CJI Surya Kant; Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has pulled its new Class 8 Social Science textbook from sale after it included a section on “corruption in the judiciary,” sources told ANI on Wednesday.The move came hours after the matter was raised in the Supreme Court, with…
KOLKATA: The UK immigration system will go fully digital from Wednesday, replacing the physical visa stickers, traditionally pasted in passports, with electronic visas or eVisas.While applicants will still have to visit a visa application centre (VAC) for biometric enrolment and identity verification, their passports will be returned the same day. “With an eVisa, people have…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: In an exhaustive State of the Union address lasting nearly two hours on Tuesday night, US president Donald Trump issued a stark warning to America’s trading partners: stick to the existing trade deals and continue negotiations along the established path, or face far harsher terms in any new agreements. “Don’t…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino confident over Mexico’s hosting duties for FIFA World Cup 2026 despite cartel violence and “El Mencho” killing (via Getty) FIFA president Gianni Infantino has expressed confidence that the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Mexico will go ahead smoothly despite recent deadly cartel violence. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Mexico,…
CHENNAI: In Tamil Nadu’s personality driven politics where optics and rhetoric matter a lot, there are few politicians who are remembered for their ideological resolve. Thozhar RNK is one. R Nallakannu, who died in Chennai on Wednesday at the age of 101, represented a generation of leaders shaped by the freedom struggle and guided by…
Odisha Vigilance officials seized over Rs 4 crore in unaccounted cash from the residence of arrested mines official Debabrata Mohanty BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Vigilance officials on Wednesday morning recovered a staggering unaccounted cash of Rs 4 crore from the residence of mines official Debabrata Mohanty, arrested the previous night while allegedly accepting a Rs 30,000 bribe…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently said that sucking up to your boss will not earn their trust. In a company YouTube video, Jassy said: “They (juniors) sometimes confuse it with meaning being nice to one another or having social cohesion or not challenging each other in meetings”. “I won’t challenge you if you don’t challenge…
Chaos prevailed after ABVP members barged into the campus protesting a scheduled discussion on Kashmir at the university. (ANI) BENGALURU: Hours after ABVP staged a protest inside Azim Premji University campus, Sarjapur, on Tuesday evening, the registrar of the university filed a police complaint against office bearers from Spark Reading Circle, accusing them of hosting…
Saudi Arabia Bans Poultry Imports From 40 Countries/Representative Image Saudi authorities have tightened controls on poultry and table egg imports in one of the most extensive updates in recent years. The revised import list, examined by Okaz newspaper, confirms that imports from 40 countries are fully banned, with additional regional restrictions imposed on 16 other…
CEO of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison After weeks of rejection and wait of 75 days, David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has finally made a bid that Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is taking seriously. According to a report by Business Insider, WBD has told the shareholders that Paramount’s latest $31 per share offer ‘could reasonably be expected’…