Representative image (AP) BENGALURU: HCLTech shares rose nearly 6% on the BSE on Friday after the IT firm announced a $1.1 billion mega deal with a Europe-based Fortune Global 50 enterprise, which people in the know told TOI is Mercedes-Benz. The agreement is among the largest AI-led deals announced by an Indian IT firm this…
Today is a fairytale.Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding is fast approaching Friday at Madison Square Garden, where the couple’s closest friends and family – and several hundred more – are attending the elaborate event inside the iconic New York venue.Guest arrivals are well underway and Swifties were amassed outside, where the heat was harsh…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ( Photo X ) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s much-awaited India debut has divided the cricket fraternity, with former players debating whether the team management is holding back the teenage prodigy. Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has now joined the conversation, backing the young batter while disagreeing with India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate‘s…
A white dwarf is usually thought of as the quiet remnant left behind after a star has exhausted its fuel and shed much of itself into space. By that stage, any worlds that once orbited nearby are expected to have faced a violent fate. Yet one planetary system roughly 80 light-years from Earth appears to…
Some days open like a clear window, and this is one of them. Success comes from many sides because Mercury, your ruler, is strong and supported by Jupiter’s broad blessing. Things click. Calls return. Plans move. Even the small errands that usually drag on seem to finish with less fuss.There’s a positive vibe under the…
New Delhi: What began as a police raid to rescue child labourers from a factory in Okhla led to the unearthing of an organised operation that allegedly repackaged expired and near-expired food products and passed them off as fit for consumption in domestic and international markets. The factory has been sealed and seven people, including…
Mumbai: A desalination plant at Manori, which can supply 200 million litres per day (MLD) of water, is expected to be ready in four years, said industries minister Uday Samant in the assembly on Friday. Once it is ready, 1,000 litres of water is expected to cost around Rs 35, that is, 17p per litre,…
Bengaluru: The investigation into the deaths of two workers at the Balagere Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has taken a significant turn, with a Bengaluru Rural court permitting police to invoke provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, against the accused company and contractor.According to the order passed by…
After decades of taking in garbage from all south Chennai neighbourhoods, the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard is likely to call it quits by 2026-end. Commuters and residents along the foul-smelling 200-Feet Radial Road can finally heave a sigh of relief.To facilitate this, the city corporation proposed a 2,500tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Keerapakkam, near Vengadamangalam, in…
Bandi slams Cong for moving apex court against G RAM G Act Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday attacked Telangana govt over its decision to move the Supreme Court against the Centre’s VB-G Ram G Act (Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act), alleging that the…
