Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, all major industrial centres, have repeatedly come under Russian attacks during the war. Russian missile, drone and glide bomb attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people and injured dozens on Monday, with strikes hitting several major cities as rescue operations continued and the casualty toll rose through the day.The deadliest…
Indian-origin techie returns to India after failing to land job in US After months of searching and several demanding interview processes, an Indian-origin tech professional in the United States says he has accepted that it is time to return home.In a Reddit post titled ‘End of the road’, coming back from US, the senior tech…
Indian man dies in Kansas after his car was caught in floodwaters. 33-year-old Venkatesh Doppalaudi, an Indian-origin man, was found dead in Kansas hours after he went missing as his car was pulled by floodwaters in Sumner County. The incident took place on Saturday, and the rescue operation began immediately. Though the car was found,…
French proverb – Little by little, the bird makes its nest. You want to write a book. You start with a sentence. Then another. Then another. The language app you downloaded? One lesson a day. The career you dream of? One skill at a time.None of it happens overnight. But it happens.This is the wisdom…
Chinese proverb – Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still The new language app you downloaded sits untouched on your phone. The gym membership you bought in January has been used twice. The novel you started writing is still stuck on page one. You tell yourself you’ll get to it…
For years, it sat unnoticed among thousands of geological specimens, catalogued and stored without attracting much attention. The fossil had been collected during an expedition to Antarctica in the mid-1980s and then quietly placed within a museum collection, where it remained for nearly four decades.Only recently did a closer examination reveal that the modest-looking specimen…
Rosa Parks (Image: Wikipedia) Notice how fear loves a wavering mind. When you’re unsure whether to do something, the dread builds, the what-ifs multiply, and every passing minute makes the thing feel scarier. Rosa Parks understood where that fear really comes from, and how to beat it. I have learned over the years that when…
Few state assets attract as much attention as a presidential aircraft, particularly when it begins life in the fleet of a foreign royal family. Yet while debate in Washington centred on Qatar’s decision to present one of its luxury Boeing 747-8 aircraft to the United States, another project involving the same royal household unfolded almost…
In a world driven by instant validation and public praise, a Korean proverb offers a timeless reminder: “The friend who claps the loudest may not stand the longest.” Though simple in its wording, the saying carries a powerful message about the difference between outward support and genuine loyalty.The proverb suggests that the people who are…
Abu Dhabi driver jailed, fined Dh70,000 after dangerous road swerving caught on camera / Image – file An Abu Dhabi court has handed down a tough sentence to a driver whose dangerous behaviour on a public road put other motorists’ lives at risk. The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court sentenced the man to six months in…