UK communications regulator Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into TikTok to determine whether the social media platform is meeting its legal duty to protect children from harmful content. The inquiry, announced on July 16, focuses on whether TikTok is doing enough to prevent children from seeing harmful material and whether its age-checking system can … Read more
The Chinese regime has tightened export controls and sanctioned seven U.S. entities in retaliation for the Trump administration’s trade curbs aimed at addressing national security and forced labor concerns. The strengthened export restrictions target drones, their key components, and related technologies destined for the U.S. market, the regime’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement … Read more
Floodwaters submerged homes, shops, vehicles, roads, and farmland across parts of southern China after Typhoon Noul struck Guangdong Province, leaving residents trapped in buildings, villages cut off, and the full casualty toll unclear. Noul, known in China as “Hongxia,” made landfall near Pinghai Town in Huizhou’s Huidong County at about 3:50 a.m. on July 26. … Read more
“Giving your opponent a way out” is one of his golden rules of campaigning – his full list can be found in his new book Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the Lid off Westminster Governance. Another is to avoid party tribalism. Despite voting Green, Bailey has rarely been picky about who he works with. In the 1980s, … Read more
India’s derivatives market gets a Gen Z makeover, but losses pile up India’s equity derivatives market is seeing more young traders and investors from smaller towns, while people from lower-income groups are also making up a large part of the market, according to a Sebi study.Traders under the age of 30 made up 43% of … Read more
“Right here in our state, consider Badrinath Dham and Kedarnath Dham; the entire premises there had been devastated and severely damaged following the 2013 disaster,” Dhami said. HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that “magnificent and divine” Kedarnath has been rebuilt under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the 2013 disaster … Read more
BAI secretary general Sanjay Mishra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The 2028 India Open will be staged in Guwahati, with the Badminton Association of India (BAI) confirming that the tournament will temporarily move out of New Delhi due to Republic Day security arrangements.BAI secretary general Sanjay Mishra said the Super 750 event, scheduled for the last … Read more
Shekhar Suman recalls ideating with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan for hours (Image Credits Instagram) Actor and television personality Shekhar Suman has revisited some memorable chapters of his career, including his association with veteran actor Jaya Bachchan. From getting his breakthrough television role in ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ through Jaya’s production company to working with her … Read more
TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Tempers were flying high moments after Asitha Fernando dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal off the last delivery of the 17th over. It was already an eventful over with three boundaries, concluding dramatically when the bowler had the last laugh as Jaiswal inside-edged the delivery back onto his stumps. Disappointed, the left-hander started walking back … Read more
Lucknow: The Lucknow crime branch has busted an organised network allegedly involved in creating fake GST firms, generating bogus input tax credit (ITC) and passing it on through paper transactions, causing an estimated ₹27.3 lakh loss to govt revenue.Four persons were arrested by a joint team of the crime branch and Hasanganj police on Saturday. … Read more