Thursday, 3 Apr 2025
Category: People
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SpaceX to build Mars spaceship in Texas, not Los Angeles

SpaceX says it will build its Mars spaceship in south Texas instead of the Port of Los Angeles, dealing another blow to the local economy only days after the company announced massive layoffs. The Southern California-based company announced Wednesday that test versions of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket will be assembled at its Texas […]

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Meghalaya: Navy Spots Body of One of 15 Trapped Miners

New Delhi/Shillong: Navy divers Thursday found a body in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills where 15 miners were trapped since December 13, officials said. ‘One body detected by Indian Navy divers using underwater ROV at a depth of approx 160 feet and 210 feet inside a rat-hole mine,’ a Navy […]

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Tim Cook Says Apple To Reduce Hiring Amid Weaker iPhone Sales

Apple has been on a hiring spree in the past decade, but the pace of headcount growth has slowed in recent years. Apple Inc. will cut back on hiring for some divisions after selling fewer iPhones than expected and missing its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. Tim […]

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Minimum temp in Delhi 4.2 deg C, fog delays 11 trains

New Delhi: It was a cold foggy Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average in the season. Railways officials said 11 north-bound trains, including the Purushottam Express, Bhubneshwar-Delhi Duranto, Poorva Express, Brahmputra Mail, were running late by an average of 2-3 hours. […]

Don’t skip your life insurance illustration

The life insurance policy kit is a thick bundle of documentation. It consists of your policy contract, an illustration, a copy of your completed proposal form and servicing forms. Within these documents I want to highlight the relevance of the illustration. This document full of numbers can be daunting to interpret. However, it has information […]

Prize money earned by minor need not be shown in parent’s ITR

My daughter won prize money of Rs 50,000 in a dance competition. Will I have to show this in my income tax returns?- Shilpa Roy We have assumed that your daughter is a minor child and has earned only prize money of Rs 50,000 during the year. If any income is earned by a minor […]

German Airports’ Staff on Strike, Hundreds of Flights Cancelled

Frankfurt Am Main, January 15: Hundreds of flights were cancelled at eight German airports Tuesday, including at the nation’s busiest travel hub Frankfurt, as security staff walked off the job in a deepening row over pay. Germany’s powerful Verdi union said the strike would last from 02:00 am until 8:00 pm at Frankfurt airport, with […]

Incidence of cancer on the rise in India

By Sri Krishna “I think it’s the pollution, and all your Western food like pizza and burgers,” my uncle speculated, without waiting for me to answer. He’d just asked me why everyone around him was getting cancer these days. “Are you guys getting any closer to a cure?” I don’t blame him. His sister – […]

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Today’s Horoscope – Daily Horoscope for Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Want to know what’s in store today for you? Read our Daily Horoscope by Nilikash P. Pradhan, and find out what your Sun Sign says about the day that will be. Aries (March 21-April 19): You may expect to be showered with comfort, love, warmth and affection in your relationship. Single natives of the sign […]