Delhi. Can’t breathe. can’t move; AQI inches closer to severe

Spread the love       Delhi’s air quality index is deteriorating and expected to reach severe levels by Friday (Photo credit: Tarun Rawat) NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further within very poor levels Wednesday, inching closer to the severe category. Local emission sources contributed 31% and external sources 69% to overall air pollution in the city, with the contribution of stubble...

Midterm gamble, sliding stocks: Elon Musk’s pricey election hangover continues

Spread the love       Elon Musk’s business empire braces for Democratic wave as Texas flips blue. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a prominent MAGA supporter spent nearly half a billion dollars backing Republican candidates in the midterm elections, hoping to help the party retain control of Congress and keep Texas red.But US President Donald Trump‘s Republicans suffered a sweeping...

French fried: Texas Republican pays the price for anti-Indian politics

Spread the love       File photo: Bo French lost to Jon Rosenthal TOI Correspondent From Washington: Turns out Bo French wasn’t the only one who got cooked in Texas on Tuesday night. Inflammatory remarks by the Republican official about Indian-Americans, and more broadly brown folk, earned him and his party electoral karma. Amid a general GOP rout, French got fried in...

Michigan neighbours get $55,750 for dock built on land they did not own

Spread the love       Representative Image (AI-generated) Sharing access to a lakefront can seem like a straightforward arrangement between neighbours, particularly when both families contribute money and effort to build facilities. But an informal understanding can become a costly property dispute when ownership changes and the new owners refuse to honour the arrangement. In Michigan, a couple who helped build a...

‘Our voters backed Democrats’: Vance blames Iran war for Republicans’ midterms rout

Spread the love       US vice president JD Vance on Wednesday (local time) attributed the Republicans’ midterm election rout to supporters’ dissatisfaction with the Trump administration, particularly over the Iran war, saying many Republican voters, therefore, backed Democratic candidates.Also Read: Republicans trumped, stumped, and dumped as Democrats win both House and Senate“There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team:...

3 Naga militants killed in Manipur factional gunfight

Spread the love       Three militants lost their lives in a clash between Zeliangrong groups in Manipur’s Noney district. GUWAHATI: Three militants were killed and at least four others injured in a gunfight between rival Naga groups in Manipur’s Noney district Wednesday morning. Hours later, suspected militants opened fire on passenger and goods vehicles along the Imphal-Ukhrul road in Ukhrul district...

Youth Olympics: Tanvi Patri becomes first Indian woman to reach badminton semis

Spread the love       Tanvi Patri (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s rising badminton star Tanvi Patri scripted history at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on Wednesday, becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the badminton competition.The 15-year-old from Odisha achieved the milestone with an impressive straight-game victory over Thailand’s seventh seed Kakanik Kungkaew in the women’s singles...

India thrash South Korea 8-1 to storm into ACT final, set up Japan clash

Spread the love       India beat South Korea India produced a breathtaking attacking display to storm into the final of the Asian Champions Trophy 2026, thrashing South Korea 8-1 in the semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday. The hosts underlined their title credentials with a dominant performance, scoring eight goals to maintain their unbeaten run in the tournament and move one step...

Dorothy actor Rishikanth faced ‘enormous’ failures, found success after 15 years 

Dorothy actor Rishikanth faced ‘enormous’ failures, found success after 15 years 

Spread the love      Celebrated actors like Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi and Amitabh Bachchan have all endured their share of struggles before attaining success. Their journeys are seen as a testament to the perseverance required to make it in showbiz and Tamil actor Rishikanth’s story is no different. For Rishikanth, acting was not just a passion but he believed that...

And quiet flows the Don: Trump goes from rage to rapprochement

Spread the love       Now a lame-duck President for all purposes. TOI Correspondent From Washington: The man who posts on social media at the drop of a hat, at all times and at odd hours, sometimes a dozen posts an hour, was rendered rather speechless after an electoral thrashing for the ages.Now a lame-duck President for all purposes but still armed...

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