Hamas on Friday said it had turned over to the Red Cross the body of a woman that Hamas officials believe belonged to Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose capture with her two young sons during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack became a symbol of the country’s anguish. Ms. Bibas’s remains were initially believed to…
Israel said on Friday that one of the bodies Hamas handed over as part of the cease-fire deal did not belong to an Israeli woman taken hostage in 2023, as the Palestinian militant group had claimed. The revelation prompted further alarm over the future of the brittle truce and hostage-for-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and…
A federal investigation has revealed that more than $135,370 in funds allocated for the Head Start preschool program were improperly used to cover wages and credit card expenses unrelated to the program, according to the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE). According to a report by SanJoseSpotlight.com, the misuse of funds took place between…
The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick — the influenza viruses that send us to bed and the smallpox viruses that may send us to the grave. But healthy people are rife with viruses that don’t make us ill. Scientists estimate that tens of trillions of viruses live inside of…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Monday said a meeting called by the central government to elect the next Election Commission chief should have been deferred until the final verdict by the Supreme Court on the formation of a selection panel.“Today, a meeting related to the election of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was held….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday came under sharp criticism for using “banned Chinese drones” to attack the Indian government over its policies on unmanned aerial vehicles.The leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha released a video questioning the Indian government’s policies on drone technology, which sparked massive outrage from industry experts who…
The NCAA, the governing body for collegiate sports in the United States, banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports effective immediately on Thursday, aligning itself with US President Donald Trump. The policy change came one day after Trump signed an executive order attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports, a directive…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India on Tuesday alleged that there were “deliberate pressure tactics to malign” the poll body in the Delhi elections after Aam Aadmi Party accused it of indulging in “hooliganism” by not taking any action against BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri and kin for “violating” the MCC. “The 3-member Commission collectively noted repeated…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union budget 2025, announced plans for 1.5 lakh rural post offices to boost the rural economy. The budget includes a new urea plant in Assam and enhanced investment limits for MSMEs. The government will also support the National Cooperative Development Corporation to aid small businesses and farmers. NEW DELHI:…
They say, all supermen wear capes. Some wear bibs. Mo Farah is one of them.One of only two athletes to win the 5000m and 10,000m gold at successive Olympic Games (London 2012 and Rio 2016), the 41-year-old visited the Times Of India office at CST in his capacity as an event ambassador of the Tata…