Category: Events

Jharkhand Police imposed prohibitory orders around the Assembly and strengthened security across the city as students marched against alleged recruitment exam irregularities. NEW DELHI: Ranchi is under heightened security on Monday as protesting students prepare to march to the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations. The students, who have been agitating for...

Jeff Bezos has just been handed the one milestone most founders would frame and hang on a wall, and his response was to wave it off. Speaking to Fortune from the original door-slab desk he built in his Bellevue garage in 1995, now sitting in his Washington, D.C., study, the Amazon founder said bigness was...

Process of detecting consumption of psychoactive substances is difficult NEW DELHI: The legal availability of marijuana for either medicinal or recreational use in places like Thailand and Amsterdam has made life difficult for airlines flying there. The reason: Unlike simple breath analyser tests for checking if the crew is tipsy, the process of detecting consumption...

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, left, with BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: VVS Laxman has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to succeed Rahul Dravid as India head coach in 2024, choosing instead to continue his work at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) and citing family considerations as...

More than 20 US warships are currently deployed to the Middle East for military missions, including the naval blockade against Iran, according to CENTCOM. US Central Command (Centcom) said on Monday that its forces had redirected 55 commercial vessels, disabled two and boarded two others while enforcing Washington’s naval blockade against Iran. More than 20...

Starbucks has announced that it will stop covering the GLP-1 medications prescribed for weight loss under its employee health plans starting October. According to a report by Business Insider, the Seattle-based coffee chain has confirmed that while the drugs may still be covered for other conditions such as diabetes, they will no longer be included...

Hirotoshi Tanaka and the chair he ‘stole’ (Image Credit: Special arrangement) BENGALURU: When Japanese student Hirotoshi Tanaka came to Bengaluru in 2019, he had one simple plan — to learn English, experience life in India and eventually return to his parents in Yaizu city, Shizuoka, Japan.Instead, his journey took him from a police station to...

Microsoft cuts 4800 job Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has issued a warning to travelers following a series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting guest Wi-Fi networks at hotels and hospitality venues worldwide. The internet hijacking campaign, dubbed ‘CaptiveCrunch’, has been active since at least May and is attributed to Storm-2945, a sub-cluster claimed to be of the...

Gurnoor Brar picked up two wickets in the second innings. (BCCI | X) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Indian cricket has been hit by a barrage of injuries in the last few weeks, with more than a dozen regular players currently at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) undergoing rehabilitation. Jasprit Bumrah and Sai Sudharsan will miss...

Trump’s Iran strategy faces tough Hormuz test US president Donald Trump had been preparing to declare victory in the war with Iran if Tehran agreed to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He had also privately signalled to senior aides that he was willing to walk away without securing a nuclear deal, US officials said...