NEW DELHI: Top 10 extreme weather events such as wildfires, heatwaves, floods and cyclonic storms cost the world more than $122 billion in 2025, said a report – Counting the Cost 2025 – released by a global not-for-profit organisation, Christian Aid.Exceptionally heavy monsoon rainfall experienced by large parts of India and Pakistan from June to...
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‘Doesn’t have anything ’: Trump casts himself as arbiter of peace deal; sceptical of Zelenskyy’s plan
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has said any peace deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia will ultimately depend on his approval, casting himself as the final decision-maker ahead of talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.Speaking in an exclusive interview with Politico on...
‘Dhurandhar’ BO collection Day 22: Ranveer Singh starrer storms past 1000cr worldwide
‘Dhurandhar’, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead, has created history at the box office by crossing the Rs 1000 crore mark worldwide, just as it entered its fourth week at the box office. The film that began its box office run on December 5, has emerged as one of the...
Slashed 26 times: Kanpur woman axes husband to death after drunken fight
AI-generated representational image. KANPUR: A woman allegedly slashed her husband 26 times with an axe at their home in a Kanpur village late Wednesday after a drunken brawl. The woman, Veerangana (35), was arrested Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Ravishankar Savita (45) alias Pappu, who worked in a tile and stone laying firm. Police...
On This Day: Ajinkya Rahane’s century that changed Indian cricket
Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja (AP/PTI) On this day in 2020, December 27, Ajinkya Rahane played an innings that quietly altered the course of Indian Test cricket. It did not come wrapped in noise or bravado. It arrived in the aftermath of trauma. India had been bundled out for their lowest-ever total in the previous...
Unnao rape case: CBI moves Supreme Court against Delhi high court order
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126198261,imgsize-419938,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-5.jpg" alt="Unnao rape case: CBI moves Supreme Court against Delhi high court order" title=" File photo: Kuldip Singh Sengar ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: Kuldip Singh Sengar NEW DELHI: CBI on Friday filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court against Delhi high court’s recent order suspending the sentence of expelled BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep...
‘Vendetta’: Delhi HC scraps CISF officer’s forced retirement
Delhi HC (File Photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has quashed a 20-year-old official order to compulsorily retire a CISF officer, now 72, over sexual harassment, ruling that the allegations made in 1998 by a woman constable “reek of vengeance rather than genuine harassment”. HC also found that even after being cleared three times,...
Only 14! Vaibhav Suryavanshi meets PM Narendra Modi; pic goes viral
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi & PM Narendra Modi (PTI) As the year drew to a close, Indian cricket found itself sharing space with an unfamiliar kind of headline. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, still three months short of his 15th birthday, was named a recipient of the Prime Minister’s National Award for Children, the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. It...
Himachal Pradesh: Doctors launch indefinite strike after colleague sacked over assault
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126198157,imgsize-877125,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2.jpg" alt="Himachal Pradesh: Doctors launch indefinite strike after colleague sacked over assault; demand immediate reinstatement" title=" There’s a video of Raghav Nirula thrashing the patient, but Resident Doctors’ Association says his side of the story hasn’t been considered ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> There’s a video of Raghav Nirula thrashing the patient, but Resident Doctors’ Association...
Brittany Mahomes looks past Chiefs struggles, praises Patrick’s off-field impact
Patrick Mahomes’ 15 and the Mahomies Foundation is making a significant community impact, with partner Youth Volunteer Corps reporting over 92,000 volunteer hours and $3.2 million in community benefit. Brittany Mahomes actively supports these efforts, highlighting the foundation’s growing influence beyond football. The foundation’s initiatives, like Read for 15 and Volunteer for 15, foster positive...
