NEW DELHI: With voting now almost over in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Puducherry, focus is quietly shifting to the much-awaited exit polls. The exit polls or opinion polls are usually released starting half an hour after polling ends and give an early idea of how people may have…
USCIS director issued a fresh warning to immigration scammers. USCIS director Joseph Edlow said fraudsters and other criminals should be prepared to face the consequences as the administration is coming after people who have a Green Card. With new special agents on board, the agency is on its way to opening multiple tip lines where…
Thursday offered a rare sight for a city that spends much of the year battling hazardous air pollution, and a rarer statistic. Delhi’s air quality slipped into the “good” category for the first time in nearly three years, giving residents a fleeting sense of what it actually feels like to breathe clean air.The continuous monsoon…
NEW DELHI: Carmakers may soon have a new way to meet India’s fuel efficiency norms without relying solely on electrification, with the Centre proposing to reward a range of fuel-saving technologies under the draft Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)-III regulations.The draft norms, released by the power ministry for stakeholder consultation, have proposed to allow manufacturers…
John Wick Sprite has been added to Fortnite (Image via Fortnite) Following the new Fortnite v41.30 update, Epic Games has introduced a variety of unique content to the battle royale experience, with one such introduction being the John Wick Sprite. Essentially, the Sprite has been released exclusively for the Fortnite Reload mode, making it the…
The strength of Gujarat Titans this season has been their top-heavy batting, but that strength faces a severe examination against Lucknow Super Giants. Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler have carried the bulk of the runs, but consistency beyond them remains a concern. Against LSG’s disciplined seamers, there will be little margin for early…
Divya Deshmukh and Magnus Carlsen (Agency Photos) The Global Chess League (GCL) is set to return for its fourth season with the much-awaited Season 4 Player Draft scheduled to take place in Mumbai on June 29. The league will once again bring together some of the biggest names in world chess before the tournament gets…
Iran has said it remains “still far from a final agreement” with the United States despite ongoing negotiations, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and key nuclear demands continue to stall progress.Speaking in a televised interview, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said talks had yielded limited results but major differences remained. “On some issues, conclusions have…
NEW DELHI: Govt has notified a new standard for higher ethanol-petrol blends — E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuels — paving the way for blending of ethanol in petrol beyond the current 20% level. The govt push to increase ethanol blending comes amid reports of availability of surplus ethanol and to reduce crude imports due…
In what they call a ‘rare event’, tourists and forest officials reported spotting a tiger, a leopard, and a cheetah in a distance of about one to two kilometers inside the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. The sighting of three top predators in the same landscape has left conservationists shocked and also stirred suspense and…