In 2021, Afghanistan cricketer Benafsha Hashimi’s life was under threat just for playing the sport she loves. The Taliban’s brutal regime had returned to power; women who played sport were being hunted down and murdered. Five years after fleeing their homeland Hashimi and the rest of the Afghan women’s team have earned the respect of…
NEW DELHI: In a boost for BJP-led NDA’s ranks in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Saturday recognised the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ decision to join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, even as he is yet to take a final call on the merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with little-known Nationalist Citizens…
Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. If you or anyone you know needs help: The former CEO of Master Builders Queensland told a CFMEU inquiry this week that “I’m lucky I’m here today”. It was an extraordinary admission from a former building industry boss. Summoned to testify at a commission of inquiry into the…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person…
With no background in hospitality, Taran Howard is happily ready to oblige any odd or unusual request from patrons who drop into his “vampire, cowboy-style saloon” in Sydney’s inner west. “We opened the doors, and it just went insane; we were just inundated with people, which was amazing,” Mr Howard, an electrician by trade, said…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi Saturday to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 for restoration of statehood, even though police permission for the sit-in was yet to come.Omar told TOI that his party was talking to Delhi Police…
Rory McIlroy saved one of his best shots at The Open on Saturday for Bryson DeChambeau. The world number two did not hold back when asked for his thoughts on DeChambeau’s conduct on the second round of play, when the American was involved in a lengthy, heated post-round exchange with rules officials as they reviewed…
SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s…
Australia’s largest river red gum forest along the mighty Murray is enjoying the spoils of winter floods, attracting more than 50 waterbird species in their thousands come spring. It is a natural flood plain at the right time of year, but too much water out of season causes environmental havoc. A massive accumulation of sand…
Move Seen As Part Of Govt’s Outreach To Oppn For Delimit Bill Support NEW DELHI: A day after a parliamentary committee abruptly deferred the adoption of its report on a contentious anti-graft bill, another parliamentary panel, which is examining govt’s proposed law to replace multiple higher education regulators with one umbrella body, has called off…