As Delhiites burst firecrackers well past the 10 p.m. deadline set by the Supreme Court for Deepavali night, air pollution shot up 70-100 times the World Health Organization limits in many parts of the city, but fell quickly afterward, according to government data. The relatively faster decline in pollution was due to higher wind speeds... Read More

Saranya P., a resident of Kasturbanagar in Adyar planting a sapling on the divider at the concrete pathway running past the Kasturbanagar MRTS station. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Recently, a cherished practice among residents of Adyar gained more ground, nay more soil. From time to time, a divider on a broad concrete pathway running... Read More

The H3 (7th) rocket by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), carrying a new HTV-X cargo transfer spacecraft, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Tanegashima island, on October 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s space agency on Sunday (October 26, 2025) successfully launched its new flagship H3 rocket carrying an unmanned... Read More

Knowing the purpose and possibilities of each exam allows students to choose wisely and gives educators a clearer path to guide them. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Entering the realm of legal education involves taking entrance exams such as CLAT, CUET, and LNAT. Each of these is designed to align with various strengths, goals, and... Read More

lluminating the sky with colourful firecrackers being burst during Deepavali festival celebrations in Chennai City | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Many Indian cities, including Chennai, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad, recorded their highest PM10 levels of the year around Deepavali, but Chennai stood out for two reasons. First, unlike some other cities that experience consistently high... Read More

The pending stormwater drain work around the junction of Vanniar Street and Choolaimedu High Road. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement James Boswell, that biographer and flawless mirror of Samuel Johnson, records the master essayist as having said, not exactly in these words, that when a man knows the gallows awaits him in a fortnight, the... Read More

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu alerted all district collectors, superintendents of police, and other senior officials about the ‘Montha’ cyclone and held a teleconference with them. “As the Montha cyclone is expected to severely impact the state on October 26, 27, 28, and 29, the department has issued a red alert, and officials... Read More

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, China’s Premier Li Qiang and Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao pose during the signing ceremony of the declaration on the admission of the Democratic Republic Of Timor-Leste into ASEAN at the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, on October 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (October 25, 2025) played down prospects of a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin anytime soon, even as a top Kremlin negotiator huddled for talks with U.S. officials on ending the war in Ukraine.... Read More

The story so far: In two papers published in Nature on October 22, researchers from Google, MIT, Stanford, and Caltech reported what they called a verifiable display of quantum advantage using the company’s Willow quantum processor. That is, the teams said they have shown that Willow clearly outperforms existing supercomputers on solving a specific problem.... Read More