Natasha Agarwal: Image Credit: BelieveNBooks In 2021, Natasha Agarwal was an eighth-grader with a concern that ‘too many children did not have books at home.’ Five years later, the school book drive she began has grown into ‘BelieveNBooks,’ a youth-led nonprofit that has donated more than 250,000 books and reached over 50,000 children in the…

The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump was hurriedly evacuated from a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday night after shots rang outside the banquet hall shortly before he was to deliver his speech. The US Secret Service said in a statement soon after that it is…

As many expatriate families in the UAE grapple with reduced wages and unpaid leave following recent geopolitical tensions, one business owner has stepped in with a personal initiative aimed at offering immediate relief.Maria Paz Banaag-Marquez, 59, who runs a well-established pastry chain across the UAE, has announced the distribution of free grocery packets to support…