Potatoes rarely ask for attention in the kitchen. They sit quietly in baskets, appear in nearly every kind of meal, and usually take the longest to prepare. Peeling them is often the part people put off, especially during large family cooking or festive meals when several kilos need to be cleaned at once. Many households…
MUMBAI: Average daily UPI volumes rose to 75.7 crore in June from 74.8 crore in May, up 1.2% month-on-month, while average daily value held steady at Rs 96,405 crore against Rs 96,465 crore, down 0.1%. According to National Payments Corporation of India, this stability in daily run rates came even as headline monthly numbers softened…
COP31 (Image source: UNFCCC) NEW DELHI: With mid-year climate meetings taking place in Bonn amid critical geopolitical situation due war in west Asia and its impact on the overall economy, India has raised its concerns over declining levels of climate finance, and called for strengthening multilateral cooperation at a time of growing global challenges.Making its…
Bangladesh vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live Score: Catch all the action from the first ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Dhaka with ball-by-ball commentary and a detailed scorecard on TimesofIndia.com. TOSS: New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to bat vs Bangladesh. Mehidy Hasan Miraz: Yes, I love to bowl first…
Has Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya quietly married his girlfriend, Mahieka Sharma? Fresh photos of the couple doing the rounds on social media have sparked widespread speculation that the two may have exchanged vows in a private ceremony.The buzz began after a picture of Hardik and Mahieka posing with an elderly woman surfaced on the internet….
Bran Castle, the inspiration for Dracula, is entering a new era of international tourism under American ownership. Image Credit: Wikipedia The mountains encased in mists that make up the Carpathian Mountains have long guarded their secrets. Bran Castle, the famed stone castle that inspired the fascination of all people with the character of Count Dracula….
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday instructed the newly-elected BJP governmemt in West Bengal to “strictly maintain law and order at the ground level”. The order came after Mamata Banerjee told the court that the police had remained inactive during the post-poll violence, while also asserting that “Bengal is not a bulldozer state”…
For more than two decades, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy’s fastest cosmic first responders. The space telescope has detected thousands of powerful gamma-ray bursts, monitored exploding stars and helped scientists study some of the universe’s most extreme phenomena. Despite being well beyond its original mission lifespan, Swift remains a…
A Nepal-born software engineer who left a high-paying job at Google after repeated visa setbacks has finally received his US green card.Pratik Karki, a San Francisco-based founder, shared the news in a viral post on X, saying he and his wife had both been granted permanent residency in US after a long and difficult journey…
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing controversy over the fate of the AIADMK rebel faction in Tamil Nadu and close numbers enjoyed by governing TVK coalition, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said AIADMK won’t join the Vijay govt, and the mandate in the state is against any kind of “backdoor” politics of BJP.Tagore, an early advocate of Congress…