CHENNAI: India’s renewable energy sector wrapped up 2025 with a record-breaking surge in capacity additions, underscoring the pace of the country’s clean energy transition. About 48 GW of new renewable capacity was added during the year, including large hydro projects, while around 45 GW was added excluding the large hydro segment, compared with 28 GW…
A viral Indian travel blog post from an Indian visitor, shows how he spent lakhs to discover Europe while revealing the unattractive aspects of European cities, which include contaminated public areas and security concerns. After months of planning and saving, this traveller finally took the dream Europe trip, only to find that the real Europe…
Axar Patel is now a member of India’s T20I leadership group after the selectors named him vice-captain for next month’s T20 World Cup. The all-rounder spoke to TOI on a range of topics ahead of the big ICC tournament. Excerpts:With the T20 World Cup around the corner, the next two months will be big for…
Widespread protests erupted in Pakistan’s Sindh province after a young Hindu farmer was killed by a landlord in Badin. According to a report by Pakistan’s news outlet the Nation, Kailash Kolhi was shot dead by an influential landlord, Sarfaraz Nizamani, over the construction of a hut on his land.Following Kolhi’s death, demonstrators staged sit-ins on…
Visuals from the new video (Video credits: X/EdKrassen) A new video showing the final moments of Renee Nicole Good who was shot dead by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, has surfaced online. The footage has intensified debate over the incident and the use of force by federal agents.The footage showed…
How Does It Rain in the Desert? The UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Secret Explained Even if you have never been to a desert, you would have seen it on screens, how rain bursts despite arid desert sun but in the UAE, rain does not just happen by chance. Behind the scenes, scientists are actively nudging clouds to…
Oman announces Muscat fireworks at Al Khoudh Dam on Sunday, January 11, starting 8 PM sharp/Representative Image The General Secretariat of National Celebrations has officially announced a grand fireworks display in Muscat to mark the anniversary of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s Accession to the Throne. The event will take place tomorrow, January 11,…
US President Donald Trump held talks with senior oil executives on Friday (local time), pushing them to consider investments in Venezuela’s oil sector following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. While Trump presented the country as newly secure and open for business, industry leaders responded cautiously, with one major executive saying Venezuela remains “uninvestable” without…
Marriages, though comforting and life-long, are also incredibly hard, which is why divorce has become relatively common these days, and with good reason, helping both partners move on from an unhappy marriage, and (hopefully) find someone who is more suited to them. However, what happens when a couple decides to not ‘divorce’, yet stay under…
NEW DELHI: After an impressive showing in the ODI series against South Africa, India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli has quickly turned his focus to the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand. As the Indian team assembled in Vadodara to begin preparations, Kohli returned to the national camp in a relaxed and cheerful mood, setting…