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
BSH Home Appliances Group, one of Europe’s largest home appliances manufacturer, on Wednesday said it has sold one million washing machines in India. The company said it has seen a huge surge in sales from the metro markets in South India and even smaller towns are now buying premium front load washing machines. Neeraj Bahl, managing director … Read more
For many, Thursday’s cold front was, well, a breath of fresh air. It certainly put an end to the oppressive heat and humidity. I overheard a number of people saying they hoped the storms would “clear the air.” I grew up hearing people say that too, but I’ve come to learn that it doesn’t always. … Read more
Is that your garden?’ my friend Michele, who was smoking a cigarette out of our kitchen window, gestured down at the bramble jungle below that was, technically, our garden. ‘What a waste,’ he said. He was staying with us in north London while he flat-hunted and most of the places he saw didn’t even have … Read more
Steph Curry and Kevin Durant took turns in the NBA Finals. Curry controlled Game 2, setting the record for most 3s made in a Finals game (nine) with 33 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists. Durant returned the favor in Game 3, closing out the Cavs with 43 points on 15-of-23 shooting, 13 rebounds, and seven assists, … Read more
Between collection launches, architecture announcements, museum openings, and more, it’s hard to keep on top of all the news in the design world. Enter the Weekly Roundup,AD PRO’s regular callout of developing, overheard, and confirmed news that’s worth noting. Consider it our way of keeping you even more in the know. Jonathan Adler Outfits Chelsea Passage … Read more
Formula One bosses are considering ditching Saturday’s traditional qualifying session and replacing it with a sprint race to decide the grid. New owners Liberty delivered a blueprint for the sport’s future on Friday in Bahrain, a package that included budget caps, revised revenue distribution and plans for new sporting and technical regulations. Ross Brawn, the … Read more
It was an office in Delhi’s dusty Okhla industrial area with walls painted in graffiti and a few employees dozing off in the nap room. It was in 2015 that I visited the Zo Rooms office. I was called by their spokesperson after a story I filed based upon court documents where Oyo had sued … Read more
When ISIL retreats from an area in Iraq, they usually bomb anything that supports the local economy. Most of the time, that means they bomb oil fields and refineries. A burning oil field is a terrible thing. The fire typically takes months to put out. The thick black smoke blots out the sky and the … Read more
Days before a potentially historic union vote at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, the car company has been accused of running one of the “nastiest anti-union campaigns in the modern history of the American labour movement”. The vote, a fiercely contested effort by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to represent a foreign automaker’s US … Read more