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Every spring, millions of people lose an hour of sleep for a reason that has nothing to do with late nights or early alarms. The clocks simply move forward. Daylight saving time returns this weekend across much of North America, bringing the familiar seasonal shift. Many people barely notice it because their phones and computers…
Developments in the month-long war in Middle East, movements in crude oil prices and broader global cues are expected to remain the biggest triggers for Indian stock markets in the holiday-shortened week ahead.Analysts cited by news agency PTI said that investors will also closely track the rupee’s movement against the US dollar and the trading…
BENGALURU: The Congress govt has decided to grant Rs 255 crore worth of land in Bengaluru to 22 Dalit and OBC mutts, overruling red flags raised by key departments on giving away gomala land and parcels that are within the city corporation limits.Documents reviewed by TOI show that the departments of finance, and law and…
New supply of office space declined sharply in key property markets such as Delhi-NCR and Mumbai last year, even as demand for prime workspaces remained strong across India’s major cities, according to real estate consultant Colliers, PTI reported.Delhi-NCR saw a 15 per cent fall in new office supply in 2025, while Mumbai recorded a steeper…
Why are Tripura schools shut till January 10? Schools across Tripura will remain closed till January 10, 2026, as the state faces an intense spell of cold weather accompanied by dense fog warnings. The decision was taken by the Tripura government as a precautionary measure to protect students from prolonged exposure to low temperatures and…
Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran, saying that he was told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. At the same time, oil prices dropped sharply, falling more than $2 a barrel.Hong Kong’s HSI was up 76 point or 0.28% down at 26,923….
NEW DELHI: Having lived together for only 65 days after marriage, a couple, who fought a legal battle for over 13 years and filed 40 cases against each other in different courts, ended up in Supreme Court, which on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them for treating judicial forums as…
India was closely monitoring the situation as Afghanistan and Pakistan seemed poised for a dangerous escalation, with Islamabad declaring that the two countries were in an “open war” following Pakistan’s airstrikes on “terrorist hideouts” in Afghanistan and the latter’s retaliatory action. Unconfirmed reports said that senior Taliban leaders were killed in Pakistan’s latest air assaults…
In Yes Minister, when Jim Hacker finds out that Italian terrorists have access to British-made weapons, Sir Humphrey Appleby tries to mollify him by pointing out it’s not their department’s problem. British weapons in the hands of foreign terrorists were outside the Ministry of Administrative Affairs’ jurisdiction. Probably a Defence Ministry problem, or a Foreign…
