New Delhi: Govt will carry out extensive testing of E25 (petrol blended with 25% ethanol), evaluate reports and consult all stakeholders before taking any decision on its roll out.Amid growing concerns over the impact of E20 fuel on vehicle mileage and performance, and possibility of E25, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the govt is…
Astronomers have catalogued more than five thousand planets orbiting distant stars, and a handful of them defy almost everything scientists thought they knew about how planets should look or behave. Using telescopes like Hubble, James Webb, and ground-based observatories such as Gemini South, researchers have found worlds so strange that they initially seemed implausible: a…
Lionel Messi (Photo: @giraltpablo/ X) Some players make football look complicated. Lionel Messi has spent twenty years making it look like the simplest game in the world.A pass arrives, and somehow it’s exactly where it needed to be. A defender closes in, and somehow the ball is already gone, slipped past him before he’s finished…
No relief for Wangchuk: HC backs government’s move to shift Sonam to hospital, says no force used NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Sunday upheld the Centre’s decision to shift climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to Safdarjung hospital, observing that the government’s action was not arbitrary given his deteriorating health after weeks of fasting.Justice Mini…
Stephen Colbert (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: American late-night television, that unique, risque institution where presidents are mocked, celebrities flattered and the audience applauds on cue, is preparing for a funeral. After 33 years, CBS is pulling the plug on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with its eponymous host taking his final bow…
Henry Nowak (18), who was in his first year studying accountancy and finance, was walking home from a night out with football mates when he was stabbed to death. (Photo credit: BBC) TOI correspondent from London: A British Indian Sikh man is facing trial for murdering a British white student at Southampton University with a…
Charlie Verco won his fourth Molokai to Oahu world championship (Instagram photo) Just weeks after helping rescue a woman during a great white shark attack off Sydney’s Coogee Beach, Australian paddleboarder Charlie Verco has won the world paddleboarding championship in Hawaii, setting a new race record.The 25-year-old completed the 52-kilometre Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard race…
Mark Zuckerberg wore a $2 million Rolex that tracks the moon while talking about an AI lab trying to change the clock on disease Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently detailed his plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to permanently accelerate medical research while wearing a vintage $2 million Rolex designed to track the mechanical cycles…
Small dogs steal hearts with their adorable personalities packed into tiny packages, and suit well into apartments, laps, and endless cuddles. But even though pet dogs make a cherished part of the family, grooming them and keeping up with their health is essential. Some dogs shed so much of their fur that it sticks to…
Muslim leader writes letter in blood to PM Modi NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Zeeshan Ansari on Monday wrote a letter in his own blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to declare the cow as the country’s “Rashtra Mata” (national mother).Ansari wrote the letter outside district magistrate’s office in Varanasi before submitting…