India has some of the most famous rivers in the world, such as the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra, most of which travel across several states, before finally merging into larger river systems. However, did you know that there is a major river in India that lies entirely within the boundaries of a single state? The…
KOLKATA: West Bengal’s second supplementary voters’ list was published around 11pm Friday, albeit with little clarity on how many among the 12 lakh names on it had cleared judicial scrutiny.As was the case when Election Commission released the first supplementary rolls close to midnight last Monday, there were more questions than CEO Manoj Agarwal had…
Sithara Rasheed, an MBA graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, has been named one of four winners of the 2026 Stanford Impact Leader (SIL) Prize, a $20,000 award given annually to graduating students committed to careers addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. Selected from a graduating class of approximately 430 students, Sithara was chosen…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to rewrite IPL history with a season for the ages. The Rajasthan Royals opener shattered a 14-year-old record held by Chris Gayle during the IPL 2026 Eliminator clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh. Playing in the biggest match of Rajasthan’s season, Sooryavanshi once again…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: The apocryphal story goes that when a Bill Clinton envoy asked an Indian minister in early 1998 if New Delhi would conduct nuclear tests, he got the famous Indian headshake – the ambiguous 8-shaped nod that could mean yes or no or maybe. He took it as a no when…