NEW DELHI: Pained by the treatment meted out to teachers in the country, Supreme Court has said mere public recital of “guru brahma, guru vishnu, guru devo maheswarah” is meaningless if those who shape future generations are paid a pittance.Criticising Gujarat government for paying contractual assistant professors Rs 30,000 a month despite them performing work…
Crash site (left), Harjinder Singh (ANI) Over 2.2 million people have signed an online petition urging Florida governor Ron DeSantis to consider leniency for Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old Indian origin man facing vehicular homicide charges in the US after a fatal crash earlier this month, reported the New York Post.Singh, who entered the US illegally…
TOI correspondent from London: A suspected arson attack tore through an Indian restaurant in east London, leaving five people hospitalised, two in life-threatening condition, police said Sunday. A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man were picked up on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.Both are in custody and the investigation “continues at pace…
Tensions are escalating between the United States and China over technology trade for quite some time. A casualty of the US-China trade war is the world’s most-valuable company — Nvidia. Recently, China reportedly asked domestic companies to scale back purchases of Nvidia’s H20 computer chip. The move comes in response to what Chinese officials have…
TOI correspondent from Washington: The Indian Embassy in Washington DC has hired a second lobbying firm to provide strategic communications services including federal lobbying, media relations, digital audit, social media strategy and advertising just days ahead of the double whammy 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports to US. According to foreign agent registration filings,…
Analysts suggest that domestic equity markets may respond positively to signals of a possible US Federal Reserve rate reduction. (AI image) Indian equity benchmark indices, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, are expected to see a gap-up opening on Monday after US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell indicated that the central bank may cut rates in its…
Dragged by hair, set on fire: Noida woman killed for Rs 36 lakh dowry, husband held NEW DELHI: In the Greater Noida dowry death case, police on Sunday arrested the victim’s mother-in-law, hours after her husband, Vipin Bhati, was shot in the leg during an attempted escape from custody. Confirming the arrest, the DCP, Greater…
NEW DELHI: Ram Shankar Bind, the 20-year-old arrested for attempting to scale the wall of the Parliament complex in Delhi, has been released after questioning by central agencies, his family said on Sunday.Bind, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, was detained on Friday morning after security personnel stopped him as he tried to climb…
Cheteshwar Pujara in action on day five of the 4th Test Match vs Australia in Brisbane (Images via Getty Images) Cheteshwar Pujara, who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Sunday, leaves behind a career celebrated for its patience, courage and resilience. Among the many innings that defined him, his 56 off 211…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has institutionalised attempts to steal votes in Bihar through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and is working in favour of the BJP.“In Bihar, SIR is an institutionalised way for vote…
