NEW YORK: New York wants to introduce car-loving America’s first congestion charge, but the move faces fierce opposition – including from the city’s famous yellow taxis. The plan, similar to pricing long in place in London and Singapore, aims to improve air quality in the Big Apple by easing Manhattan’s […]
Day: August 6, 2023
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he is “not holding his breath” over a proposed cage fight with rival Elon Musk. In a post on the new social media app Threads, Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for the showdown. Responding to a post on X in which Musk […]
DEMNATE (Morocco): A minibus plunged into a ravine in Morocco yesterday, killing all 24 people on board in one of the North African country’s worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market in the town of Demnate, in the central province of […]
BENGALURU: Paytm’s founder and CEO, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, will buy a 10.3 per cent stake valued at US$628 million in the company from its largest shareholder, in a bid to simplify its ownership structure, the fintech company said in a filing on Monday (Aug 7). Sharma’s stake purchase from Antfin […]