TOI correspondent from Washington: At an already fractious time in US academia, an Indian-American undergrad at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) torched her own alma mater’s ties to the Israeli military and spoke up for Palestine in the face of growing pressure from the Trump administration on US institutions to clamp down on…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday questioned whether the Congress would now target senior leader Salman Khurshid for what it called “speaking an inconvenient truth” after party leader Shashi Tharoor faced backlash from within the grand-old party for supporting the Centre over Operation Sindoor stance.BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, in a post…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given “one time last and final three-month extension” to IndiGo for the two wide body Boeing 777s it has wet leased (hired with operating crew) from Turkish Airlines. The airline can use them till Aug 31, instead of Nov 30, 2025, as it had applied…
KOTDWAR: The additional district and sessions court (ADJ Court) at Kotdwar delivered its verdict on Fri, finding all three accused— resort owner Pulkit Arya, his employee Saurabh Bhaskar, and associate Ankit Gupta—guilty of murder of the 19-year-old receptionist working in the resort.The court sentenced the trio to life imprisonment under IPC sections 302 (murder), 201…
Disrupted by Politics, Redirected by Opportunity: The New Global Map of Higher Education The ongoing legal battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration has reignited debate over the role of international students in U.S. higher education. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs extended a court order barring federal authorities from blocking Harvard’s enrollment of foreign…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to bat first against Gujarat Titans in the high-stakes Eliminator of IPL 2025, held at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, on Friday. The winner of this match will go on to face Punjab Kings in the Qualifier…
Stephen Miller‘s wife Katie Miller, spokeswoman for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is leaving the White House to work full-time for Elon Musk. The development comes after Musk’s official departure from his advisory role in the Trump administration. Notably, Katie shared an X post, quoting Musk’s previous quote: “DOGE is a way of life,…
Some men campaign. Elon Musk campaigned on something.As Donald Trump mounted his improbable comeback in 2024, one of his loudest backers wasn’t a politician or a general or a strategist. It was a man who launches rockets, argues with strangers online, and fathers children with the scattershot enthusiasm of a fertility startup. But as The…
WWE witnessed some major developments in the Saturday Night’s Main Event on May 24, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. The Stamford-based promotion is back with another edition of SmackDown, bringing some more developments for the upcoming Money in the Bank PLE.In the Saturday Night’s Main Event, fans saw the return of Bronson Reed and The American…
Bihar Public Service Commission releases notification for 47 DSO/AD vacancies BPSC recruitment 2025: The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has officially released the notification for the recruitment of District Statistical Officer (DSO) and Assistant Director (AD) posts under Advertisement No. 38/2025. Eligible Indian candidates can apply online for a total of 47 vacancies in the…