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For Americans visiting or moving to India, the culture shock can be both amusing and eye-opening. Kristen Fischer, a US citizen who first travelled to India in 2017 and now lives in New Delhi, captures this experience well. A mother of three who describes herself as “Very Videshi,” Fischer regularly shares insights on cultural quirks…

For the past year, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel have engaged in exchanges of fire alongside the ongoing conflict in Gaza. However, recent weeks have seen a significant escalation in hostilities. The continuous heavy shelling and artillery battles have severely disrupted medical facilities in the region. According to The New York Times, more…

A man in Delhi recently ordered chicken biryani through a food delivery app but found himself at the receiving end of a moral lecture, all served fresh by the delivery agent who told him: “Chicken and mutton only after Diwali.”   Expecting biryani but getting life advice, a Reddit user recounted that the delivery agent,…

Elon Musk, the Tesla owner, showed up on Monday, at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in a strange cap.  The official “Make America Great Again” or “MAGA” cap is red in colour with the text in white. However the one Musk wore was black in colour with the text embroidered in an irregular font…

A journalist from Gujarat, in judicial custody in a case of alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion, was charged in a separate case last week for allegedly possessing confidential government documents, sparking outrage from some quarters, including the Editors Guild of India.  Officials have, however, alleged that none of the documents related to the…

The Lokayukta police on Friday questioned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi B M in the MUDA site allotment case, Lokayukta sources said. “Parvathi was summoned today and the questioning went on for more than two hours,” a Lokayukta official said. In the MUDA site allotment case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted…

As onion prices soared ahead of the festive season, the Centre on Sunday transported 1,600 tonnes of buffer stock of the vegetable using a “Kanda express” train from Maharashtra to Delhi. The special rake, equivalent to 56 trucks, departed from Maharashtra’s Lasalgaon Railway Station in Nashik and reached Delhi’s Kishanganj Railway Station. The stocks will…

A 16-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly assaulted by a group of students who forced him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ here, police said on Sunday. A purported video of the incident surfaced online, prompting police to register an FIR under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of…

NTPC Limited Recruitment 2024: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited is currently accepting applications for junior executive positions. Eligible and interested candidates can submit their applications by visiting the official website. The deadline for application submission is October 28. The recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 50 positions. Selected candidates will initially…

Pledges from Israel and its enemies Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah to keep fighting in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes on Friday that the death of Palestinian militant leader Yahya Sinwar might hasten an end to more than a year of escalating war in the Middle East. Israel’s arch-foe and the militants’ main backer Iran also…