Copenhagen, Aug 17 : The Copenhagen-based Tivoli, one of the oldest and most popular amusement parks in Europe, has now joined the unfortunate online “rogues gallery” of major Danish companies whose customer data has been hacked from their websites. Details about the extent of the early August hack into the website of Denmark’s premier tourist […]
Category: Society
Beloved dugong dies in Thailand with plastic in stomach
Bangkok, Aug 17 : An eight-month-old sick dugong named “Marium” whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand has died from an infection after pieces of plastic were found in her intestine. The baby dugong’s death was announced on Saturday on the Facebook page of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. It died from […]
Rajasthan court annuls child marriage
Jodhpur, Aug 17 : A Rajasthan court has annulled the wedding of an 18-year-old girl who was married when she was just 10-month-old. Maina, daughter of a daily wage worker of Dhandhaniya Bhayla village, was married to a man in Udaysar village on December 26, 2001. She sought help from Kriti Bharti, rehabilitation psychologist and […]
Hundreds attend Texas shooting victim’s funeral
El Paso (Texas), Aug 17 : Antonio Basco, who extended an open invite for people to attend his wife who died in the El Paso mass shooting in Texas, was shocked when hundreds queuing to get in to the church for the service, the media reported on Saturday. The size of the crowd was so […]
CEOs must prioritize water risks in boardroom meets: Report
New Delhi, Aug 17 : As the world stares at 40 per cent water supply gap by 2030, managing water must be a priority in the boardroom of every company in the world including in India — to create and develop competitive advantages, while reducing financial losses and ensuring continuity of operations, a new report […]
Computer outage causes delays at US airports
Washington, Aug 17 : Travellers faced delays at several major US airports due to a technical issue of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) computer system, the media reported on Saturday. The delays were reported on Friday at the airports in Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, New York’s John F Kennedy Airport, […]