A man walks from the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo) Russia’s athletics federation has approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an attempt to overturn World Athletics’ decision to keep Russian athletes suspended from international competitions because of the war in Ukraine.World Athletics banned…
Delhi transitioned rapidly from oppressive heat to severe monsoon downpours. Multiple weather systems converged, causing widespread and intense rainfall across the region. NEW DELHI: Barely 10 days ago, Delhiites were struggling through oppressive heat and humidity, with the “feels-like” temperature soaring well above the actual mercury. The city baked under stagnant air, sticky conditions and…
Bengaluru: Repair work has begun on a damaged stretch of footpath on Subroto Mukherjee Road at Jalahalli Cross, days after TOI highlighted the safety hazard faced by pedestrians. Workers began replacing displaced concrete slabs along the footpath near the junction of Tumakuru Road and SM Road, a busy location where several commuters alight from buses…
HYDERABAD: The Telangana high court on Wednesday raised concerns over the govt’s financial priorities while hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes.Justice NV Shravan Kumar observed that while courts cannot interfere in policy decisions, the govt must ensure proper prioritisation of public expenditure. The judge noted that…
Gurgaon’s glass towers and corporate offices were submerged by recent heavy rains. Many roads became impassable, and commuters faced significant travel disruptions. Gurgaon likes to call itself India’s Millennium City — a skyline of glass towers and a financial engine for Haryana. But all it took was a few hours of rain to strip that…
Dibrugarh: Jorhat held a review meeting on Thursday to review preparedness measures for potential El Nino impacts.The meeting, chaired by district commissioner Jay Shivani at the Jorhat DC’s office auditorium, focused on coordinated, department-wise planning to minimise risks to agriculture, water resources and allied sectors.“El Nino is not a distant threat; it is a challenge…
Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticised the Centre over fuel price, saying petrol prices should have fallen as global crude oil prices have declined.Addressing a presser, the former Delhi chief minister accused the government of allowing oil companies to make excessive profits. “Centre allowing oil…
Imagine a material that can cling firmly to wet surfaces, repair itself after being damaged and remain flexible under demanding conditions. That vision has moved closer to reality thanks to researchers in Japan, who have developed a new AI-designed super-adhesive hydrogel with exceptional underwater bonding strength. The breakthrough combines machine learning with laboratory experiments to…
Bhagyashree responded to backlash over a viral Kashi lassi video, calling claims of “fake” promotion baseless and clarifying she aimed to support local vendors. She defended the drink’s health benefits, questioned critics’ knowledge of the full context, and said promoting regional food carries no personal profit motive. Bhagyashree has broken her silence on the criticism…
NEW DELHI: Four years after the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 set out to recast undergraduate education, research, credit mobility and industry linkages, the first AISHE stocktake of NEP implementation shows an uneven reform map. Only 56% of responding universities have introduced four-year undergraduate programmes, 49% offer multiple entry and exit, 55% participated in NIRF,…
