Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday. CHENNAI: At his first NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting on Thursday, chief minister C Joseph Vijay sought the release of pending central funds, including Rs 3,284 crore under the Samagra Shiksha scheme and Rs 2,284 crore for the...
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India retains growth edge with 6.6% growth, World Bank forecasts; cuts global outlook
File photo The World Bank has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5%, citing the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rising energy prices and heightened uncertainty across markets.In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the lender warned that global growth could slow further to 1.3% if energy supply...
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Invade baby, invade: Trump eyes Kharg Island, Iran’s energy spigot
AP file photo The TOI correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump built a political movement around a simple proposition: America had spent too much blood and money policing the world. The Iraq War was a “big, fat mistake.” Afghanistan was an endless quagmire. Nation-building, he argued, had drained American power.Now, as a second term President, Trump...
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Watch: US shares footage of attack on MT Jalveer in Hormuz with Indians on board
The United States on Thursday shared footage of attack on MT Jalveer in the Strait of Hormuz which had 20 Indians onboard, claiming that the foreign-flagged vessel attempted to transport oil from Iran through the Gulf of Oman.“US forces disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman at 11.20pm ET on June 10 after...
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மதுரை மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோயில் சொத்துக்களை மீட்க நடவடிக்கை: அறிக்கை கேட்கும் உயர்நீதிமன்ற கிளை
மதுரை மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோயில் மற்றும் அதன் உபகோயில்களுக்கு சொந்தமான சொத்துக்களை பாதுகாக்க வேண்டும். புனரமைப்பு பணியை விரைந்து முடித்து கும்பாபிஷேகம் நடத்த அறநிலையத்துறை, கோயில் நிர்வாகத்திற்கு உத்தரவிட வேண்டும் என சேலம் ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் என்பது பொது நல வழக்கு தாக்கல் செய்து இருந்தார். இந்த வழக்கில் 2025ல் விசாரணையின்போது கோயில் தரப்பு மீனாட்சி அம்மன் மற்றும் அதன் உப கோயில்களுக்கு சொந்தமாக மதுரை, ராமநாதபுரம், சிவகங்கை, திருச்சி, புதுக்கோட்டை உள்ளிட்ட 12 மாவட்டங்களில் இடங்கள் தொடர்பாக...
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El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday (June 11, 2026). Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across...
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‘He is not just your T20 slogger’: Manjrekar predicts big ODI future for Sooryavanshi
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (X-Cricbuzz) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is proving he is far more than a power-hitting T20 sensation after the 15-year-old impressed once again for India A in the ongoing tri-series in Sri Lanka.Sooryavanshi caught the eye with a sparkling 44 off just 22 balls against Afghanistan A on Thursday, continuing...
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At 92, this Italian sprinter has the fitness of someone decades younger; here’s why
Italian sprinter Emma Mazzenga, who holds multiple world records in the 90–94 age category, is helping scientists uncover how exercise may slow the ageing process. According to reports, researchers studying her cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle function found that her mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within muscle cells, are remarkably healthy and function similarly to those of...
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Greater Noida toll plaza chaos: Miscreants break barrier, threaten employees; videos go viral
GREATER NOIDA: A group of alleged toll dodgers created chaos at a Greater Noida toll plaza after they reportedly refused to pay the toll fee, broke through a barrier and sped away.The incident took place at Luharli Toll Plaza, where the accused allegedly confronted toll plaza employees and created a ruckus.CCTV footage from the toll...
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IIT Bhubaneswar develops hand-held device to detect arsenic
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has innovated a device to detect arsenic that would help improve water quality monitoring and public health. Researchers from the Sensors and Spectroscopy Research Group, School of Electrical and Computer Sciences (SECS), IIT Bhubaneswar, led by Sayan Dey have made significant advances in arsenic detection technologies, said the institute in...
