YouTube Music faces backlash after making song lyrics a premium-only feature

YouTube Music has upset many users after changing how song lyrics work on its app. Earlier, lyrics were free for everyone. Now, free users can only read lyrics for a limited time before they are blocked. This change has prompted dissatisfaction among listeners who love to read song lyrics as they listen. This discontent comes […]

First images of Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect out: FBI shares chilling photos of ski-masked man tampering with camera

The FBI released surveillance photos of an armed person in a ski mask tampering with Nancy Guthrie’s home security camera on the morning she disappeared, FBI director Kash Patel said.The black and white photos were “recovered from residual data located in backend systems,” Patel wrote, with four photos showing the suspect.Security camera footage of a […]

UK-India FTA gets compared to ‘bag of soggy poppadums’ in House of Commons debate

TOI correspondent from London: MPs of all political parties criticised the UK-India FTA at a debate in the House of Commons on Monday, with shadow trade secretary Andrew Griffith saying: “Instead of a vindaloo of a deal, the PM came back with a bag of soggy poppadums.”Trade minister Chris Bryant defended the deal, saying UK […]

US commerce secretary rejects Epstein links amid bipartisan calls to step down: ‘Met 3 times in 14 years’

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday strongly denied having any substantive relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during testimony before a Senate committee, even as lawmakers from both parties stepped up calls for his resignation following the release of new justice department files.Appearing before a Senate appropriations panel, Lutnick […]

‘Positive conversation’: Carney calls Donald Trump after president threatened to block Gordie Howe International Bridge opening

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to US President Donald Trump early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, after Trump threatened to block its opening.Carney said he explained to Trump that Canadians paid for the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership […]

Indian-American CEO’s mother earned $10,000 babysitting in US home: ‘Kids loved her rotis’

An Indian-American CEO has shared the story of his mother, who moved to the United States in the 1970s and managed to save $10,000 by running a small in-house business. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group, described the journey in a post on X, which showed his mother’s determination and entrepreneurial spirit despite being away […]

‘Go back to India’, ‘Die Nazi’: Melbourne dad finds racist notes while cleaning car; says there’s no reason for such attacks

An Indian-origin man in Melbourne reported racist, hateful notes scattered across the front yard of his Epping home when he was cleaning his car. ‘Go back to India’, ‘Die Nazi’ — the notes read. The man who did not want to disclose hi name posted the photos of the racist notes on a local Facebook […]

‘We are allowed to voice our opinion’: Chloe Kim defends fellow Olympian Hunter Hess after Trump calls her ‘real loser’

Chloe Kim, who is a two-time Olympic snowboarding gold medallist and a child of immigrant parents, voiced support on Monday for Hunter Hess, a fellow Team USA athlete who drew criticism from President Trump over comments expressing mixed feelings about representing the United States in Milan-Cortina.“My parents being immigrants, this one definitely hits pretty close […]

Brampton’s Indian-origin ‘Visa King’ shuts down social media after flaunting $300,000 watch in viral video

A Brampton-based immigration consultant of Indian origin has closed his Instagram account following a row over videos in which he flaunted a luxury watch reportedly worth $300,000. The consultant, who went by the Instagram handle “Canadian Visa King” and Facebook username ‘Visa King office Canada Channi Bhai,’ went viral after posting clips boasting about the […]

India-origin US lawmaker Ro Khanna accuses justice department of ‘inappropriately redacting’ six names in Epstein files, seeks transparency

Indian-origin US Democrat Ro Khanna on Monday claimed that six names, which he said were “likely incriminating” based on their inclusion in the Epstein files, were “inappropriately” redacted.Members of Congress were allowed to begin a review of the unredacted versions of the approximately three million pages of files released under the EFTA since December, BBC […]