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A dispatch rider passes in front empty building of the Lukoil headquarter in Sofia, Bulgaria (Picture credit: AP) The United States has temporarily lifted some restrictions on Lukoil-branded fuel stations operating outside Russia, allowing them to continue running despite sanctions placed on the parent company.The treasury department confirmed on Thursday that these stations — including...

TOI Correspondent from Washington: In a move that deepens the environmental divide between the United States and much of the world—particularly fast-growing green economies such as China and India—US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a sweeping rollback of American fuel-economy standards. The decision, experts say, effectively shifts a significant portion of the global decarbonisation...

Meerut: Four MBBS students from a private university in UP’s Amroha — hailing originally from Delhi, Kolkata, Alwar and Agartala — were crushed to death after their speeding car rammed into a stationary truck on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway-9 in the district’s Rajabpur area around 10pm on Wednesday.Prima facie, the car was travelling at high...

Intel has said that it is shelving plans to spin off or sell a stake in its Networking and Edge Group (NEX) division. The chipmaker said that it is now best positioned to succeed as an internal unit. The decision marks a reversal of a strategy announced earlier this year. The company said it would...

Representative image NEW DELHI: The Civil Aviation Ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched an intensive review and monitoring exercise after IndiGo reported widespread operational disruptions and an unusually high number of flight cancellations across its network since late November 2025.Civil Aviation Minister reviewed the situation with senior MoCA officials and...

Palesh Muchhal, Smriti Mandhana (left), and Palak Muchhal Singer Palak Muchhal has spoken for the first time about the postponement of her brother Palash Muchhal and India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s wedding, saying both families are trying to stay positive after unexpected health emergencies forced a delay in the ceremony. The wedding, scheduled...

Amazon‘s AI perfume booth has reportedly drawn long queues at a recent event. Such sessions on complex topics as cloud upgrades, data lakes, and container migrations are helpful to the software engineers attending the conference. But none proved as popular as the AI perfume booth, the Reuters report said. Even into the third day, the...

In a significant tightening of America’s visa-vetting system, the US State Department has announced late on Wednesday night, that all H-1B workers and their H-4 dependents will undergo mandatory social-media screening from Dec 15. Applicants will have to switch their social-media accounts to “public” settings to enable scrutiny.Immigration experts say the move marks a major...

IndiGo crisis: ‘Plane ready but no pilot’ – first-person account of a harried flyer NEW DELHI: Last evening, I was forewarned. “You’re on an IndiGo flight to Bengaluru tomorrow? Their schedule was haywire today. Tomorrow could be chaotic too. Try to change your carrier,” advised a colleague during the evening editorial meeting.I tried. My flight...

At Art Basel Miami, one of the world’s biggest and flashiest art fairs, a strange group of robotic dogs has become the biggest attraction. These dogs are not ordinary machines. They wear lifelike silicone faces of famous people including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and even the artist Beeple himself....