Currency crash and visa crackdowns force Indian students to rethink studying abroad For years, studying abroad has been a dream for many Indian students seeking better career opportunities. But a combination of stricter visa rules, weaker job markets and a falling rupee is making that dream harder to achieve.According to education experts, Indian students are…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday received a phone call from US President Donald Trump, during which the two leaders reviewed bilateral ties and the situation in West Asia.PM Modi said in a post on X, “Received a call from my friend President Donald Trump. We reviewed the substantial progress achieved in our…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee accused functionaries within her party of “sabotage” in the recent assembly elections and announced multiple probes Wednesday, striking a defiant note as TMC grappled with a crushing defeat to BJP after 15 years in office. Seventy-one of 80 newly elected MLAs attended a meeting at her Kalighat residence…
TOI correspondent from London: British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa was convicted this week of murdering 18-year-old Southampton University student Henry Nowak with a 21cm kirpan, a verdict that ignited political demands to ban carrying the ceremonial dagger in public spaces even for religious reasons.The ruling, delivered by a jury at Southampton Crown Court, also sparked…
LONDON: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party had scooped up the most council seats in local elections in England by Friday night, even taking control of its first London council, as angry voters booted out hundreds of Labour and Conservative councillors in their traditional heartlands.By then, even though results continued to come in overnight for the…
He warned US of “unforgettable lessons” Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday warned the United States of “unforgettable lessons” if it continued attacking the Islamic Republic, while declaring that US President Donald Trump‘s signature was “worthless and invalid.”The written statement, read out on Iranian state television, came hours after Tehran announced it was suspending…
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress lurched towards its biggest rupture in 28 years Monday after rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed support of 20 MPs and wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition as a separate parliamentary bloc that would back BJP-led NDA.If the numbers hold, rebels would clear the two-thirds threshold needed to…
SRINAGAR: The stem cell donor was from Poland. Donor identification and bone marrow transportation were facilitated by a German organisation. The transplant was carried out by doctors at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar.This international medical collaboration has saved the life of a three-year-old Kashmir boy suffering from Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare…
Malviya Nagar restaurant fire NEW DELHI: At least four people were killed after a fire broke out at a restaurant in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, officials said.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call at 9.45am and rushed teams to the spot. A total of 11 people were rescued from…
When you see certain snakes for the first time, it’s hard not to wonder if someone brightened them in a photo editor. Their colours are so bright and attractive, with almost unreal-looking wild patterns, that they look designed by an artist or just AI-generated rather than natural. Although their appearance might deceive us into believing…