Rae Bareli: An engineer with a telecom company was thrashed by a mob late on Wednesday in Lalganj area here in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of being a child lifter. Four of the accused were arrested on Thursday. ### Atul Verma, 35, had gone to Govindpura village in Lalganj with an aide in a car…
Dubai: UAE residents can gear up for a long weekend as the first of Muharram or Islamic New Year holiday is likely to fall on September 1, according to Islamic calendar and astronomers. ### According to astronomers, the moon can be seen on August 30 only in Polynesian Islands with difficulty or in parts of…
Seoul (Bloomberg): Dr. Michael Burry shot to fame and fortune by betting against mortgage securities before the 2008 crisis, a trade immortalized in “The Big Short”. ### Now, Burry sees another contrarian opportunity emerging from what he calls the “bubble” in passive investment. As money pours into exchange-traded funds and other index-tracking products that skew…
Did the Amazon rainforest fire bring this macaw to the UAE? Probably not. But it was still a surprise to this Dubai resident when a bright red scarlet macaw landed on her window. ### Sumitha Arun Kumar is a homemaker who was conducting her daily household activities on a typical Tuesday, August 27, when she…
Question ### I worked in my company for just one year and one month ago I was terminated without notice. My contract was for a limited period and was supposed to expire in April. As per the law can I calculate my end of service for one year or two years, as my contract was…
Dubai: Barcelona were handed the proverbial ‘group of death’ as they were drawn with German giants Borussia Dortmund, resurgent Italian side Inter Milan and dark horses Slavia Prague in the group stages of the Champions League on Thursday night. ### Lionel Messi’s side — who suffered a humiliating reverse against eventual champions Liverpool last season…
Miami: US President Donald Trump on Thursday cancelled a trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian bore down on Florida, where it could make landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm. ### Trump, who had been scheduled to attend Second World War anniversary commemorations in Poland this weekend, said he would focus instead on preparations for…
Abu Dhabi: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans across the UAE and beyond will be able to attend for free the Abu Dhabi Showdown Week’s official weigh-in of UFC 242: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier scheduled to take place September 6. ### The first-come, first-served tickets for the weigh-ins and pre-fight stare-downs will be open to…
One of India’s leading digital content platforms, Amazon Prime, has expressed eagerness to bring Amitabh Bachchan on board for one of its shows. Recently, the veteran actor had shown interest in working with the digital platform and Amazon Prime have heard his call. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store### At a press conference recently, the…
French President Emmanuel Macron dropped a bombshell recently: His office said France is opposed to the ratification of the European Union’s (EU) latest big trade deal, with the Mercosur group of South American countries, because one of the group’s members, Brazil, has shown a lack of commitment to preserving the Amazon rainforest. ### The deal,…