Heatwave has left France counting more than 1,300 deaths in a few weeks (Picture credit: Reuters) TOI correspondant from Washington: Welcome to Planet Barbecue, where the latest transatlantic spat between the US and Europe comes via Paris – with heat – courtesy the city’s deputy mayor Audrey Pulvar, who is blaming Americans, and their enthusiastic...
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Russia turns to India for gasoline as fuel shortages deepen after Ukrainian strikes
India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, received around 2.70 million barrels of Russian oil per day in June. Russia has begun importing gasoline by sea from India as it seeks to ease fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure, two industry sources told news agency Reuters on Wednesday.The shortages have spread across...
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Ukraine takes the war to Moscow: Why Kyiv unleashed its biggest attacks after G7 summit
NEW DELHI: Within days of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s meetings with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations in France, Ukraine launched one of its biggest long-range drone campaigns since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. The strikes reached hundreds of kilometres inside Russian territory, hitting oil refineries, fuel depots, defence industries, communications...
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Govt warns of strict action amid fraud concerns over WhatsApp usernames
WhatsApp username feature The government has issued a stern warning to WhatsApp over its upcoming ‘username’ feature, cautioning that messaging platforms will be held legally responsible if new updates create loopholes for cyber fraud and public deception/ impersonation. Citing people familiar with the matter, news agency PTI reported that the government will assess potential risks...
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Survival of the wittiest? Scientists debate if wit helped evolve language
Language is a key aspect of human life that most likely came up more than a lakh years ago — but linguists still disagree on how exactly it evolved. The influential U.S. linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky proposed that complex modern language emerged suddenly, a theory that many linguists still stick to. But some believe...
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‘We are starting from zero again’: Shreyas Iyer reveals Gambhir’s message
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of...
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Mahua Moitra alleges eggs thrown by ‘BJP goons’ outside her office, shares video
Mahua Moitra alleged that BJP workers threw eggs and vegetables at her office. NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party workers of attacking her by pelting eggs and vegetables at her office in Krishnanagar.In a post on X, Moitra shared a video in which a large crowd was seen...
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Bhagyaraj’s letters, released posthumously, lead to backlash against son Shanthanu
3 min readHyderabadJul 1, 2026 03:53 PM IST Posts shared on K Bhagyaraj’s official social media account after his death in Chennai have triggered a public controversy, with son Shanthanu Bhagyaraj facing accusations of forgery and opportunism after releasing what appeared to be earlier letters signed by the late filmmaker, addressed to his fans. The...
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Bengaluru daycare horror: Toddlers put in washing machine, sprayed with toilet jet
Five women daycare staff at an IT company campus in Bengaluru face an FIR for allegedly abusing toddlers BENGALURU: Shocking videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused at a daycare centre inside an IT company Capegemini’s HAL campus in Bengaluru have led to the registration of an FIR against five women caregivers, with police launching...
