Maldivian proverb of the day reminds us how a rat works hard to open a coconut and a bat drinks the water like an opportunist. Somebody does the work and someone else reaps the benefit. This is the crux of this old Maldivian saying, explained through imagery of vegetation. In the Maldives, the coconut palm…
“A Thief Who Robs a Thief Has a Hundred Years of Pardon”: Imagine a scammer being conned out of his own money. Or a thief discovering that someone has stolen from him. For many people, the immediate reaction is not sympathy but satisfaction. There is even a proverb for that feeling: “Ladrão que rouba ladrão…
Imagine meeting someone for the first time. Before they say much about themselves, you notice the people around them—their closest friends, colleagues, and companions. Instantly, assumptions begin to form. Are they ambitious? Trustworthy? Reckless? Kind? Long before social media algorithms and personality tests, people relied on a simpler measure of character, captured in a timeless…
Kaleb Ortega died after being crushed by a monument at a park What began as a family outing at a park in Washington state ended in tragedy when a 3-year-old boy was crushed by a large stone monument that toppled over within seconds, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents.Kaleb Ortega died after the…
Proverb of the day: The more grains it bears, the lower it bows Some evergreen sayings are there in all countries and cultures; only the words are different and local. In the traditional villages of the Malay Archipelago, wealth was historically measured not in gold coins or digital ledger balances, but in the yield of…
For the Trump administration, Vance appeared to have clinched a desperately needed truce to calm growing political disquiet at home ahead of the mid-term elections in November, with the vice-president’s own political future at stake. TOI correspondent from Washington: US vice-president JD Vance emerged from two days of talks with Iranian leaders in the Swiss…
Currency crash and visa crackdowns force Indian students to rethink studying abroad For years, studying abroad has been a dream for many Indian students seeking better career opportunities. But a combination of stricter visa rules, weaker job markets and a falling rupee is making that dream harder to achieve.According to education experts, Indian students are…
Over 20-heatwave linked deaths, including children reported across Europe Europe remained in the grip of an intense heatwave on Monday, with authorities across several countries issuing red alerts, closing schools, disrupting transport services and warning residents to avoid prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures.France was among the worst-affected countries, with temperatures forecast to reach up to…
Islamophobic nurse Dasha gets thousands of dollars coming her way after her Texas H-E-B video goes viral. Texas nurse Dasha Kilpatrick, who went viral after her Islamophobic attack on two hijab-clad women at the H-E-B store in Conroe, Texas, got around $85k raised in her support as many people came forward and defended her action…
Yousafe Kunhammu, a Kerala man, died on board an Abu Dhabi-Bangalore flight. A 51-year-old Indian man from Kerala, Yousafe Kunhammu, died after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from Abu Dhabi to Bangalore before take-off on Monday.A nephew of the deceased, who lives in Abu Dhabi, told Gulf News that Yousafe was travelling on…