“I want the guilty to be punished. I am a mother, I do not want them to be hanged. I want life imprisonment for them,” Hasirani Rath said while speaking to reporters. NEW DELHI: Hasirani Rath, mother of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday demanded life imprisonment for those behind…
Image:Left/Brilliant Africa/Right/Canva At first glance, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania appears almost otherworldly. Its shimmering red waters, highly alkaline chemistry and scorching temperatures create one of the harshest aquatic environments on Earth. Yet this seemingly inhospitable lake supports one of nature’s most remarkable survival stories. Every year, millions of lesser flamingos gather along its shores…
Three years are a long time in public life. A 2023 photo of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan with education reformer Sonam Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali Angmo has acquired a new political life.The March 2023 post, in which Pradhan praised the couple’s ideas and commitment to transforming education, resurfaced on social media Thursday as Wangchuk’s…
Coober Pedy is one of Australia’s strangest and most famous outback towns, a place where much of daily life happens below the surface because the desert heat above ground can be punishing. Located in South Australia, about 950 km north-west of Adelaide, it grew out of opal mining after a discovery in 1915 sparked a…
NEW DELHI: Sounding alarm on the impact of the rising airfares on Indian workers in the Gulf region, Congress MP Vivek Tankha Friday urged the Modi government to make the fares affordable – either through price revision or subsidies — so that workers can visit their families during the summer vacation from June to August.Tankha…
Rafael Nadal of Spain (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Rafael Nadal has opened up about the severe physical struggles he endured throughout his legendary tennis career, revealing how constant pain and difficult health decisions became a part of his journey to greatness.Speaking to the BBC, the 39-year-old admitted that his pursuit of success often pushed him…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump was hurriedly evacuated from a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday night after shots rang outside the banquet hall shortly before he was to deliver his speech. The US Secret Service said in a statement soon after that it is…
Dasun Shanaka getting congratulated by teammates (X-Seattle Orcas) Dasun Shanaka delivered one of the most remarkable finishes in Cognizant Major League Cricket history, claiming the tournament’s first-ever double hat-trick to help the Seattle Orcas defend a modest total and seal a thrilling nine-run victory over the Texas Super Kings. Defending just 121, the Orcas looked…
NEW DELHI: New York witnessed demonstrations in support of ‘cockroaches’, on Tuesday, as students and members of Indian diaspora rallied over alleged irregularities in the NEET examinations.The protesters gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in New York City’s Union Square carrying placards in support of students.Protests spread to LondonSimilar solidarity demonstrations were held in London,…
Glasgow: Brexit supporters celebrate at George Square in Glasgow, England, as Britain left the European Union on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. (AP/PTI) Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European…