NEW DELHI: The desi peak outbound travel month of June saw a decline in the number of Indian visitors to the US in 2025 over the previous year for the first time this Millennium — barring the Covid period. With 2.1 lakh Indians headed to America in June, the number was 8% lower than 2.3…
Canada’s economy shrank at an annualised pace of 1.6% in the second quarter as exports took a hit from tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, Statistics Canada said on Friday. This marked the country’s first GDP contraction in seven quarters.The agency also revised down its first-quarter growth estimate from 2.2% to 2.0%, underscoring the…
Atlanta Public Schools (APS), one of Georgia’s largest public school districts, is confronting a mounting crisis: steady enrolment declines have left the district with tens of thousands of empty seats and underused facilities. In response, APS is actively exploring options that include school closures, redistricting, consolidations, and potentially new construction. The district describes this comprehensive…
NEW DELHI: Seven out of the top 10 highest-valued firms experienced a collective reduction of Rs 1.35 lakh crore in market value last week. The BSE benchmark decreased by 863.18 points, equivalent to 1.05 per cent.The collective market value reduction of Rs 1,35,349.93 crore affected TCS, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Infosys,…
India’s industrial output growth slipped to a 10-month low of 1.5% in June 2025, dragged down by contractions in mining and electricity production due to the early arrival of the monsoon, according to official data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Monday.In comparison, factory output as measured by the Index of Industrial Production…
Ben Stokes with England teammate (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Manchester: In an unusual end to the fourth Test at Old Trafford, England skipper Ben Stokes on Sunday offered a handshake to signal a mutual draw, only to be refused by Indian batters Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, both closing in on individual centuries. While the…
Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar rubbed salt into England’s wounds on Day 5 by declining Ben Stokes’s offer of a draw before the final hour of play began in the Manchester Test. Stokes approached the umpires and offered to shake hands with the Indian players when the score read 386 for 4, with India leading…
West Indies’ Brandon King is bowled by Australia’s Mitchell Starc on day three of the third Test cricket match at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) West Indies were bowled out for just 27, the second-lowest score in Test history, and the worst since 1955 as they lost the…
Drop in Indian students causes Canada’s colleges to lay off 10,000 faculty and support workers Canada’s colleges are facing a significant employment crisis as a sharp drop in Indian student enrolment forces institutions to lay off approximately 10,000 faculty and support staff. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) reports that job losses are widespread…
Vijay Amritraj (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: India’s headline-makers at Wimbledon have been cricketers Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar and Ravi Shastri and not the tennis players. Instead of the action on the tennis court, India’s attention has thus been on those occupying the seats at the prestigious Grand Slam.Sumit Nagal lost in the…