Warmer nights due to climate change are causing significant global sleep loss. Average individuals are losing nearly fifty-six hours of sleep annually from heat. This climate-linked sleep loss has at least doubled since the early nineteen seventies. Regions like Southern India and Southeast Asia experience substantial sleep deprivation. Poor sleep negatively impacts mood, memory, and…
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is preparing to invest about Rs 5,000 crore to almost double its LPG storage capacity to 340 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) from around 200 TMT, according to three OMC executives. Similar expansion plans by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) are still being worked out. State-run…
Colon cancer is one of the most preventable ailments, yet it remains one of the most frequently diagnosed types of cancer in the world. Doctors are also worried about a trend: more and more cases are being found in people under 50. Genetics and age do impact risk, but lifestyle and diet are the most…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi is proposing a common advertisement code for all its regulated entities. Under the new code, even individual mutual funds will be allowed celebrity endorsement at the brand level, an option not allowed currently. At present AMFI as the industry trade body could use such endorsements for the MF industry as a…
Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal Indian-origin teenagers Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal have made a major mark on British chess after winning the women’s and open titles at the 2026 British Chess Championships in Coventry.Bodhana, just 11, became the youngest-ever British women’s champion after beating 14-year-old Ireland-based talent Trisha Kanyamarala in a tense rapid-chess playoff.Her…
File Pic: R Vaishali, R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh after India won both titles at the Chess Olympiad 2024. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions India have named formidable men’s and women’s squads for the FIDE Chess Olympiad, with world champion D Gukesh, in-form R Praggnanandhaa and Women’s Candidates winner R Vaishali leading the country’s…
Photo credit: X/@TheHockeyIndia Pakistan’s hockey team management found itself under scrutiny after the side was penalised for fielding six players instead of the permitted five during its five-a-side international match against India in Muscat, Oman.The incident took place on Friday shortly after the match began, when the umpires noticed Pakistan had six players on the…
How to increase the resale value of your house For most people, a house is more than just a place to live, it is one of the biggest investments they will ever make.But when it comes time to sell, many homeowners realise that location alone is not enough to fetch a good price. Buyers today…
India’s Hardik Pandya (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: Hardik Pandya is set to miss the upcoming three-ODI series against Afghanistan due to a low-grade quadricep sprain. It is understood that the premier all-rounder was at peak fitness and had been training hard at the BCCI Centre of Excellence since June 2. He was supposed to…
A depiction of Cassiodorus, 1493, from the Nuremberg Chronicles by Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Public Domain) War does more than destroy buildings. It can also wipe out knowledge collected over centuries. In Italy during the sixth century, battles across the region damaged cities, schools and libraries that had once been centres of learning.At a…
Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle and the world’s sixth-richest man has quietly donated more than $45 million to nonprofits and programs backing US President Donald Trump, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The funding, not subject to disclosure rules, has not been publicly reported until this week. Ellison’s low-profile contributions stand…
NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) late Friday shared a video purportedly showing AMMK MLA-elect Kamaraj writing a letter extending support to Vijay’s party, sharply rejecting claims by AMMK general secretary T. T. V. Dhinakaran that the document was forged amid the fast-moving government formation battle in Tamil Nadu.The row erupted after Dhinakaran rushed to…
