Rajni Kumari with his father Dashrath Paswan and mother Sunita Devi. (Photo credit: Dainik Bhaskar) Every morning, long before sunrise, Dashrath Paswan would quietly leave his home in Bihar’s Jamui district and step onto the road with his handcart. Some days he found work. Some days he did not. Some days he returned home with…
PV Sindhu vs Ayush Shetty (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: At 21, Ayush Shetty has already added multiple feathers to his cap. He won a bronze medal in the boys’ singles event at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Earlier this year, he became the first Indian men’s singles shuttler to win a silver medal at…
Chidambaram seeks no change in 543 Lok Sabha seats (ANI photo) Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Friday that the party wants the existing allocation of Lok Sabha seats to be maintained for another 25 years, with no change to the current strength of 543 seats or Tamil Nadu’s 39…
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Prasidh Krishna (AP Photos) Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 110 while Rohit Sharma made a fluent 79 as India thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets in Chennai on Saturday to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series.Chasing a modest target of 219, the Indian openers made light work of the task…
Good news from America! One of North America’s most stunning freshwater wonderlands received a major conservation boost in a welcoming move. The update has made hikers, nature lovers, and travellers happy alike. Nearly 213 acres around Lake Superior Falls on the Wisconsin-Michigan border have been added to the U.S. national park system. This means long-term…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo-AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is once again scrambling to preserve a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran, insisting that a broader peace agreement is within reach even as renewed missile exchanges, mutual threats, and deep mistrust continue to push the Middle East toward another dangerous…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) The rise of teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is no longer just an Indian phenomenon. The 15-year-old’s extraordinary IPL 2026 campaign has captured global attention, with former England captain Michael Vaughan revealing that even fans in the United Kingdom are tuning in specifically to watch the young batter.Sooryavanshi’s fearless batting and remarkable…
The final round of Group K concludes with one of the marquee fixtures of the FIFA World Cup 2026 as Portugal and Colombia meet for the first time in senior men’s international football at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Although both teams have already booked their places in the Round of 32, the battle…
Apple is doubling down on India, with the country emerging as a key growth engine across product categories, from iPhones to Macs and iPads, according to comments from CEO Tim Cook during the company’s latest earnings call. Cook flagged India as part of a broader surge in emerging markets, where Apple recorded double-digit growth. “We…
Often called the “Gate of Tears”, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean Iran has signalled that it could expand pressure beyond the Strait of Hormuz to another of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern entrance to the…