Spread the love A: A heatwave is not like a wave or pulse of heat travelling through the air. The name probably comes from the way a heatwave feels, as something that spreads, surges, and overwhelms before subsiding. Some meteorologists prefer the team “heat event” instead. For example, in April and May, the sun is almost directly overhead over most...
Madhavan’s GDN brings India’s most underrated inventor to the screen, see first poster
Spread the love 3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 10:07 PM IST He dropped out of school in the third standard, started life as a bus cleaner, and went on to manufacture India’s first electric motor, build a prototype car, and earn the title “Edison of India” from the scientific community of his time. His name was Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu aka...
East Bengal end 22-year wait, lift national title by winning ISL
Spread the love East Bengal have won the national league title after a 22 year gap, winning the 2025-26 ISL season. (Image: AIFF/ISL) New Delhi: East Bengal on Thursday were crowned the 2025-26 Indian Super League (ISL) champions, fending off the challenge of four other clubs in what was a blockbuster final matchday of the truncated season.The last time East...
Pa Ranjith welcomes Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s cabinet expansion as a historic step for social justice
Spread the love 3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 09:25 PM IST When Pa Ranjith speaks about politics, he does not speak as a casual observer. He speaks as someone who has spent his entire career, across films like Kabali, Kaala, Madras and Sarpatta Parambarai, arguing that the stories a society tells about itself are inseparable from the power structures it...
‘No NEET paper leak through NTA system’, testing agency chief tells MPs
Spread the love NEET (Representational) NEW DELHI: NTA director general Abhishek Singh on Thursday told the parliamentary panel that the NEET-UG 2026 paper was not leaked “through their system” and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the matter.Several MPs on Thursday grilled top National Testing Agency (NTA) officials over the alleged NEET paper leak during a meeting...
AI-AI-YO! America’s new revolt against Big Tech
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.Across the United States this commencement season, graduation ceremony speakers invoking...
‘Forced to convert and marry’: 23-year-old woman accuses man she met online abuse over years
Spread the love Representative Image NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old woman has accused a man and his associates of kidnapping, gang-raping and forcing her into marriage after allegedly coercing her to convert her religion in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, police told new agency PTI. Four of the six accused, including a woman, have been arrested, while the main accused is currently...
‘Not essential part of Eid’: Calcutta HC refuses to stay curbs on cattle slaughter
Spread the love PTI file photo The Calcutta high court on Thursday refused to interfere with the West Bengal government’s notification restricting the slaughter of bulls, bullocks, cows, calves and buffaloes ahead of Bakr Eid next week.A division bench comprising chief justice Sujoy Paul and justice Partha Sarathi Sen observed that the notification had been issued in compliance with earlier...
Umar Khalid moves Delhi HC for bail after trial court rejected ‘unreasonable’ plea
Spread the love Umar Khalid NEW DELHI: Activist and former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has moved the Delhi High Court seeking 15 days’ interim bail from May 22 to June 5 in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. The plea comes after a trial court rejected his request for temporary release on May 19.Khalid has sought interim bail...
First Trump, then Putin — Xi’s China sheds world’s factory tag, now global powerbroker
Spread the love Since US President Donald Trump began his second administration, there has been a noticeable shift in the White House’s diplomatic posture. World leaders have made the now familiar walk into the Oval Office for meetings that often turned heated. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy was publicly berated. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa clashed with Trump in front of cameras....
