Farah Ahmed is assistant research professor at the Faculty of Education at Cambridge TOI correspondent from London: Cambridge University hired an academic who once supported proscribed Islamist terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir, described Western education as a “threat” to Muslims and condemned democracy.Farah Ahmed is assistant research professor at the Faculty of Education at Cambridge, the…
Afghanistan only country where girls formally barred from secondary, higher education, Unesco says An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education, five years after the Taliban returned to power, according to a report by Unesco.Unesco said Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally barred from…
Trump’s secret Turkey exit echoes a 26-year-old Clinton decoy operation in Pakistan. TOI correspondent from Washington: The catering caper may have been new. The presidential decoy was not.Some 26 years before US President Donald Trump was secretly spirited out of Turkey aboard a smaller military aircraft while an Air Force One filled with reporters and…
China said the India-China border remains “generally stable” while sidestepping reports of increased Chinese military activity near Arunachal Pradesh. China said Wednesday that the situation along the India-China border was “generally stable at the moment”, while declining to confirm reports of increased Chinese military activity in disputed areas near Arunachal Pradesh.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo…
Made by Google Event 2026 Made by Google events have become more of a show. Jimmy Fallon hosted the last one, and now Trevor Noah is taking over, with Stephen Curry, Alex Cooper and Peggy Gou filling out the evening, which is not a guest list anybody assembles with spec sheets in mind. And while…
The next war will be about who can integrate tech into a unified fighting machine. The next major war may not begin with tanks crossing a border or fighter aircraft entering contested airspace.It may start with a silent cyberattack on military networks, the jamming of satellite communications, an autonomous drone swarm overwhelming air-defence radars, or…
Gautam Gambhir’s visit to Galle (Photo by PTI and TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: Sri Lanka held a closed-door practice session on Wednesday. Although the facility remained off-limits to the public and the media, the iconic Galle Fort offered a brilliant view of the proceedings. Midway through their hit, the hosts got a surprise visitor as…
Inflation remained higher in rural India at 4.84%, while urban areas registered a lower rate of 3.96%. July 2026 CPI inflation: Retail inflation for the month of July edged up to 4.45%. The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as the base year, recorded a provisional year-on-year inflation rate of 4.45% in July…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Gurugram district consumer commission has held Red Tape guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice after it charged a customer Rs 30 for three carry bags while he was shopping at its outlet. The commission in its order dated August 4, directed the…
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (AP/PTI) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced a 16-member squad for the opening Test of their two-match series against India, with veteran wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella making his return to the Test side.Dhananjaya de Silva will captain the team, while Kamindu Mendis has been named his deputy. Dickwella has been included as…
