Maria Farmer, an artist and one of the earliest women to accuse Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sexual abuse, has told The New York Times that she urged the FBI to investigate Donald Trump nearly three decades ago. Farmer said she first reported Epstein and Maxwell to officials in 1996. According to the report,…
CJI Gavai addresses flaws in Indian judicial system; pins hope on young graduates while speaking at NALSAR University Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday said the Indian legal system is “badly in need of fixing” and is facing unique challenges, including trials that often stretch on for decades.Speaking at the convocation ceremony of…
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (Image credits: AP) NEW DELHI: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday said he hopes to live another 30 to 40 years to continue serving people, addressing the ongoing speculation about his succession.Speaking at a long life prayer ceremony held at Tsuglagkhang, the main Dalai Lama temple in…
Suicide remains among the top two causes of death among youth (15-29 years) in India over the last two decades, an analysis of cause of death reports shows. In 2020-22, suicides accounted for one in six deaths (17.1%) in this age group. Globally, suicide is the third most common cause of deaths in this age…
A high-level team will commence a thorough investigation into the Air India crash. (PTI photo) Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India AI 171 flight crash is a tragedy which will go down as one of the worst aviation disasters in the world. The crash killed all but one of the 245 people on board the ill-fated…
Following is a timeline of key events:1979 – Iran’s pro-Western leader, Mohammed Reza Shah, who regarded Israel as an ally, is swept from power in an Islamic Revolution that installs a new Shi’ite theocratic regime with opposition to Israel an ideological imperative. 1982 – As Israel invades Lebanon, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards work with fellow Shi’ite…
Workers clearing out the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court made a startling discovery recently. They found boxes filled with swastika-stamped notebooks, propaganda material and other Nazi-era documents. The boxes had been stored there for more than eight decades, the court said, and were uncovered by accident because workers were going through archives for the creation…
“…Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back”. John Maynard Keynes said that. Keynes was British, and possibly the world’s most famous economist ever. He was also the man “who saved capitalism from itself”. It was his idea that govts can…
The firefighter scooped up the figure slumped on the kitchen floor and dashed for the ambulance waiting on Blake Street. As he moved through the smoky haze, he was struck by a thought that is still with him: It was like nothing was in his arms. As the ambulance sped toward the hospital, emergency medical…
Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University. When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy” and “a total moron.” That drama dates back 25 years. Today, these two New York City institutions — the billionaire…