Why Alberta teachers are taking the government to court: Back-to-work law faces new scrutiny Alberta’s three-week provincewide teachers’ strike — which left more than 740,000 students out of class and halted operations in schools across all regions — has now shifted from the picket lines to the courts. As per a recent report by The…
MUMBAI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged banks to ensure that customers can get service in branches while speaking in the local language and called upon lenders to tweak HR policies to give weightage to local language proficiency during appraisals.She asked banks to restore the human connect in customer service, insisting that technology must complement,…
Ben Stokes (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Former England fast bowler Steven Finn believes the Australian media’s attempt to provoke Ben Stokes ahead of the Ashes could end up backfiring, warning that the England captain is at his best when challenged. Stokes’ arrival in Perth drew headlines from The West Australian, which mocked him as…
University of Austin gets $100M from Jeff Yass to offer tuition-free degrees Students considering the University of Austin, a young private school founded by critics of mainstream higher education, are now being promised something many college applicants only dream about: a bachelor’s degree without tuition costs, permanently.Billionaire trader Jeff Yass has committed $100 million to…
A recently freed Israeli hostage said he was subjected to “horrific” sexual assault while being held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the beseiged Gaza Strip.Rom Braslavski, 21, a security guard kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, told Channel 13 that he was stripped naked and tied up while being held hostage….
NEW DELHI: Carving out an important exception to a constitutional mandate that an accused must be informed in advance in writing about grounds of his arrest, Supreme Court Thursday that said in crimes like hit-and-run cases, police can inform him about grounds of arrest later but at least two hours prior to his production before…
KOLKATA: Minority-dominated districts in Bengal bordering Bangladesh are now witnessing an unusual trend – married Muslim couples, who read their vows under Islamic law, are rushing to register their marriages under Section 16 of Special Marriage Act, 1954. According to data accessed by TOI, 1,130 Muslim couples applied to register marriages in Bengal between Nov…
Columbia sees drop in international student interest as visa scrutiny and perceptions shift Columbia University is preparing for a possible decline in international enrollment next year after early admissions data showed fewer applications from overseas, Acting University President Claire Shipman told the University Senate on Oct. 24, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator. The shift…
Suryakumar Yadav & Shivam Dube (X) India captain Suryakumar Yadav, usually calm and collected on the field, was seen losing his temper during the fourth T20I against Australia at Carrara Oval in Queensland. Despite the brief flare-up, India cruised to a 48-run victory in the must-win clash, levelling the intensity of the series. The incident…
Sunil Chhetri (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Panaji: In a TOI exclusive, Sunil Chhetri revealed he is preparing for life after professional football and could retire at the end of the 2025-26 season if Bengaluru FC fails to win the Indian Super League (ISL) and qualify for continental competitions. “If we win the ISL, it will give…
