Some days on the calendar feel like reminders we casually scroll past. World Environment Day shouldn’t be one of them.Every year on June 5, we talk about the planet – forests, rivers, air, climate – but the truth is simpler and a bit uncomfortable: the environment isn’t “out there.” It’s the air in our room,…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo-AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is once again scrambling to preserve a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran, insisting that a broader peace agreement is within reach even as renewed missile exchanges, mutual threats, and deep mistrust continue to push the Middle East toward another dangerous…
Demis Hassabis sold DeepMind to Google in 2014 Demis Hassabis has given the plainest account yet of why he sold DeepMind to Google in 2014, and it has nothing to do with grand strategy. It was arithmetic. He reckoned that staying in the fight against the biggest technology companies in the world would take roughly…
In Uttar Pradesh’s Sardhana lies the Basilica of Our Lady of Graces. A basilica is a title of privilege conferred by the Pope on churches of historical or artistic significance. There are more than 70 basilicas in Asia and India with 28 basilicas having the most. But how did a church in a small town…
Chennai Super Kings’ head coach Stephen Fleming, left, with MS Dhoni (PTI Photo) Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth has strongly criticised the Chennai Super Kings management over the handling of MS Dhoni’s fitness during IPL 2026, accusing the franchise of misleading supporters throughout the season. Speaking on his YouTube channel after CSK’s crushing 89-run defeat…
Veteran actor Moushumi Chatterjee has shared screen space with Rajesh Khanna in movies like ‘Anuraag’, ‘Prem Bandhan’ and ‘Bhola Bhala’ and in a recent interview, she has opened up on the experience of working with the actor. Many of Khanna’s co-stars and directors in the past have spoken about his starry tantrums and how he…
Udhayanidhi Stalin, TN CM Vijay, MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: DMK president M K Stalin and leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday intensified their attack on the ruling TVK government, accusing chief minister C Joseph Vijay of administrative failure, deteriorating law and order and turning the Tamil Nadu Assembly into a “film…
The United States has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, marking one of the Pentagon’s biggest air defence procurement deals as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine continue to deplete critical missile stockpiles.The US Army said the contract converts a previous one-year, $4.7 billion agreement awarded in…
Trump-Meloni (Image credit: AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: In the high-stakes theater of global diplomacy, world leaders are accustomed to dealing with classified cables, complicated negotiations, and delicate treaties. What they are generally unprepared for is a US President who treats international summits like an episode of The Apprentice.The latest geopolitical casualty of Donald Trump’s…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s newest batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will not be travelling alone on his maiden assignment with the senior national team, with BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia revealing that the board decided to allow the 15-year-old’s parents to accompany him on the upcoming white-ball tour of Ireland and England to help…