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Streets shrouded in fog on cold day in Delhi; flight, train ops hit

The Capital woke up to a thick blanket of fog on Thursday, as the visibility dropped to zero in the morning, disrupting flights, trains and vehicular traffic across the region.

Salim-Sulaiman on releasing 140 singles in 2024: This year will be about global collabs

As they step into the fifth year of their independent music endeavour, composer Salim Merchant talks about releasing over 100 non-film songs last year and the vision for 2025

No Leo in Squid Game 3, Netflix clarifies

The Korean drama series Squid Game, which became a global sensation in 2021, recently returned with its second season. Soon after the third season was confirmed, reports surfaced that

Keerthy Suresh Addresses Her Team's Tussle With Paps

Keerthy Suresh recently found herself in an unexpected situation while attending a film premiere in Mumbai.

Seniors, head coach under BCCI scanner after debacle at MCG

IF ROHIT SHARMA DOES INDEED MOVE ON FROM TEST CRICKET, VICE-CAPTAIN JASPRIT BUMRAH APPEARS SET TO BE APPOINTED NEXT INDIA CAPTAIN

Sports Ministry, IOA Back Different Set of IGU Officials

The sports ministry has given its stamp of approval for the Indian Golf Union (IGU) election with Brijender Singh as president and Satish Kumar Sharma as secretary.

Without Bumrah, series would've been one-sided

Aussie pace great McGrath lauds India spearhead who has been a one-man force with 30 wickets in the four Test matches yet

In EPL, Santo Gets Forest Out Of The Woods

Nottingham Forest have begun 2025 in contention for a Champions League spot.

Teen golfer Avani set for LET with a new mindset

Avani Prashanth, among India's most promising young golfers, sat down with her coach after the LPGA qualifying series in the USA, where things slid drastically despite her coming in feeling upbeat about her game.

Carlsen shares World Blitz title with Nepomniachtchi

World No. 1 sealed pact with Russian after 7 games in the final to share a global title for the first time

Commercial LPG, ATF prices cut for first time in 6 months

In a New Year gift to the people, government-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) reduced prices of commercial cooking gas for the first time in six months on Wednesday with immediate effect.

Slow sales cloud $500-bn goal for local electronics

India's cooling consumer electronics market has put a question mark on its lofty aim to achieve annual revenue of $500 billion from electronics manufacturing.

Air India Plans to Expand in 2025, Says CEO Campbell Wilson

Air India's chief executive officer Campbell Wilson in an internal mail on Wednesday announced that the airline has expansion plans in 2025 and that it is set to grow remarkably in the years to come.

Carmakers Ride to Record Domestic Sales in 2024

Indian passenger vehicles market registered record wholesales of 4.3 million units in 2024, with companies such as market leader Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, and Kia posting their best-ever annual domestic sales.

Rupee fall exacts a quiet toll on FPI investments

The steady slide of the rupee against the dollar has significantly hit the dollar returns of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in India, despite the local currency being among global currencies least affected by a stronger greenback.

GST collections rise 7.3% to ₹1.77 lakh crore in Dec

Growth slows to a single digit as Q2 GDP expands at a seven-quarter low

S Korea to Send Jeju Air Crash Black Box to US

South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said on Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.

Trump Urges GOP to Counter Senate Dems' Delay Tactics

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Senate Democrats of attempting to delay the confirmation process of Republican nominees, urging his party to be \"smart\" and \"tough\" in countering their efforts.

Justin Baldoni Sues New York Times for Libel Over 'It Ends With Us' Co-Star Blake Lively Story

THE TIMES PLANS TO 'VIGOROUSLY DEFEND' AGAINST THE LAWSUIT

Pakistan: Over 300 Booked After Unrest in Karachi

Over 300 people have been booked after clashes between protesters and police at Karachi's Numaish Chowrangi as the protest turned violent on Tuesday, ARY News reported.

Israeli New Year strike kills 15 people in Gaza

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that an Israeli air strike in the territory's north killed at least 15 people, marking what the rescuers called the New Year's first deadly attack.

Truck attack in New Orleans kills 10; FBI probing terrorism angle

The driver, who swerved around barricades, fired at cops and struck them from the vehicle after it finally crashed, eyewitnesses said

Russia Halts Its Gas Exports to Europe

Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year's Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow's dominance over Europe's energy markets.

Niti Aayog's Decade as an Ideas Platform

New challenges await the country's premier policy think tank

The unsettled debate about Covid origins

On December 31, 2019, a notice about an unusual pneumonia cluster in Wuhan, China made its way to the WHO's disease surveillance system.

In Manipur, the search for peace

Chief minister Biren Singh's apology offers an opening for dialogue, ending the ethnic conflict

On climate, India can tap Trump's transactionalism

The West thinks it has been doing too much for the climate. The poor nations aren't moved. The new leader of the West, Trump, rejects pious posturing; he operates like a sharp trader. How does India intend to negotiate with him?

The many wars suggest collapse of moral values

Last year was a violent year, and the new year threatens to be worse. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) initiative indicates that global conflicts doubled over the past five years, with a domino effect in multiple areas. The regions around India did not fare well.

LG Tells DDA to Begin a Survey for Cable-Car Ropeway Across Yamuna

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena on Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to start the process to survey and select sites for installing ropeways or cable-ways that can carry passengers in cable cars across the Yamuna, officials from the LG's secretariat said.

Aamir's flowers

Glimpsing into a citizen's eventful day