TOI correspondent from Washington: “Taco Thursday” has turned to faltering Friday as a sketchy American peace deal with Iran remained tantalizingly out of reach despite US President Donald Trump’s optimistic projections just hours earlier. Trump himself appeared to reel back expectations on Friday morning calling Iranians “very dishonorable people to deal with” after alleging that…
Rice fields in Bali (Image Credit: Canva) For centuries, Bali’s iconic terraced rice fields did much more than produce food. They formed part of an ingenious irrigation network that distributed water across the island, sustained farming communities and helped maintain ecological balance. Today, however, that centuries-old system is under increasing pressure. As tourism expands and…
A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her sister at a north London flat before taking a valuable watch, the BBC reports.Nancy Pexton, 70, was found guilty of murdering her sister, film director Jennifer Abbott Dauward, at the victim’s home in Camden in June last year. She must serve a minimum…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump (AP photo) “Military is obvious.”The remark from US President Donald Trump came almost casually as he stood amid the grand ceremonial spectacle arranged by his Chinese counterpart and host Xi Jinping in Beijing. Rows of Chinse soldiers stood in perfect formation. Red carpets stretched across the…
Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from entering the Strait of Hormuz Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from entering the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to sail through it, according to media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the…
BENGALURU: A customer books a cleaner through an app. A worker arrives. But this time, there is a camera strapped to the worker’s head.The image has sparked widespread unease online after on-demand home services startup Pronto confirmed to TOI that a small subset of customers can opt into a programme where household jobs are recorded…
The poll found that only around one in five specialist mental health nurses consider their workload manageable Mental health patients in the UK are “routinely coming to harm” due to rising caseloads, chronic understaffing and excessive administrative burden, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).The poll found that only around one…
India’s foreign exchange reserves recorded their steepest weekly decline in months, falling by $9.985 billion to $671.625 billion in the week ended June 12, mainly due to a sharp drop in gold reserves, according to RBI data released on Friday.The country’s forex reserves had declined by $711 million in the previous reporting week to $681.610…
A ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20 struck down the reciprocal tariffs introduced by Donald Trump. (AI image) India-US trade deal: The Indian delegation’s visit to America for trade deal talks has concluded and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has called New Delhi a ‘tough nut to crack’. The…
If Father’s Day existed in the animal kingdom, some dads would need more than just a mug that says “World’s Best Dad.” One father stands in Antarctic blizzards for weeks without eating. Another carries dozens of babies inside his body. One tiny monkey spends most of its day with babies clinging to its back, while…