‘They like the discount..’: Trump aide says India has to do more on Russian oil to get tariff relief

India’s approach to sourcing crude oil is increasingly tilting toward supplies that carry lower risk. (AI image) India and the US trade talks have so far failed to yield a deal, and Russian oil continues to play a role in any tariff relief that India would want from the Donald Trump administration. India faces 50% […]

BN University Awards PhD to Basant Singh Rathore | Udaipur Kiran

UDAIPUR, 28 January (Udaipur Kiran): BN University has awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree to Basant Singh Rathore for his research work titled “Solubility Enhancement of Anti-Inflammatory Drug by Using Different Solubility Enhancement Techniques.” The research was carried out under the supervision of Dr Bhupendra Vyas at the BN Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The […]

Udaipur’s Colonel Aditya Joshi to Receive Vishisht Seva Medal | Udaipur Kiran

UDAIPUR, 28 January (Udaipur Kiran): On the eve of the 77th Republic Day 2026, the nation has announced the conferment of the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) on Colonel Aditya Joshi of the Army Medical Corps, a proud son of Udaipur. The prestigious award, bestowed by the President of India, will be formally presented in June […]

Cleveland Browns to hire Todd Monken as head coach; check details

The Cleveland Browns have made a bold move in their coaching search, as they are hiring Todd Monken as their new head coach. Monken, turning 60 on February 5, will step into his first NFL head coaching role after three seasons as the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator. He will replace Kevin Stefanski, whose six-year tenure […]

‘No security threat here’: Bangladesh questions India’s move to recall diplomats’ families

Bangladesh on Wednesday said that there was no security situation that justified India recalling the family members of its diplomats from Dhaka. This comes after New Delhi cited precautionary safety concerns amid rising extremist activity ahead of the country’s general elections.Bangladesh’s foreign affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said that there was “no reason” for such […]

‘I saw this coming’: Texas Republican candidate says he got fired from Amazon; ‘It was not AI’

Nicholas Lee, a military veteran who is running for Congress from Texas’s 2nd Congressional District, said he got laid off by Amazon in its latest tranche of layoff announced Wednesday. Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, confirmed the layoff in a blog post. “As I shared in October, we’ve been […]

‘Satyagraha’ at the Kennedy Center: Philip Glass leads artists’ boycott in protest of Trump takeover

TOI correspondent from Washington: Celebrated American composer and Indophile Philip Glass has withdrawn the world premiere of his Symphony No 15, “Lincoln,” from the MAGA-infused Kennedy Center in Washington DC — the decision redolent of nonviolent Gandhian protest embodied in his landmark opera Satyagraha.Glass announced this week that the Kennedy Center’s current direction under President […]

Leave Babar Azam alone: Salman Ali Agha not worried his poor Big Bash league stint in Australia

Pakistan’s T20I captain, Salman Ali Agha, asked the media to leave Babar Azam alone as the pressure mounts on the star batter following his disastrous stint at the Big Bash League. Speaking at the press conference ahead of the T20I series against Australia, Agha talked about how he was frustrated by how all the questions […]

Toxic manager driving you crazy? What UAE employees can and can’t do

UAE Bosses: Are You Suffering an Incompetent Manager? The Law Might Surprise You. Feeling stuck under a manager you believe is unskilled, disrespectful or outright incompetent in the UAE? This common workplace frustration in the United Arab Emirates is not treated as a mere incompetence since as per the law you can directly take it […]

Chanel to prison: South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee jailed for 20 months | World News

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after a court found she accepted luxury gifts, including a Chanel bag and a Graff diamond necklace, in exchange for political favours. The verdict marks one of the most serious criminal convictions ever handed to a presidential spouse in […]