Less than a week after Kedarnath shrine opened for Char Dham yatra, police de- ployed for crowd management are grappling with a different set of challenges — visitors lighting crackers for birthday events in the temple zone, devotees waving political party flags in front of the shrine, and vloggers enter- ing risky glacier stretches for…
A tremendous explosion rocked the Tunguska region in Siberia in the early morning hours of June 30, 1908. The Tunguska explosion is the largest cosmic explosion experienced by humanity and resulted in all of the trees in an area of approximately 2,150 square kilometres being flattened by a blast wave of force similar to a…
A promise made at the 2023 COP28 climate summit to move away from fossil fuels had raised hopes that the world will now be shifting in another direction. Some even saw it as the beginning of the end for using oil as a fuel. However, even years later, the promise seems far from being fulfilled….
Sachin Tendulkar’s birthday is usually all about celebrations, warm wishes and heartfelt messages from fans across the world. This year was no different, with the cricket legend turning 53 and receiving greetings from everywhere. But along with the usual birthday buzz, a small moment involving his son Arjun Tendulkar quietly became a talking point online.A…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Army contingent on Sunday departed for the 7th edition of the India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise, “DUSTLIK”, scheduled to be held from April 12 to 25, at the Gurumsaray Field Training Area in Namangan, Uzbekistan.Exercise DUSTLIK is an annual event conducted alternately in India and Uzbekistan. The previous edition was held in…
ChatGPT experienced an outage, with 91% of users facing issues. OpenAI acknowledged the problem, and the service is now back online with performance back to normal. The TOI Tech team verified the restoration on the website and mobile app. ChatGPT went through an outage. The outage tracking website — Downdetector — has also received reports…
We’re currently living in an era obsessed with “main character energy,” status symbols, and the perfect life on social media. But if you strip away the filters, there is one vintage quote that hits harder today than it did thirty years ago.Back in 1992, Oprah Winfrey sat down for an interview with People and dropped…
An Indian student living in Canada has shared a candid glimpse of her daily routine, describing how she is caught between classes, work shifts and the constant pressure of managing her expenses abroad. The video was shared on Instagram and has since gone viral.Jyoti Kharayat posted a video on Instagram showing her day-to-day life, where…
Senior New Zealand minister Shane Jones has defended his controversial remarks on immigration, saying he uses “hyperbole” to gain “cut through” in public debates, even as criticism mounts over his “butter chicken tsunami” comment.The New Zealand First deputy leader on Wednesday said colleagues in Parliament had urged him to tone down his language, but he…
NEW DELHI: As West Bengal heads to vote in phase 2 on Wednesday, the Matua community might emerge as a kingmaker in this big-stakes election.In phase 2, the Motua-dominated belt of North 24 Parganas and Nadia could be the decisive factor in the big TMC vs BJP fight. Ahead of polling, a large section of…