n order to encourage banks to provide education loans, RBI has said rescheduling of payment period of such loans due to unemployment of borrower will not be treated as restructured accounts for computing NPAs. Banks may allow up to three spells of moratorium (not exceeding 6 months each) during life cycle of education loan, taking … Read more
Apple announced the release Fitness+, its subscription service for digital fitness classes, on Tuesday. The news sending shares of Peloton lower in pre-market trading but they recovered in the morning and are up slightly. Apple’s service, which launches Dec. 14, will cost $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. Users can watch workout videos on their iPhones, iPads, … Read more
Activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a key political party in Pakistan, clashed with police and ransacked a private television station in Karachi on Monday, leaving at least one man dead and seven others injured. The violence erupted soon after the influential Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party’s exiled chief, Altaf Hussain, stoked up his supporters in … Read more
In the contemporary moment of sex-positive feminism, praises for the orgasmic capacity of the vibrator abound. “They’re all-encompassing, a blanket of electricity, that’ll course through your veins, producing orgasms you didn’t know you were physically capable of having,” wrote Erica Moen in her web comic “Oh Joy Sex Toy.” Vibrators today go hand in hand with … Read more
In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic the role of a healthier diet is one component that can impact our overall health status. The role that increasing our consumption of so-called “comfort” foods may play during these unprecedented times is understandable but not a recommended course of action as many of these foods are often … Read more
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram near here, wearing Tamil Nadu’s traditional veshti (dhoti), which was welcomed by the Pattali Makkal Katchi and others. Modi, who reached Mamallapuram ahead of Xi by a chopper, received the Chinese leader at Arjuna’s penance monument. Attired in a striking Tamil traditional ‘karai veshti’ … Read more
Washington: After US President Donald Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron late on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi over landslide victory in Lok Sabha polls. The French foreign ministry said that both the countries would together consolidate the security of their nations. “We will continue to work together to consolidate the security of our nations, secure … Read more
Kirstjen Nielsen, seen in November 2018. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary who has been the public face of some of the Trump administration’s most contentious policies, has resigned. In a tweet on Sunday, Donald Trump said: “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to … Read more
ICICI Lombard survey shows cyber risk comes at fifth spot A majority of India Inc believes that traditional risks such as those to property and assets are most crucial to their businesses with cyber risk is seen as the fifth biggest challenge. A new report by ICICI Lombard General Insurance on “Managing New Age Risks” … Read more
The Neenan family enjoy sledging down the hills of the Brecon BeaconsPhoto: Ben Birchall/PA The big freeze which has gripped much of the country will be replaced by rain and wind as Britain returns to a “more traditional winter”. Snow, ice and plunging temperatures caused treacherous conditions from Thursday into the weekend across much of … Read more