Frederick Forsyth, in Icon, explains a cold, vital truth about nations and what holds them together: “An icon. Not a religious painting, but a symbol. He stands for something. All nations need something, some person or symbol, to which they can cleave, which can give a disparate mass of varied people a sense of identity […]
TOI correspondent from Washington: Denmark is changing Greenland’s name to Epstein Island so Trump will stop talking about it, a Danish comedian joked earlier this week. But it’s no laughing matter now. The “MAGA” drive to acquire the Danish affiliate, “the easy way or the hard way” is very much on the cards after US […]
Happiness means different things to different people. For someone craving sugar, it might be a bar of chocolate. For someone with a burning stomach, it could be a chilled lemonade. For someone having a bad day, maybe it is a beer. For a hungry beast, it could be a deep-fried chicken leg, dripping with oil. […]
Elyssa Perry, Meg Lanning UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning moved past Ellyse Perry to become the second-highest run-scorer in Women’s Premier League history during her team’s match against Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium on Saturday.Phoebe Litchfield’s aggressive 78 off 40 balls could not prevent UP Warriorz from going down as Gujarat Giants registered […]
The wait for cricket fans is about to end as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will once again be in the thick of things as we approach the India vs New Zealand 1st ODI clash. Apart from seeing the stalwarts in action, the series will also mark the first occasion when captain Shubman Gill will […]
A pair of Minneapolis women were seen following and taunting ICE agents just days after the fatal shooting of protester Renee Nicole Good, according to footage shared across social media.The footage showed unidentified women being confronted by masked ICE agents in the streets, as one agent warned them: “Don’t make a bad decision today.” ‘Get […]
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma countered AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi‘s remarks of India’s potential to see a “hijab-clad” daughter as the Prime Minister. He said that India is a Hindu nation and the Prime Minister of India shall always be a Hindu person.Responding to Owaisi’s remark, Sarma said, “Constitutionally, there is no […]
A short video showing a woman without a hijab burning a photograph of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to light a cigarette has spread rapidly across social media, becoming one of the most striking protest images linked to the latest wave of unrest associated with Iran. The act brings together several taboos under the […]
UDAIPUR, January 10: (Udaipur Kiran) . Precision radiation has emerged as a major boon for cancer patients, with advanced radiation technologies playing a crucial role in improving treatment outcomes, said renowned cancer specialist Dr S.N. Senapati from Bhubaneswar. Dr Senapati was speaking as the chief speaker at Raj AROICON-25, a cancer conference jointly organised by […]
With his promise of the “nice way or the difficult way,” Donald Trump appears to be reviving an old American ambition with a harder edge. A US plan to buy Greenland for $100 million in the 20th century never came to fruition, but Trump’s renewed interest has given the idea fresh urgency and made it […]
