A dispute that started over heating a dish in a microwave oven ended with two Indian students winning a $200,000 settlement from a US university. Aditya Prakash and his fiancee, Urmi Bhattacheryya, told the BBC they had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Colorado, Boulder, after facing a series of “microaggressions and … Read more
By Jaspreet Kalra and Nikunj Ohri MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) – India’s central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to facilitate cross-border trade and tourist payments, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar as geopolitical tensions rise. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended … Read more
After a lifetime spent reciting the Taj Mahal’s eternal love story, veteran tour guide Vishu Das says his faith is shattered. “The story I’ve been telling all these years – what if it turns out to be a lie?” he asks, distraught, as he looks at the monument from a nearby rooftop. His desperation leads … Read more