Category: Events

Vikash Ramkissoon (Image credit: Parliament of Guyana) A debate in Guyana’s Parliament took an unexpected turn when Member of Parliament Vikash Ramkissoon responded in fluent Hindi after an opposition lawmaker questioned his knowledge of the language.The exchange began when an opposition member claimed that Ramkissoon did not understand Hindi. Seeking permission from the Speaker, he...

Strategists at America’s biggest bank JP Morgan have recently shared a note to investors, saying the sharp fall in software stocks may be excessive and could be driven by fears that are not fully supported by current business conditions. In its note to investors, the bank said that markets are pricing in near-term disruption from...

NEW DELHI: IndiGo will, from Wednesday (Feb 11), operate flights as per the requirements of the new safety-enhancing flight duty norms for pilots. The dispensation given by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the airline from following the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) for its Airbus A320 family pilots lapsed on Tuesday. The...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128191251,imgsize-869989,width-400,resizemode-4/images-26.jpg" alt="'20-25 Congress MPs entered Lok Sabha Speaker's chamber, abused him': Kiren Rijiju's big charge" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused Congress MPs of storming into Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s chamber and hurling abuses at him.“At least 20-25 Congress MPs...

Ben Stokes’ before and after surgery photos. (Pics credit: Stokes’ posts) England Test captain Ben Stokes has revealed that he underwent successful surgery after suffering a nasty facial injury when he was struck by a cricket ball during a nets session. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 34-year-old all-rounder shared images...

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif has delivered a scathing assessment of his country’s past alliances with Washington, telling the National Assembly that Islamabad had been “used like toilet paper and then discarded” after serving American interests in Afghanistan.Speaking during a debate on terrorism following a deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Asif...

French prosecutors on Tuesday appealed for witnesses after a former teacher was charged with the aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors over more than five decades across multiple countries, in what authorities described as an unusually extensive abuse case.Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux said the suspect, Jacques Leveugle, a 79-year-old former educator born in 1946...

Delhi Police special cell sends notice to Penguin over row surrounding Gen M M Naravane’s memoir NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s Special Cell sent a notice to Penguin Random House India Pvt Limited regarding the alleged leak of a pre-print copy of the book “Four Stars of Destiny”.The police took cognisance of information found on social...

Iranian security forces have been accused of executing wounded anti-regime protesters inside hospitals, including patients lying in beds with IV lines and breathing tubes, according to a report by the New York Post. The account alleges that officers entered medical facilities to identify injured demonstrators and shot some of them in the head at close...

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has issued an order that all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ — including the last four that were dropped by the Jawaharlal’s Nehru govt, allegedly to maintain the song’s ‘secular’ appeal — shall be sung at all official functions and other occasions.The home ministry order dated...