complained to her saying that they were afraid to visit the Raj Bhavan because of the activities there, a source said. Mr Bose earlier in the day criticised Banerjee for her remarks and stated it was expected of public representatives not to create “erroneous and slanderous impressions”. The Bengal governor also filed defamation suit against certain TMC leaders for making similar remarks, the source said. During an administrative meeting in the…
Shraddha Kapoor, who starred with Amitabh Bachchan in her debut movie, the 2010 release Teen Patti, shared a post for the film legend. The actress shared two slides on Instagram last night and it would be fair to call it an Amitabh Bachchan appreciation post. “Kya North, Kya South, Kya East, Kya West. Saara cinema ek taraf,” wrote Shraddha. In the next slide, the actress shared a photo of Big B as Ashwatthama in Kalki 2898 AD and she wrote “Amitabh Bachchan ek taraf.”Shraddha Kapoor captioned the post, “Amitabh Bachchan apne aap mein hi ek cinematic universe hain ( Amitabh…
On rumors about a possible leadership change in crisis-hit Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that it was not in his hands and his focus is on solving the problem in the state. “Staying on as Chief Minister or resigning is not in my hands,” Mr Singh told NDTV amid reports that a section of MLAs from his party and its allies are pushing for his removal. Speculations about a leadership change have been rife since the BJP lost both seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Congress candidates wrested the seats from the ruling BJP and its ally Naga…