Day: March 12, 2021

Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers

10:49 am March 12, 2021

San Ramon: Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers ousted from their ride-hailing services for complaints about sexual assault and other crimes that have raised passenger-safety concerns for years. The clearinghouse unveiled Thursday will initially list drivers expelled by the ride-hailing rivals in the U.S. But it will also be open to other companies […]

Biden signs USD 1.9 tn American Rescue Plan

10:45 am March 12, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the massive USD 1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan which is expected to provide a major boost to the country’s economy. Among other measures, it will provide USD 1400 check to a majority of Americans. Biden, in his brief remarks, described it as a historic legislation which is […]

Light rains in part of Delhi-NCR

10:28 am March 12, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi and parts of the national capital region (NCR) woke up to light rains on Friday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 17.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, officials said. The weatherman has predicted for the day a generally cloudy sky with light rain or thundershower accompanied with gusty […]

Attacks and injuries shaped Mamata’s political career

10:22 am March 12, 2021

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has earned for herself the image of the gutsy political leader, who has weathered physical attacks and injuries in her four-decade- long career to emerge stronger in her public life. Her comebacks after such incidents saw her attacking her opposition with greater ferocity. The TMC supremo’s image as a fearless fighter, endowed […]

Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT ‘freedom zone’

12:00 am March 12, 2021

Brussels: The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBT people, an effort to push back on rising homophobia in Poland and elsewhere. The parliament announced Thursday that there were 492 ballots in favor of the resolution and 141 against in a vote that came after a debate in a session of parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. […]

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