दिल्ली के हौज खास में AC ब्लास्ट हादसे में जान गंवाने वाले 1968 बैच के वरिष्ठ आईएएस अधिकारी धनेंद्र कुमार का प्रशासनिक करियर बेहद लंबा और प्रभावशाली रहा था. भारत की नौकरशाही, आर्थिक नीतियों और प्रतिस्पर्धा कानून को मजबूत आकार देने में उनकी भूमिका को हमेशा याद रखा जाएगा. साल 1946 में जन्मे धनेंद्र कुमार…
TOI correspondent from London: Save tiger. Sell forest. Scrap people. Stop. Adivasi communities from forests stretching across Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have mounted a pushback against wildlife tourism and tiger reserve expansion, accusing forest authorities and conservation groups of turning ancestral homelands into a commercial safari “spectacle” while evicting indigenous families and forcing them…
Reptile Gardens near Rapid City in South Dakota’s Black Hills region is one of the most famous snake parks in the USA. It was established in 1937 and is home to one of the world’s largest reptile collections, including cobras, pythons and boa constrictors, among others. How to reach The nearest airport is Rapid City…
Albert Bandura (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant because human nature rarely changes as much as people think it does. Societies evolve. Technology changes rapidly. Entire industries disappear and new ones emerge. Yet human behaviour often repeats the same patterns generation after generation, especially when responsibility becomes shared among large groups of people. That is…
New Delhi: India’s energy investment is likely to reach a record $170 billion in 2026, driven by a push towards renewable energy capacity addition, strengthening of transmission and distribution networks, and deployment of storage systems to support the grid and reduce curtailment, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest report.The power sector accounts…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s skipper Rajat Patidar. (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: From being one of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s most dependable finishers to becoming a key figure in the backroom setup of the IPL defending champions, Dinesh Karthik has witnessed the franchise’s evolution from close quarters.In a freewheeling interview with TOI, the 40-year-old RCB mentor and batting coach…
After triggering massive speculation online with his sudden Instagram unfollow spree, filmmaker Karan Johar has finally clarified why several Bollywood celebrities disappeared from his following list. The director-producer revealed that the move was simply part of a “digital detox” and not linked to any fallout with his industry friends.Putting all rumours to rest, Karan took…
A video of students defending the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system have sparked another round of controversy online, with social media users questioning why toppers from an earlier batch were appearing in promotional-style clips. The video featured students from Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 Imphal speaking positively about the newly…
केंद्रीय शिक्षा मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान ने गुरुवार को कहा कि 21 जून को होने वाली NEET UG पुनर्परीक्षा के लिए प्रश्नपत्रों के सुरक्षित परिवहन में भारतीय वायु सेना (IAF) की मदद ली जाएगी. उन्होंने बताया कि सरकार परीक्षा प्रक्रिया को पूरी तरह सुरक्षित और लीक-प्रूफ बनाने के लिए कई कड़े कदम उठा रही है. इसके…
NEW DELHI: Issuing a strict warning to industrial consumers buying diesel from retail outlets due to differential pricing and creating an artificial shortage of fuel in parts of the country, govt on Wednesday said there were “more than adequate” supplies of petrol and diesel to meet demand.Govt said industrial consumers were diverting their purchases to…
