Recent Views 14 Before the dhak begins: The money and machinery behind a Durga pujo Long before the first beat of the dhak, a Durga Pujo has already been decided, priced and partly built. The goddess arrives in autumn, but the people who bring her to a neighbourhood start months earlier, with a theme, a…
Recent Views 15 US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has urged the World Bank to end its restrictions on financing upstream oil and gas projects, arguing that developing countries need reliable and affordable energy to drive economic growth, industrialisation and job creation.According to news agency ANI, Bessent made the demand during the October 2026 annual meetings…
Recent Views 17 West Indies’ Shai Hope plays a shot during the fourth T20I cricket match of a series between India and West Indies, in Hyderabad, Telangana. (PTI Photo) Former Indian cricketer Abhishek Nayar stated that India would need to get Shai Hope out, as the West Indies captain has been tormenting the bowling attack…
Recent Views 15 Hardik Pandya, left, and Mahela Jayawardene (PTI Photo) Mumbai Indians and head coach Mahela Jayawardene have mutually decided to bring in a fresh perspective starting with the upcoming Indian Premier League season. In a meeting of the top brass earlier this week, both parties reached an agreement. TimesofIndia.com has learnt that a…
Recent Views 18 Russian President Putin and US President Trump TOI correspondent from Washington: For months, MAGA supremo Donald Trump and his minions threatened to “crush” India’s economy for New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil. The economics has now caught up with the rhetoric. Faced with soaring fuel prices at home and a widely forecast…
Recent Views 21 Alexandr Wang Chief AI officer of Meta Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang has shared a lengthy post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) thanking the researchers and engineers behind the company’s latest AI model launches, saying he is ‘so grateful for every one’ of them stressing that the team’s…
Recent Views 26 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has remained on the bench for all four T20Is against the West Indies, with India preferring the opening combination of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma.India head coach Gautam Gambhir has backed the current opening pair, saying dropping either Samson or Abhishek to accommodate Sooryavanshi would be unfair. He pointed to…
Recent Views 18 Jr NTR’s ‘Dragon’ shoot resumes after shoulder surgery; Prashanth Neel films other sequences Telugu superstar Jr NTR is expected to return to filming for ‘Dragon’ towards the end of October 2026, following his recovery from a shoulder injury. The actor underwent arthroscopic surgery in August and has completed six weeks of recovery…
Recent Views 16 India’s Ishan Kishan, right, Shivam Dube, second right, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, third right, and others during warm up (PTI Photo) India are set to face the West Indies in the fifth and final T20I in Bengaluru on Saturday, with the series locked at 2-2. Ahead of the decider, former India assistant coach Abhishek…
Recent Views 18 Indian Army soldiers use a drone during a field exercise. (image credit: Indian Army) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is moving to develop man-portable electronic intelligence modules, a compact system meant to pick up and analyse the signals that enemy radars or any other antennas emit. The tender has been…
