Sepoy Solomon from Manipur, despite his home being destroyed by a mob, successfully passed the Army Cadet College exam and Services Selection Board interview. PUNE: Sepoy Solomon of the Indian Army, whose home was destroyed by a mob in his native village of Songgel in the Churachandpur district of Manipur in May 2023, showed remarkable…
Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach virus, are surging in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the week of December 5 saw 91 outbreaks, a significant rise from 69 in the previous week and far above the three-year average of 65 for early December.Norovirus, often called the…
Elon Musk, the enigmatic billionaire behind Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter), is once again under scrutiny—this time for allegedly operating a burner account under the pseudonym “Adrian Dittman.” The claim, which has gone viral, has sparked intense debates and investigations across social media and news platforms.Here’s a breakdown of what has unfolded and the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has formed several teams to investigate the camps which are allegedly collecting the personal information of women in the name of the AAP government’s scheme “Mahila Samman Yojna,” according to a senior official’s statement on Sunday. This action follows Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena‘s directive for an investigation into…
Mohammed Siraj (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: When a fast bowler’s own countrymen — whether captain, teammates or former cricketers in the same cricketing ecosystem — challenge their ego, it can be a deliberate or incidental act that spurs them to perform better.Fast bowlers often have a fierce competitive streak. Challenges from their countrymen can push…
TOI correspondent from Washington: President-elect Donald Trump threw his weight behind Elon Musk and his support for H-1B visas even as the hot-button issue continued to roil the MAGA-sphere over the weekend, boiling over into anti-Indian invective. American nativists raged against big tech and Indian guest workers for purportedly exploiting the H-1B system to displace…
NEW DELHI: Former President Pranab Mukherjee‘s daughter Sharmistha alleged that a “real rot” had seeped into the Congress party as she accused the party of orchestrating a relentless trolling campaign against her and her father across social media platforms. The comments came after she raised doubts as to why no Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a jibe over the excavation work being undertaken in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, stating that he believes there is a ‘Shivling’ underneath the chief minister’s residence too.“Since the excavation work is underway, I believe that there is a Shivling at the Chief Minister’s residence too. We…
Sanjay Manjrekar and Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Credits: X / PTI) NEW DELHI: The fourth day of the Boxing Day Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy witnessed a captivating battle between bat and ball at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj delivered standout performances as India fought to contain a resilient Australian side, which…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk once again backed Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday, in an opinion piece he penned in Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper.What Musk saidMusk echoed his post on X a week back where he had said that only AfD could save Germany. In the op-ed, he called the Alternative…
