AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Kerala district consumer commission has directed an electric scooter manufacturer to refund Rs 88,000 to a customer after finding manufacturing defects in the vehicle, including poor battery performance and a defective front wheel bearing system. The commission also awarded him Rs 50,000 as compensation and…
File photo: A flydubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport A string of security failures across Oman, the UAE and Israel allowed the flydubai co-pilot to get into the cockpit, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The lapses nearly led to an aviation disaster reminiscent of 9/11, despite authorities having reasons to be concerned…
Rupee trades near 96 paise against US dollar mark Rupee began the week on a cautious note, struggling to move away from the 96-per-dollar level, as high crude oil prices and continued foreign fund selling keeping the currency under pressure. On Monday, rupee opened at 96.20 against the US dollar before weakening to 96.26, down…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photos) India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has praised teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Iyer highlighted the youngster’s contrasting personality, describing him as quiet away from cricket but highly aggressive when he takes the field.Sooryavanshi rose to prominence after Rajasthan…
Aamil Keeyan Khan, the screenwriter of ‘Drishyam 3: The Conclusion’, has opened up about creating the final chapter of the Hindi thriller franchise. He discussed the pressure of continuing a story that already has an established audience.In an interaction with The Free Press Journal, Aamil Keeyan Khan explained how the screenplay had to preserve the…
A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000/Image: Reuters In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be…
When life doesn’t give you time to breathe, you tend to look out for space to do the same yourself, deliberately. For Jeanne Paisley, a schoolteacher with three kids and a half-hour daily commute, there was a consistent wish for some room to breathe. According to The Land Steward, the Spring 2013 newsletter of the…
Myanmar nationals who were sent back from Malaysia look from a bus as they leave a Myanmar Navy base. (AP Photo) Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Malaysia arrived in the country’s largest city, Yangon, on Sunday, despite warnings from the United Nations refugee agency and rights groups that conditions for their return remain unsafe.The…
Benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 began the week on a positive note. Outlook for the Dalal Street is set to be shaped by monetary policy, corporate earnings, crude oil prices, global bond yields and foreign investor activity. The RBI’s interest rate decision will be a key domestic cue, with its stance, inflation outlook…
Two-time FIFA World Cup champion Uruguay play cricket at Eden Gardens (Screengrabs) The Uruguay football team has been exploring Kolkata ahead of its international friendly against India on October 6.The two-time FIFA World Cup champions visited some of the city’s famous landmarks and even tried their hand at cricket at the iconic Eden Gardens.The players…
