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Veteran diplomat Doraiswami to be next ambassador to China

NEW DELHI: Veteran diplomat and India’s high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami will be India’s next ambassador to China. An IFS officer of 1992 batch, he is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the govt announced Thursday.Doraiswamy served as a young diplomat in Beijing from 1996 to 2000 and is said to...

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Pak tops terror Index as global deaths fall, but the worst may be yet to come

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129687317,imgsize-45612,width-400,resizemode-4/terrorist_ians.jpg" alt="Pakistan tops terror Index as global deaths fall, but the worst may be yet to come" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image The 2026 Global Terrorism Index,released Thursday, records sharpest drop in terrorism deaths in years, yet the geopolitical storm clouds gathering over South Asia, the Sahel, and the West suggest...

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Losing the way: On ISRO and issues with its NavIC constellation

ISRO’s NavIC constellation, for which it has launched 11 satellites since 2013, is in operational distress. Only three satellites remain capable of providing position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, leaving the constellation unable to fulfil its purpose of replacing the U.S.’s GPS system over the Indian subcontinent. A PNT constellation requires at least four PNT-capable...

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41 million kids overweight, India among top 3 globally

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129687283,imgsize-81342,width-400,resizemode-4/article-83.jpg" alt="41 million kids overweight, India among top 3 globally" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image NEW DELHI: India is among the top three countries globally with the highest number of children affected by excess weight, with about 41 million aged 5-19 living with high body mass index (BMI), including nearly 14...

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Govt secures extra LNG via spot buying to make fertilisers

NEW DELHI: Amid the global rush to secure energy supplies, Indian agencies have seen the cost of natural gas (LNG) nearly double from around $10-12 a unit before the West Asian conflict to $19-20 per metric million Btu (MMBtu) when they made purchases in the spot market this week.The spike comes in the wake of...

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Govt classifies energy data as national security matter

NEW DELHI: The govt has asked all entities across the oil and gas value chain to regularly furnish detailed operational information to the ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), with officials classifying the data as a matter of national security. With imports plummeting, the move signals the vulnerability of the sector, turning it into...

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‘Who knows better…’: Trump ‘jokes’ about Pearl Harbor attack in meeting with Japan PM

US President Donald Trump made a remark about Pearl Harbor during a meeting with Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi, drawing attention because of the sensitive history behind the reference.The comment came during a meeting at the White House. The MAGA chief joked about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while speaking with the visiting Japanese...

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PIO couple arrested for modern slavery on landing at Heathrow from Mumbai

Representative image TOI Correspondent from London: Two Indian-origin passengers, a man and a woman, were arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of modern-day slavery after their flight landed from Mumbai on Tuesday night.A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told TOI: “Met officers arrested two people at London Heathrow Airport on March 1… Officers arrested a 30-year-old man...

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