NEW DELHI: India has asked China to constructively work towards a “permanent solution” to the border issue under a structured roadmap to bridge trust deficit, de-escalate tensions and rejuvenate the existing mechanism to demarcate it, even as their armies continue to be forward deployed against each other along the frontier for the last five years.Defence…
India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Leeds: India may have ended Day Two of the first Test at Headingley with the upper hand, but England’s spirited resistance, led by Ollie Pope’s unbeaten hundred, ensured that the contest remained finely poised.Scorecard: India vs England 1st Test Day 2At stumps, England were…
British universities are facing a reckoning over the boundaries of speech and academic freedom. In newly issued guidance, the Office for Students, the UK’s higher education regulator, has warned institutions that shielding students from legal but controversial ideas poses a threat to core academic principles.The message is unambiguous: Students must not only be allowed to…
NEW DELHI: Australia captain Pat Cummins has announced his team’s playing XI for the ICC World Test Championship Final against South Africa, set to begin on Tuesday, June 11, at Lord’s, according to the ICC website.Former No.1-ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne has been promoted to open the innings alongside Usman Khawaja. In the pace department,…
Carlos Alcaraz (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Carlos Alcaraz has once again cemented his status as one of tennis’s brightest stars by retaining his 2025 French Open men’s singles title in a gripping final against Jannik Sinner. The Spaniard overcame a daunting two-set deficit and saved three match points in a marathon battle that stretched mind-boggling…
The Trump administration once again brought up the India-Pakistan conflict and the subsequent ceasefire before a US court while defending the President’s controversial tariff decisions. In a June 2 filing before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Trump’s legal team claimed that tariffs imposed under his presidency were not only economic tools…
Indian-origin UK MP Priti Patel staunchly defended India’s military strikes on terror camps in Pakistan while emphasising that terrorists based in Pakistan threaten both India and Western interests. In a fiery speech in Parliament, Patel called for more active involvement of the UK in working with India to tackle terrorist threats. “We want to avoid…
Punjab Kings players celebrate a KKR wicket. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings etched their name in the history books on Tuesday by defending the lowest total ever in the Indian Premier League, pulling off a remarkable 16-run win against Kolkata Knight Riders at Mullanpur, Chandigarh.After being bowled out for a mere 111 in…
They are a group of progressive Jewish organizations and congregations, and they are coming to the defense of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Muslim graduate student at Tufts, who faces deportation after she helped write an essay critical of Israel. The coalition includes synagogues in places like West Newton, Mass., San Francisco and the Upper West Side…
As Delaware lawmakers prepare to hold hearings tomorrow about a bill that could reshape corporate America, some of the biggest corporate law firms are coming out in favor of it. On Tuesday, 21 law firms — including Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison — will publish…