China’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, has been missing from public life for over a month, raising questions about the extent of President Xi Jinping’s control over the military. This follows the disappearance of other officials, including the foreign minister. Chinese officials disappearing or being removed from posts more frequently now suggests that Xi’s influence...
Read MoreAs the ICC ODI World Cup approaches, several players have personal milestones within reach. Trent Boult needs three wickets to reach 200 in ODIs, while Mitchell Starc requires one more wicket to reach 50 in World Cups. Rohit Sharma needs eight sixes to achieve a triple century of sixes in ODIs, and Virat Kohli...
Read MoreA 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets.Witnesses told AFP of chaotic scenes as shots rang out at the upmarket Siam Paragon mall in the heart of the...
Read MoreTestifying at an anti-trust trial brought against Google by the federal government, Nadella never once took Pichai’s name, but skewered the tech giant (even though Microsoft is bigger in terms of market cap $2.38 trillion v $1.69 trillion), saying Google’s dominance of online search is making it harder for competitors like Microsoft’s Bing to...
Read MoreSouth Korean rollerskater Jung Cheol-won cost his team a gold medal at the Asian Games by celebrating prematurely in the men’s 3,000m relay final. Believing he had won, Jung eased up and raised his arms, only to be overtaken by Huang Yu-lin of Taiwan by one hundredth of a second.
Read MoreIndian economy is one of the fastest growing major economies in the world and the private sector investment is also showing signs of sustained revival. What is the significance of private capex versus government capex. We explore in this week’s TOI Business Bytes episode.
Read MoreA total of 961 people were arrested in Assam for participating in child marriages, marking the second crackdown by the state government this year. Of those arrested, 551 were men who married underage girls, 351 were family members, and 14 were marriage solemnisers. The districts of Dhubri and Barpeta had the highest number of...
Read MoreNeville Roy Singham is an American millionaire who has been accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India and abroad through his funding network and his IT consulting company, ThoughtWorks. He is said to have close ties with the Chinese government media machine and to have financed several news outlets that promote Beijing’s agenda. One...
Read MoreAn advertisement for luxury flats in Mira Road (East) that stated a preference for Marwari and Gujarati families has sparked controversy. The MNS party got involved, claiming that the ad was a way of refusing homes to Maharashtrians. The property search portal, Millions Acre, withdrew the post and apologized to the MNS chief. In...
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