Category: Events

On May 21, India’s power grid hit a number it had never seen before. Demand crossed 270 gigawatts, peaking at 270.73 GW. To put that in context, the entire installed power capacity of the United Kingdom is roughly 80 GW. India was drawing more than three times that in a single afternoon.The reason was heat....

India’s Manav Suthar, second left, celebrates with teammates (AP Photo) India tightened their grip on the one-off Test against Afghanistan on day two in New Chandigarh, with debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar producing a superb spell after the hosts declared at 564/8.The foundation for India’s dominance was laid by the batters, who piled on the...

File photo NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are set to meet in New Delhi on Monday in what will be the alliance’s first major huddle after recent assembly election setbacks for some of its key constituents and amid growing strains within the coalition.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that 23...

AP file photo US president Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran has yet to agree to a deal with Washington aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, attributing the delay to the resolve and pride of the country’s leadership.Trump suggested that Tehran would ultimately have to make concessions despite its reluctance.“They’re strong, they’re proud, there...

NEW DELHI: 2026 has been a year of Congress‘ re-emergence in southern India. The party won comfortably in the Kerala assembly elections, entered the Tamil Nadu government by supporting Vijay‘s TVK, and also solved the three-year-long tussle over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka.But, just as it seemed that everything was going Congress’s way, regional...

India’s Kuldeep Yadav (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the way Kuldeep Yadav has been managed in recent months, describing the left-arm wrist-spinner’s situation as “bizarre” and contrasting it with the backing he received under the previous team management.Speaking on ESPNcricinfo, Ashwin pointed to the difference in approach between the leadership...

Twenty-one lives were tragically lost in a Delhi B&B fire, including twelve foreign nationals. NEW DELHI: Twenty-one people are dead. Thirteen of them were foreign nationals who had come to India seeking medical care, not a grave. And as the smoke clears over the charred shell of Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, a familiar...

Annamalai quits BJP NEW DELHI: The BJP in Tamil Nadu is back at the crossroads. The exit of Annamalai, its former state chief and arguably one of its most recognisable leaders, has once again raised a question the party has been grappling with for years: Can the BJP grow in Tamil Nadu without a strong...

Generative image China’s latest ethnic unity law has brought renewed attention to the Uyghur question. The legislation, adopted by Beijing and due to take effect next year, seeks to strengthen what authorities call a “shared sense of the Chinese nation” among the country’s 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities.It expands the emphasis on Mandarin-language education from...

File photo A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, accusing Moscow of once again putting nuclear infrastructure at risk.Authorities said radiation levels remained within normal limits despite damage to the site.According to Reuters, Ukraine’s general staff and state nuclear agency said...