Marco Rubio calls India ‘great partner’ ahead of key visit, pushes for stronger energy ties

Spread the love       US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Thursday described India as a “great partner” and said the United States wants to expand energy ties with New Delhi, ahead of his maiden visit to India later this week.Interacting with reporters in Miami before departing for Sweden and India, Rubio said the US was ready to sell more energy...

How Kamala Harris sank: Demos admit 2024 went wrong but have no roadmap for 2028

Spread the love       Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: After months of secrecy, recrimination, leaks, and intra-party paranoia, the Democratic Party on Thursday released its long-awaited autopsy of the disastrous 2024 presidential campaign that resulted in Kamala Harris losing the election to Donald Trump, turning the post mortem into another debacle.The 192-page review, authored principally by Democratic strategist...

Fire scare on B’luru-Delhi Air India flight: Pilots declare full emergency; all onboard safe

Spread the love       Representative image NEW DELHI: Pilots operating Air India’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight on Thursday night declared a full emergency after getting engine fire warning in the flight deck. The aircraft landed safely at IGI Airport’s runway 29R at 9.30 pm, where operations were suspended for a while. The airport’s follow me and other emergency vehicles sent to the runway...

Not seen or heard for two months: Where is Iran’s Supreme leader?

Spread the love       File photo: Mojtaba Khamenei Two months after taking over as Iran’s supreme leader following the death of his father, Mojtaba Khamenei has still not appeared publicly — triggering growing speculation over his health, whereabouts and grip on power during one of the most volatile periods in the country’s recent history.The secrecy surrounding the 56-year-old cleric has deepened...

Madhavan’s GDN brings India’s most underrated inventor to the screen, see first poster

Madhavan’s GDN brings India’s most underrated inventor to the screen, see first poster

Spread the love       3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 10:07 PM IST He dropped out of school in the third standard, started life as a bus cleaner, and went on to manufacture India’s first electric motor, build a prototype car, and earn the title “Edison of India” from the scientific community of his time. His name was Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu aka...

East Bengal end 22-year wait, lift national title by winning ISL

Spread the love       East Bengal have won the national league title after a 22 year gap, winning the 2025-26 ISL season. (Image: AIFF/ISL) New Delhi: East Bengal on Thursday were crowned the 2025-26 Indian Super League (ISL) champions, fending off the challenge of four other clubs in what was a blockbuster final matchday of the truncated season.The last time East...

Pa Ranjith welcomes Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s cabinet expansion as a historic step for social justice

Pa Ranjith welcomes Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s cabinet expansion as a historic step for social justice

Spread the love       3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 09:25 PM IST When Pa Ranjith speaks about politics, he does not speak as a casual observer. He speaks as someone who has spent his entire career, across films like Kabali, Kaala, Madras and Sarpatta Parambarai, arguing that the stories a society tells about itself are inseparable from the power structures it...

‘No NEET paper leak through NTA system’, testing agency chief tells MPs

Spread the love       NEET (Representational) NEW DELHI: NTA director general Abhishek Singh on Thursday told the parliamentary panel that the NEET-UG 2026 paper was not leaked “through their system” and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the matter.Several MPs on Thursday grilled top National Testing Agency (NTA) officials over the alleged NEET paper leak during a meeting...

AI-AI-YO! America’s new revolt against Big Tech

Spread the love       TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.Across the United States this commencement season, graduation ceremony speakers invoking...

‘Forced to convert and marry’: 23-year-old woman accuses man she met online abuse over years

Spread the love       Representative Image NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old woman has accused a man and his associates of kidnapping, gang-raping and forcing her into marriage after allegedly coercing her to convert her religion in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, police told new agency PTI. Four of the six accused, including a woman, have been arrested, while the main accused is currently...

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