Barron Trump returned to the public spotlight this weekend with a noticeably different hairstyle as he attended a UFC event at the White House, marking his first major public appearance in months.The 20-year-old son of US President Donald Trump was among family members attending UFC Freedom 250, held on the White House grounds on Sunday, … Read more
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant Veeraswamy takes Crown Estate to court over eviction. Veeraswamy, the century-old Indian restaurant in the UK, the oldest of all, will be taking the Crown Estate to court this month over its ongoing eviction tussle. Co-owner Ranjit Mathrani said all negotiations with the Crown Estate, the portfolio of King Charles, failed … Read more
Bengal has two poets whose vintage is considered above all others: Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Now, with full awareness of the absurdity involved, one may have to add a third name to the footnotes: MD Ahnaf Hossain.Hossain, a Bangladeshi-origin New Yorker, became a social media sensation after his chant: “My mayor’s Muslim, my … Read more
TOI correspondent from Washington: There was a time when a presidential evening at the White House meant chamber music, state dinners, and deep conversations about nuclear disarmament and trade deficits. Now it apparently means a UFC fighter grabbing a microphone to thank President Trump for having “the balls to put some sh1t like this on,” … Read more
Indian student Sai Teja battles for life after massive road accident in Alabama. 27-year-old Indian student Sai Teja has been fighting for his life after he received grave injuries in a car accident in Montgomery, Alabama. According to reports, a minor driver rammed into Teja’s car when he was returning from a friend’s graduation ceremony. … Read more
In a heroic feat, a man saved a three-year-old girl dangling from a second-floor window in London. He revealed that the cricket skills he learned in India helped him make the life-saving catch.The incident unfolded above a busy shopping street in Ilford, where onlookers watched as the young child clung to a window ledge several … Read more
When Tony Parkes retired from investment banking at the age of 56, few would have predicted that his next chapter would revolve around seedlings, rainforest ecology and one of Australia’s most ambitious conservation efforts. On the far north coast of New South Wales, where the once-vast Big Scrub rainforest had been reduced to scattered fragments, … Read more
TOI correspondent from Washington: When Sundar Pichai was studying at Stanford in the 1990s, he once skipped class to go to Las Vegas. When he returned to Stanford to deliver the commencement address on Sunday, some students skipped Sundar Pichai.It was a very Silicon Valley graduation ceremony: the CEO of Google, one of the most … Read more
(AP Photo/Philippines representative) A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Monday, just a week after a powerful quake in the same region killed at least 65 people and left dozens missing.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake hit off the coast of Mindanao island at 5:18 pm local time (0918 … Read more
On a busy day in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, passersby would often spot an elderly man standing quietly outside churches with a plastic cup in his hand. His clothes were worn. His beard was long and white. To many, he looked like a homeless pensioner trying to survive on spare change. Yet there was something unusual … Read more