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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MINNEAPOLIS—The Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement crackdown in blue cities like Los Angeles and Chicago has sparked a rolling countermovement: Neighbors armed with whistles and cameras observe ICE officers, chant at them to leave, trail their movements and warn people ahead of their arrival.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Brokerage firms facing scrutiny over a potential compliance violation have long been able to help their cause by engaging with regulators throughout the process. Now Finra, the brokerage industry’s self-regulatory organization, is piloting a new self-reporting initiative that could bring Finra’s inquiries to an end sooner and potentially avoid penalties.Leaders of Finra’s enforcement division described reforms to the organization’s processes at a recent conference in Washington, stressing the importance of volunteering information that could help regulators understand more about the firm’s operations, what might have gone wrong from a compliance perspective, and what the firm is doing to address the issue.At the outset of an investigation, Finra is inviting firms, along with their outside counsel, to sit for an introductory meeting.

AI do such a thing? Unfortunately, there are a number of such incidents in which AI seems to turn against its ‘owner’. And we’ve only just begun with Agentic AI. Even if you swear not to touch an AI agent, they’re being almost forced on us by being built into software that we use daily.

₹54,000 crore, far exceeding the ₹28,000 crore spent by companies under mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms annually.However, most of these contributions remain informal in nature.Titled ‘How India Gives 2025-26’, the report is based on telephonic surveys conducted between April and June 2025, and has a sample size of 7,225 households across 20 states.Donations to destitutes are the second biggest category at 42%. The lowest share of giving was towards friends, family and relatives at 9%.Around 68% of those surveyed reported giving in some form, indicating that everyday giving is widespread.Men (71%) were more likely to donate than women (64%), whereas households in urban areas (70%) were slightly ahead of rural households (66%) in charitable donations.

How well we manage depends on what we know. While artificial intelligence (AI) can’t claim omniscience, it could improve governance. Outcomes of the AI Impact Summit include the New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments, under which AI majors have volunteered to serve two public causes.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In today’s sluggish labor market, many workers cling to jobs they dread. The number of workers quitting voluntarily—a signal of confidence in the job market—has remained low for more than a year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We view retirement as an end state, but the reality of it is far more nuanced. There is evidence that retirees would like to work and engage in some activity.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Just a few months before President Trump took office, families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza started lobbying him to their cause. In one meeting in New York in 2024, Adi Alexander was surprised to realize Trump thought most of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas were dead.

Nagpur after becoming the prime minister 11 years ago, Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Sangh as the 'banyan tree' of India's immortal culture. Modi became the second sitting PM to visit the RSS headquarters in Nagpur. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had visited it in 2000 during his third term as PM, an RSS official said.

NCAA men’s basketball tournament is witnessing four Sweet 16 games on Friday, March 28, as fans gear up to see their favourite side making it to the Elite Eight matchups. With Final Four for March Madness just around the corner, the live coverage on Friday will begin in Atlanta in the evening, followed by the tip offs in Indianapolis. Set to be in action are the top four seeds, including the 2024’s national runner-up, USA Today reported. Here's all you need to know about the four matches today:

Earth Day was first celebrated by Gaylord Nelson, who sought to unite the various environmental movements across the US.

The city is set to host the world's most expansive St. Patrick's Day Parade on Monday. Come March 17, the Fifth Avenue will showcase a vibrant green spectacle, featuring over 150,000 participants marching alongside musical performances and traditional bagpipes. Established in 1762, this parade stands as the oldest and most extensive celebration globally. Run by dedicated volunteers, the event consistently attracts millions of onlookers, serving as a significant cultural celebration of Irish heritage.

extreme poverty. «I learnt a lot from people who came to my father's tea shop while I used to sit there; I applied those learnings in my public life,» said PM Modi. «Every morning, around 4:00 or 4:30 am, he would leave the house, walk long distances, visit several temples, and then reach his shop,» PM Modi said. He described how his father’s traditional leather shoes made a distinct tock, tock, tock sound as he walked through the village. «People in the village used to say that they could tell the time just by hearing his footsteps—‘Oh yes, Mr. Damodar is on his way.’ Such was his discipline,» he recalled.

Prince William on March 6 visited Mental Health Innovations (MHI), where he shared his experience volunteering at a mental health helpline during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said it was 'terrifying’. MHI is the organisation responsible for creating Shout, the United Kingdom's first 24-hour text messaging support service for people experiencing mental health challenges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Imagine a literary festival not as encounters with favourite authors or listening to fascinating debates but instead as embarrassing onstage debacles, serialised episodes of misadventures that metamorphose in the mind into a very public pillorying. With this season’s calendar of lit fests, in locations as diverse as Jaipur and Thimphu, coming to an end, my bizarre experiences at Sri Lanka’s Galle Literary Festival last month reminded me of my accident-prone run on stage.

college activities where you made meaningful contributions can serve as valuable assets on your resume. What may seem trivial or irrelevant experiences can actually help showcase skills that employers highly value like problem-solving, communication, leadership, and adaptability – skills that drive organizational growth and success. From organizing fests to participating in state-level discussions, and handling various societies and clubs, these activities showcase your ability to take initiative and work efficiently in diverse environments. So, to elevate your resume and make a lasting impression on the employer, here are 5 college activities worth including.

Everyone has travel on their minds these days. Airports and train stations are full; roads are crammed with vehicles taking people to places they wish to see; conducted and curated tours are selling as soon as they are announced; and cruises are filled with eager passengers. Travel is now a'must do’ in the annual list of expenses in a household. Retired people dedicate even more time and resources to travel. They want to see the world before they become too old to do so. These trips around the world are not essentially travel. They are tours to a place with the intention of ticking something off a list. These tourists have no time to understand the history of a place, pause to consider how people live there, or get to taste the local cuisine, art, music, or theater. They are led by the belief that adding another magnet to their refrigerator is a badge of honour. Bragging on social media is another key objective of these pursuits. Operators offer several packages to cash into the travel bug syndrome.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For years, mourners and members of Russia’s pro-democracy movement have flocked to a bridge near the Kremlin each February to remember Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead there in 2015. This week, at the 10th anniversary of the killing, a far smaller crowd turned out, with the leading lights of the opposition either dead or driven into exile.

Aakash Chopra raised some questions after watching the Vicky Kaushal-starring Chhavva.