October 2025 has emerged as Mumbai’s most polluted month of the year so far, with 19 monitoring stations recording their highest daily average PM2.5 levels and seven stations registering their peak PM10 levels since January. The spike in pollution was observed between October 18 and 22, coinciding with the festive period, which typically sees increased... Read More

The three-year-old gelding Claude, who ran second in his last outing, should make amends in the upper division of the To The Manor Born Plate, the main event of Friday’s (Oct. 24) races. Rails will be announced one hour before the first race. 1. A.J. WADIA PLATE (1,400m), Cl. V, 5-y-o and over, rated 1 to 26, 1.30 p.m.:... Read More

Residents use rubber tubes to transport food, arranged by the Revenue Department, to the doorsteps of families marooned across Vellore city in Tamil Nadu on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy Published – October 24, 2025 12:58 am IST Source link

As a reporter, one has to quickly get used to the fact that the government is not a friend. It isn’t an adversary, per se, but it certainly is not predisposed to help the media. If you are one of the few journalists that the government chooses to speak to, you have to remember that... Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes, or synthetically generated images and videos, have been proliferating on social media ever since generative AI made photorealistic content as easy as typing a description of a given scene. As this technology developed rapidly over 2024, concerns were raised over electoral integrity and disinformation amplified with the aid of such AI-generated... Read More

‘A great conversation’ Every speech or conversation by the President of the U.S., Donald Trump, is becoming a cause for embarrassment for India (Front page, “Modi, Trump speak; U.S., India call accounts differ”, October 23). But in the fluid geopolitical scenario, India does not have many diplomatic choices. However, Mr. Trump’s frequent statements about Russian... Read More

The Southwest Airlines has decided to establish a global innovation centre in Hyderabad. The announcement was made by a delegation of Southwest Airlines headed by its Chief Information Officer Lauren Woods and Chief Technology Officer Tom Merritt which called on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday. The Chief Minister expressed delight over the announcement... Read More

A correction to a correction. The headline of a Front Page report (October 22, 2025) was right — “Deepavali fireworks send Delhi air quality inching to a five-year low”. Published – October 24, 2025 12:32 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link

Deputy CM in the review meeting | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin continued with his review of monsoon preparedness measures undertaken in Chennai and neighbouring districts on Thursday. Senior officials from multiple departments took part in the meeting. In a social media post, Mr. Udhayanidhi said he had instructed... Read More

: The Tamil Nadu government has granted administrative sanction for a total of ₹186 crore, which will go towards providing food for around 29,400 conservancy workers in the Greater Chennai Corporation, for a period of three years. About 22,800 workers who are on the shift between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. will be provided lunch... Read More