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AI image for representation only. TL;DR: Driving the newsPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday endorsing a $14 billion deal that would spin off TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance. The move aims to meet the legal requirement set by a 2024 law forcing ByteDance to divest or face a ban…
Medical dramas are a dime a dozen on American TV, but few ever touched the sheer genius of House MD. You had Hugh Laurie, a quintessential British humourist, playing a misanthropic American doctor based on Sherlock Holmes — inception-level wall-breaking, because Arthur Conan Doyle modelled Holmes on a doctor. Like Holmes, House wrestles with substance…
The Trump administration is stepping up unannounced site inspections targeting foreign students working under the optional practical training (OPT) programme—especially those on the two-year STEM OPT extensions—with officers even knocking on doors at homes and student housing to verify compliance with federal rules.According to immigration attorneys, while site inspections are legal, it has sharply escalated…
India exports a significant amount of pharmaceutical drugs to the US. (AI image) US President Donald Trump’s latest announcement of 100% tariffs imported branded or patented pharmaceutical products has sent shockwaves through pharma companies around the world.Trump announced on Truth Social that effective October 1, 2025, a 100% tariff will be applicable on imported branded…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif with Donald Trump (AP photo) The TOI correspondent from Washington: Absent any formal briefing from Washington, speculation raged about the real purpose of the Trump-Sharif meeting, which came soon after the US president hosted a lunch for Turkish leader Erdogan, who, like India, was asked by the US to cease purchasing…
Abhishek Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan India batter Abhishek Sharma has etched his name in history by becoming the highest run-scorer in a single T20 Asia Cup edition. The dynamic left-hander overtook Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and India’s Virat Kohli, both of whom previously dominated this record. With his fluent knock of 61 off…
NEW DELHI: The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar on Friday unleashed the “Brahmastra” of modern-day electoral politics – DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) – as Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred Rs 10,000 each directly to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women in the state.The Rs 7,500-crore “Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana”, an initiative of…
Image credits: Getty Images While the pandemic might be in the rear-view mirror right now, COVID-19 continues to evolve and affect many to date. Currently, a new strain of the virus is spiking cases worldwide.The XFG variant, also known as Stratus, has been spreading far and wide after first being detected in Southeast Asia in…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on Friday reached the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) wearing a mosquito repellent net to protest against the increase in cases of malaria, chikungunya, and dengue.AAP MCD LoP Ankush Narang claimed that the ruling BJP has no strategy to combat malaria, dengue and chikungunya.“Today, all of us…
Air India crash (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people, including passengers, crew and civilians.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi tagged the plea with another pending case raising similar…
