AIFF Deputy Secretary General M Satyanarayanan (R) in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI) New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has clarified that signing of Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders in the 2026-27 season of the Indian Super League (ISL) is optional. If a club decides to bring in an OCI player, they…
TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, Dharmesh Patel seemed to embody the American dream. The 45-year-old radiologist lived with his wife and two young children in a quiet cul-de-sac in Pasadena, California. Colleagues described him as a respected physician, while neighbours remembered him as a thoughtful man who brought poinsettias to nearby homes during the…
Yuvraj Singh Solanki. (Photo: PW) At an age when most children are worrying about school exams in Class 8 or 9, Yuvraj was preparing for one of India’s toughest entrance examinations.He wasn’t studying in Kota. He didn’t come from an English-medium school. And he wasn’t surrounded by students much older than him because of chance.At…
India’s credit card market has expanded sharply over the past decade, but is yet to touch its potential, with only !According to a report by TransUnion CIBIL, credit cards continue to have limited reach, with only one in four credit-active consumers holding one.The credit information company’s managing director and chief executive, Bhavesh Jain, said that…
A plane drops a load of water on the Aspen Acres Fire near Colorado City. (Photo credit: AP) A wildfire burning southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures by Friday as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties.The Aspen Acres fire is one of…
‘Satluj’ writer Niren Bhatt dismisses ‘marketing stunt’ claims for Diljit Dosanjh starrer: ‘We made the film for theatres and hoped that the film would travel well through word of mouth like ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’ The controversy surrounding Diljit Dosanjh‘s ‘Satluj’ continues to gather attention, with writer Niren Bhatt now dismissing allegations that the film’s removal…
Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and conservationists have spent years creating these miniature refuges for wild bees in the form of small nesting structures fitted with narrow tunnels that mimic the hollow stems and cavities many solitary bee species naturally use to…
The United Kingdom will lead a new European initiative to develop advanced long-range precision strike weapons, with around a dozen NATO allies expected to invest more than $50 billion (£37 billion) over the next decade to bolster the alliance’s defence and deterrence capabilities.The Deep Precision Strike project, unveiled by Downing Street ahead of the NATO…
Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup round of 16 match between Argentina and Egypt in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip (left), and Lionel Messi battles for the ball with Egypt’s Mohanad Lashin (AP Photo) An Israeli airstrike in Gaza shortly before the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup round-of-16 match between Egypt and…
India’s major reservoirs are holding just 26 per cent of their live capacity There’s a particular kind of math millions of Indians have learned this summer: how many buckets can you fill before the tap pressure drops, or which day of the week the water actually comes. It’s no longer an emergency routine. It’s just…
