Month: May 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem’s Instagram account was blocked in India on Wednesday evening, just days after a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 26 Indian tourists.Visitors to Arshad’s Instagram profile were met with a blank page.“Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content,“ the message on the page read when opened Nadeem's account. However, Instagram accounts of several Pakistani cricketers — including Babar Azam, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi — remain accessible in India.“Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice,” the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger,” he had said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Apparently, it is a great time to be a CEO but not so much for anyone else as average CEOs' pay skyrockets to new heights while employees are left grappling with rising costs of living.A recent report by Oxfam released on International Workers’ Day on 1 May revealed that the average global CEO now earns $4.3 million a year, which is a staggering 50% real-term increase from $2.9 million, in just 6 years from 2019 (the figures are adjusted for inflation). In stark contrast, the average worker’s wage has risen by just 0.9% over the same period in countries where CEO pay data is available.These figures, taken from almost 2,000 companies across 35 countries show how CEO’s pay, aided with a bouquet of bonuses and shares, is growing much faster than what workers earn or what things cost.“Year after […]

[ad_1] Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: After his record-breaking heroics in the previous game, Rajasthan Royals' teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi had a forgettable outing against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2025 clash at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.The 14-year-old from Samastipur, Bihar — who took the cricketing world by storm with a blistering 101 off 28 balls against Gujarat Titans — was dismissed for a two-ball duck. Attempting an ambitious stroke off Deepak Chahar’s full delivery, Vaibhav mistimed his shot and offered a simple catch to Will Jacks at mid-on. A stunned silence fell over the stadium following his early exit.Rajasthan Royals’ head coach Rahul Dravid, who had celebrated Vaibhav’s century in the last match by rising from his wheelchair, looked visibly dejected in the dugout.Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians made the most of favorable batting conditions. […]

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: A Nepalese student's body was found hanging in her hostel room at a private university in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.Ruling out any foul play, police confirmed it as a case of suicide, noting this incident occurred about two and a half months after another Nepalese computer science third-year student's reported suicide at the same institution on February 16.Police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh confirmed to TOI about the fresh suicide. “The girl student from Nepal died by suicide within her campus hostel. We are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding her death,” the police commissioner stated.The consecutive deaths of two Nepalese students on university campus have caused distress and shock among students and faculty alike. The February incident triggered national controversy after revelations that the student allegedly took her life following sexual abuse by a fellow student.The previous incident resulted […]

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is firing his National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and some other senior staffers, several media outlets including Fox News reported on Thursday as the MAGA supremo's quixotic style spilled over into his second term that has just completed 100 days.Waltz has been on the chopping block ever since he organized a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal, accidentally including a journalist in a discussion on military operation in Yemen. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was also in on the chat, and he appears to have survived the purge for now, although his job is also on the line for other contretemps. While Waltz is the first cabinet casualty in Trump's second term, the US President wheeled through six National Security Advisors in his first term, besides four Defense Secretaries and […]

[ad_1] Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: From hero to heartbreak — social media exploded with memes and mixed reactions after teenage cricket sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed for a two-ball duck in Rajasthan Royals' IPL 2025 match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday.Just days after creating history with a whirlwind 101 off 28 balls against Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old prodigy from Bihar found himself walking back to the pavilion without scoring a run. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The hype around Vaibhav’s innings had built immense anticipation, but fans were left stunned when he mistimed a lofted drive off Deepak Chahar and was caught at mid-on by Will Jacks.The crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, packed with fans hoping for another masterclass, fell eerily silent. Even Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid, who had been visibly emotional […]