In July alone, India imported 896,000 tonnes of LPG from the US. (File photo) NEW DELHI: India has sharply increased its imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the United States this year as supplies from traditional Gulf exporters declined following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz caused by the escalating US-Iran conflict.Data from commodity…
As the downpour intensified through the evening, traffic conditions worsened across several arterial roads. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain continued to pound Delhi-NCR on Friday evening, crippling traffic across the national capital and neighbouring Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad as office-goers struggled through massive traffic snarls, waterlogged roads and stranded vehicles during the peak rush hour.The…
Astrobase unveils India’s first privately-built 800kN full-flow staged combustion rocket engine ‘Everest’, aiming for reusable launch systems and domestic launch infrastructure. BENGALURU: Space start-up Astrobase Space Technologies Friday unveiled what it described as India’s first privately built “800kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine, named ‘Everest’”, as it seeks to develop reusable launch…
Andrew Beaver who runs “Clean the Block” removes debris with other volunteers What started as one man’s effort to clear dumped furniture and rubbish in south Houston has grown into a 100-person volunteer campaign to clean up historically underserved neighbourhoods.Andrew Beaver, 37, began clearing abandoned lots and alleyways in November without any experience running an…
Madison Beer and Justin Herbert (Getty Images) Justin Herbert‘s latest appearance at Los Angeles Chargers training camp wasn’t just about football. The star quarterback found himself trending after sharing a kiss with fiancée Madison Beer during a break in practice, creating a viral moment that quickly spread across social media. While many fans celebrated the…
Toronto gets its pygmy hippo calf on Sunday, born to 20-year-old mother Kindia. Toronto got its own Moo Deng as the Toronto Zoo has announced the birth of a female pygmy hippo calf to 20-year-old Kindia. The birth took place on Sunday morning and the calf took her first steps within minutes of her birth….
The incident occurred on NH-30 in the Chhoti Pahadi area on Friday morning PATNA: A pedestrian was killed after being allegedly hit by a bus in Bihar’s capital Patna on Friday, triggering protests during which an angry mob set vehicles on fire and vandalised a police post, officials said.The incident occurred on NH-30 in the…
Kajal Aggarwal’s simple parenting rule It started with a simple request from a four-year-old boy named Neil. “Mumma, I want this. Can you just Amazon it, Blinkit?” Kajal Aggarwal looked at her son and said two words that most modern parents find genuinely difficult to say. “You wait.” And then she said something that has…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Congress will soon take up the issue of the Centre’s E20 ethanol-blended fuel programme.In a social media post on X, Rahul shared a video and accused the government of “stealing directly out of people’s pockets”.“This E20 issue is a very serious…
Ask any native and they will tell you that living in New York and being a New Yorker are two different things. You cannot sound like a native overnight. No, we aren’t talking about the accent. That’s the easier part. The real thing is code-switching, shortcuts, and the whole attitude, which may take years to…