L-R: India’s first and 100th GMs – Viswanathan Anand and Anuj Shrivatri. When Viswanathan Anand became a Grandmaster in Coimbatore in 1988, attaining that step used to be a giant step towards professional chess. Now, it’s a footnote. India completing a century of GMs on Sunday — with Anuj Shrivatri being the latest one with…
General:The Moon positioned in Scorpio within your third house shapes your entire day, encouraging proactive action, clear expression, and tackling bite‑sized tasks. Genuine effort stays the main focus, though it requires direction pick a specific goal rather than judging your dedication by how tired you feel. A chat with a younger sibling or trusted friend…
Anindya Chattopadhyay,found himself at the center of a storm when his X account faced a lock due to smog images NEW DELHI: TOI photographer Anindya Chattopadhyay’s X account was locked after he posted photos & videos showing “deadly smog” and poor visibility around NH9 and Lodhi Garden, with the platform citing a “violation of its…
Malad firecracker shop explosion kills 16-year-old boy as slab collapses in Mumbai (Representative image generated using AI) MUMBAI: A 16-year-old boy was killed after an explosion at a firecracker shop triggered a blaze and caused its slab to collapse in Mumbai’s Malad area on Monday night.The teenager, who had gone missing after the incident, was…
Kautilya’s Arthashastra has been honored by UNESCO (Representative image) MYSURU: Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient treatise on governance and statecraft, has been inscribed on Unesco‘s prestigious Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) Regional Register. An original 16th-century palm-leaf manuscript of the text, preserved and digitised by Oriental Research Institute (ORI) at…
Kolkata: State urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul and BJP MLA from Sonarpur Dakshin Roopa Ganguly took to social media last night, expressing their grievances against noise pollution on Kali Puja. Earlier, Ganguly sought help from Kolkata Police to curb the menace and Paul hit the streets, moving around with cops in a…
Panaji: Congress expressed anguish and outrage over the horrific alleged sexual assault on a four-year-old girl near Lohia Garden in Mapusa. The party has demanded immediate accountability from the home department and a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the horrific crime.Describing the incident as an unimaginable tragedy, state Congress president Girish Chodankar…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only. AHMEDABAD: An airline cannot blame a flat tyre for cancelling a flight and escape liability when its own failure to maintain an adequate fleet leaves passengers stranded, the Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held. Dismissing an appeal by Ventura Air Connect Ltd, the state commission upheld…
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Himachal Pradesh cabinet will meet on Nov 13 ahead of the winter session of the Himachal assembly starting Nov 16 at Tapovan in Dharamshala Shimla: Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly’s winter session, the state cabinet, chaired by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, will meet on Nov 13 at 2:30…
Residents continued to burst firecrackers in residential lanes and bylanes during Diwali celebrations despite court restrictions on their use Pune: Diwali this year brought a sharp rise in air and noise pollution to the city.Noise levels during celebrations showed a contrasting trend across areas, with night-time equivalent noise level (Leq) readings increasing at all seven…
