NEW DELHI: The cost of commercial LPG and aviation fuel prices surged on Sunday following the monthly revision aimed at aligning with trends in international oil prices. State-owned oil firms raised commercial LPG rates, used in hotels and restaurants by Rs 16.5 per to Rs 1818.50 per 19 kg cylinder.Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices in…
NEW DELHI: India’s ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh have named their newborn son Ahaan. The couple welcomed their second child in November this year.Ritika revealed the baby’s name through a Christmas-themed Instagram Story, offering fans a peek into their expanding family.At present, the Indian skipper is in Canberra with…
Kash Patel: ‘The man who will do anything for Trump’ US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his loyalist Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel as the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With this appointment, Patel becomes the second Indian-American to be included in his cabinet.Posting on Truth Social, Trump stated that Indian-American Kash would work…
England’s Jacob Bethell, left, and Joe Root are congratulated by New Zealand players. (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: England secured a commanding eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test of the three-match series in Christchurch on Sunday. The victory marked England’s 10th Test win in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, the…
A forest in Northern Laos witnessed a fall in the Asian elephant population, prompting researchers to use different methods to save them. The population of Asian elephants in Laos has decreased due to habitat loss, exhausting work in logging, hunting, and limited breeding chances, AFP reported.Scientists are utilising DNA analysis of elephant dung to monitor…
England’s Jacob Bethell, left, and Joe Root walk from the field following their eight wicket win. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: England opened their three-match Test series in New Zealand with an emphatic eight-wicket win in Christchurch on Sunday, setting multiple records in the process. The visitors chased down a target of 104 runs in just…
NEW DELHI: After a month of backand-forth discussions on the ICC Champions Trophy venue, hosts Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday climbed down to agreeing to a hybrid model in which India will play their matches in Dubai in Feb-March. However, TOI understands that the PCB has put across a few demands before the International…
Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England’s star batter Joe Root achieved a remarkable milestone on Sunday, surpassing Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar‘s record for the most fourth-innings runs in Test cricket. Root’s unbeaten 23 during England’s successful chase against New Zealand in the first Test in Christchurch pushed his fourth-innings tally to…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar attended the launch of historian Vikram Sampath‘s book Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum 1761-1799 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi on Saturday.During his address at the event, Jaishankar described Tipu Sultan as a “very complex figure in history.” “Tipu Sultan is actually a…
OpenAI is facing new legal challenges in Canada. Five major Canadian news media companies, including the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Press, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star and the CBC/Radio-Canada, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement and breach of online terms of use. The lawsuit accuses the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence (AI) startup…
