New York mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death. The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13 … Read more
‘Crooked logs also make straight fires’ Crooked logs also make straight fires Not every piece of wood is perfectly straight. Yet when placed in a fire, even a twisted log burns just as well as a straight one. That simple observation lies behind one of Germany’s most enduring proverbs: “Krummes Holz gibt auch gerades Feuer.” … Read more
Coney Island’s APNA Adult Day Care A prominent Pakistani-American businessman and several associates have been accused of running a massive $38 million Medicaid fraud scheme through two Brooklyn adult day care centres, reports the New York Post.78-year-old Pervez Siddiqui is a well-known community leader. He is a pharmacy owner and member of Brooklyn Community Board … Read more
Indian man narrates how he struggled with a job and an H-1B visa in the US and is now coming back to India ‘feeling completely defeated’. A 25-year-old man narrated his ordeal in the US as he said he is now returning to India after five years, feeling completely defeated. His US story involves a … Read more
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in 28 June 1712 “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.”Few opening lines in political philosophy are as famous as this one. Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762 as the first sentence of … Read more
The Art of the Deal met the ghost of Versailles. U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a controversial MoU committing, among other things, Washington to help finance Iran’s reconstruction to the tune of $300 billion. TOI correspondent from Washington: The Art of the Deal met the ghost of Versailles. US President Donald Trump on … Read more
The man argued against a 1968 law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally (AP Photo/File) The United States Supreme Court on Thursday issued a unanimous ruling siding with a Texas-based marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun.The justices ruled in favour of Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that a law barring … Read more
Yug Chauhan was casually sipping on soda as an undercover agent went to meet him posing as an elderly woman in Michigan. The video of a dramatic arrest of an Indian scammer by the Michigan Sheriff’s Office has now been released. The case was interesting as the scammer was scammed by the cops and an … Read more
Bill Yuen (left) and Peter Wai have been jailed for 8 and 10 years respectively A British court on Thursday jailed two dual Chinese-British nationals for spying on UK-based Hong Kong dissidents, calling their actions “deliberate, concerted, and serious.”Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grub sentenced former UK Border Force official Peter Wai, 40, to 10 years in prison … Read more
Aman Sanger was born in 2000 and learned coding at the age of 14 Aman Sanger was born in 2000 and learned coding at the age of 14 Aman Sanger was born in 2000 and learned coding at the age of 14 Aman Sanger was born in 2000 and learned coding at the age of … Read more