The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troopsTo combat enlistment shortfalls, the U.S. military spent over $6 billion on recruitment and retention incentives in the last three years. T...
25 May, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
North Korea's military is one of world's largest: How powerful is it?North Korea is accused of sending troops to Russia for potential combat in the Ukraine war. The Korean People's Army has 1.3 million active...
25 Oct, 2024, 05.02 PM IST
Russia is storing up a crime wave when its war on Ukraine endsRussia war: Russia saw a drop in crime levels as men joined the war in Ukraine, but the return of these servicemen is now leading to a surg...
22 Jun, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
US Army is slashing thousands of jobs in major revamp to prepare for future warsThe cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts - not actual soldiers - including in jobs related to counter-insurgency that swelled during ...
27 Feb, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
US Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to reverse enlistment shortfallsArmy officials, however, said that number still allows the service to meet its required total strength of 4,52,000. They said the Army also...
03 Oct, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tuThe military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as wel...
12 Jun, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
Elon Musk's mysterious ways on display in Tesla tweet trialThe trial, centered on a pair of tweets announcing Musk had obtained the money to take Tesla private in 2018, reeled the 51-year-old billio...
30 Jan, 2023, 01.23 AM IST
It’s party time for Army! After much delay, BTS will hold free concert on October 15 at Busan Ilgwang special stageAfter many setbacks, the concert will finally be taking place in October. The group’s agency HYBE will reportedly shoulder the expenses.
22 Sep, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
How G7’s price capping on Russian oil can affect crude pricesThe group of seven nations – the US, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and Canada - and the European Union are working to set a price...
18 Sep, 2022, 10.32 AM IST
Stung by COVID-19, Indian businesses rethink worker benefitsAlmost a quarter of the informal workers are migrants who typically travel from their villages to bigger cities in distant parts of the cou...
19 Feb, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
View: Yes Bank is a zombie. India must learn before more bailoutsYes Bank was privately owned, before it was quasi-nationalized by making it SBI’s problem. But next year, there will be several small state...
30 Jul, 2020, 09.33 AM IST
3,000 students from Kota en route home in UP govt's buses; thousands more unsureOfficials now fear the buses available could be inadequate to accommodate all the students willing to return home. But Kota Public Relation...
18 Apr, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
Coronavirus outbreak: The global mask shortage may get much worseBefore Covid-19 outbreak, China produced about half of the world’s output of masks, as per state media Xinhua.
11 Mar, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
Steve Jobs’ life yields valuable lessons, positive and negativePeople at Apple mostly adjusted to Jobs’ way because he caused highly talented and motivated people to achieve things beyond wildest expect...
16 Feb, 2013, 02.25 PM IST
Foreign banks seek finance ministry help to speed up decision on applications for new branchesAt least three foreign banks had approached the finmin for speedy action on their application and some of the govts involved had also raise...
27 Jun, 2012, 05.46 AM IST
States rope in private sector to store wheatGovt expects a bumper wheat harvest of around 82 mt this year.
31 Mar, 2010, 12.43 AM IST
- ING chief to staff: Please pay back your bonus
Incoming chief executive of Dutch financial services company ING Groep NV made a "moral appeal" on Monday for his senior staff to pay back ...
23 Mar, 2009, 07.48 PM IST