Memo from the boss: You’re a vegetarian now
WeWork is no longer a safe space for carnivores. Earlier this month, the co-working juggernaut announced that it was essentially going vegetarian. The company will no longer serve red meat, pork or poultry at company functions, and it will not reimburse employees who want to order a hamburger during a lunch meeting. In a memo […]
No claimants for Rs 300 crore lying in India-linked dormant
ZURICH/NEW DELHI: It is the third year since Swiss banks made public a list of accounts lying dormant without any trace of owners and no claimant has come forward for those with Indian links, even as a political slugfest continues in India over alleged black money parked there. The list of all such accounts — […]
Thai cave rescue LIVE: Four more boys pulled out, operation ends for the day
Rescue workers have brought out a sixth boy from the Tham Luang cave in Thailands northern Chiang Rai province and was carried on a stretcher to an ambulance. He is the second person to be extricated in the second phase of rescue operations that began on Monday. Four boys, part of the ‘Wild Boars’ football team, […]
Indian American techie convicted of sexually assaulting ‘date’
WASHINGTON: An Indian American IT executive has been convicted of sexually assaulting, choking and beating a woman he met on a dating website and faces up to 25 years in jail, the media reported. Sanjay Tripathy, 48, of North Carolina was found guilty this week of criminal sex act, sex abuse, assault, strangulation and unlawful imprisonment in […]
Former US President George HW Bush hospitalised, misses parade
The hospitalization of former President George H.W. Bush caused him to miss out on a Memorial Day parade in Maine that he traditionally attends. The 93-year-old said in a tweet Monday evening that he regrets missing the event earlier that day in Kennebunkport, down the road from his summer home. He also said he’s “forever […]
