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During the COVID-19 lockdown, while most people were busy making dalgona coffee and baking banana bread, a father in Auckland was watching other people’s backyard roller coasters on YouTube. Then he did what most of us never do after a video binge. He built one! That’s right.Bjorn Burton built a roller coaster in his backyard….

The Mecca defence pact was signed on August 7 Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye have agreed to immediately implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia, following an emergency meeting of the three countries’ Mecca Defence Alliance in Riyadh.The decision was announced in a…

United States Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, with Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and delegation members, in New Delhi TOI correspondant from Washington: In Montana, ‘traffic’ is when you have to wait for three deer and a stray cow to cross the highway, so goes the joke about a state where “just down the road” can…

Vessel flagged off for voyage Dibrugarh on Monday resumed international river trade after nearly seven decades, with Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagging off a barge carrying 540 metric tonnes of methanol from Bogibeel Terminal to Dhaka, marking the first cargo shipment from upper Assam to a foreign port since Independence.The methanol, produced by state-owned…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday issued an advisory for journalists covering protests, asking them to carry valid identity cards and ensure that their presence or activities do not obstruct police operations or the movement of law enforcement personnel.In a social media post on X, Delhi Police issued the guidelines for journalists and said, “The…

US president Donald Trump blames Ukraine for rising gas prices US president Donald Trump on Monday blamed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries, rather than the war in Iran, for pushing up gasoline prices, while also criticising Democrats over refinery closures in the United States.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “What’s driving up…

Imran Masood has been critical of Akhilesh Yadav. NEW DELHI: The new Congress team in Uttar Pradesh has a daunting challenge at hand: to revive the fortunes of the grand-old-party in the 2027 assembly elections. But before the big political test early next year, there is a pressing concern at hand: the alliance dynamics. And…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) will conduct byelections on Tuesday for five assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency across three states and the Union territory of Puducherry, with vote counting scheduled for Friday.The constituencies going to the polls are Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu, Thattanchavady in Puducherry, Rejinagar and Nandigram in West…

Sahibzada Farhan and Salman Ali Agha (Agency Photos) Pakistan have made a change to their T20I leadership, with Sahibzada Farhan named the new captain for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka after leading the country to a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the squads for the Sri…

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court clarified that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, Congress on Monday announced an intensified nationwide campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Party’s general secretary KC Venugopal threatened that the agitation over alleged “vote theft” would continue until Kumar…