Petrol and diesel are least affordable to the average citizen in India among the 10 largest economies of the world. An average Indian — someone whose income matches the country’s per capita — can buy only about 8 litres of petrol or diesel with their daily income, while the average American can buy 199 litres…
NEW DELHI: Govt is looking at pruning the list of vehicles exempted from paying tolls on national highways, and to begin vehicles attached to senior Central and state govt officers are likely to be taken out from the “exempted category”, TOI has learnt.A high level committee set up by the central govt has recommended the…
NEW DELHI: Indians remained the third largest applicants for Schengen visas globally in CY 2025, with 11.5 lakh did so with a rejection rate of 15.8%. Chinese were the largest applicants at 18 lakh with a rejection rate of 4.1%, followed by nationals of Turkey (12.5 lakh) with a rejection rate of 14.6%, according to…
NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi Sunday took on PM Narendra Modi over the CBSE OSM row, saying PM had the time to speak about everything during his monthly radio address Mann Ki BaatSunday but the 18.5 lakh children whose answer sheets were not assessed properly by CBSE.In a post on X, the leader of opposition…
NEW DELHI: As govts and technology companies across the world race to dominate the AI revolution, a parallel global debate is steadily gaining ground – who will ensure that AI remains accountable to human values rather than being driven solely by profit, speed and geopolitical competition? That broader concern now appears to connect two very…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Sunday praised the country’s new sprint icons Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur both of whom broke national records at the recent National Senior Athletics Federation Competition in Ranchi.In his monthly radio address, Mann ki Baat, Modi said four national records were broken in four different events. “Gurindervir Singh, Vishal TK,…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ KOZHIKODE: Congress-led UDF govt in Kerala is planning to hand over the case related to the alleged abetment of Kannur ADM Naveen Babu’s suicide to the CBI. CPM on Sunday criticised the move as “politically motivated”.Babu’s family had recently met chief minister V D Satheesan and sought an urgent CBI investigation into the politically…
NEW DELHI: Enumeration for Phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR) – which shall cover over 37.7 crore electors across 16 states and UTs in all under different schedules – has started in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur. The exercise will verify the eligibility of around 3.7 crore electors across the four states, based on…
BAREILLY: NIA deputy superintendent of police Ishan Mehra, 32, was killed after his motorcycle crashed into a container truck on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway in UP’s Moradabad district, police said Sunday, reports Krishna Chaudhary.Mehra, a resident of Mohali in Punjab, was posted at the NIA’s Delhi office, a senior police officer familiar with the case…
NEW DELHI: Govt is looking at pruning the list of vehicles exempted from paying toll on national highways, and the first category that may be removed is “secretaries to govt of India”. Currently, vehicles transporting and accompanying people holding any of the 25 public offices – such as President, PM, governor, CJI, CMs and MPs…