A 78-year-old Shanghai man named Qiangming spent nearly a decade living inside a supermarket despite owning an apartment nearby because he feared loneliness after his divorce and estrangement from his son. (AI generated image) Loneliness does not always look dramatic. Sometimes, it sits beside a person in an empty room, waits through silent meals, and…
Gratitude is often sold as something very simple: write a few things down, think positively, and life starts feeling lighter. But for many people, it doesn’t work like that. It can feel forced, repetitive, or even frustrating – especially during stressful phases. The truth is, gratitude becomes powerful only when it stops being a task…
In a major clean-air initiative aimed at reducing vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region, the Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 5,041 crore scheme to replace older trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR with cleaner BS-VI and electric vehicles, backed by a package of financial incentives for vehicle owners, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on…
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared the final result for the Junior Intelligence Officer Grade-II/Technical (JIO-II/Tech) Examination 2025. Candidates who appeared for the recruitment process can now check the list of selected candidates on the official website.The final result was announced on June 29, 2026 and includes the…
Tamil and Malayalam actor Bala first married popular Malayalam singer Amrutha Suresh in 2010. The couple has a daughter and later divorced in 2019. After his separation, Bala married doctor Elizabeth Udayan in 2021, but this relationship also ended in separation. Later, in October 2024, Bala married his relative Kokila at the Kaloor Pavakulam temple…
The right plants in the right place make all the difference. Image Credits: Google Gemini For many of us, the first warm weekends of May are spent in one of two ways: frantically planting everything in sight or standing in the backyard wondering where to start. Usually, neither works. The good news: May is actually…
The service uses a proprietary technology stack and an SMS-based architecture (representative image) Fintech major PhonePe on Monday announced the launch of PhonePe UPI 123Pay, a service that allows feature phone users to make UPI transactions without requiring an internet connection.According to news agency PTI, the service makes PhonePe the first major third-party application provider…
India’s Tulika Maan (PTI photo) New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Games campaign has suffered another major blow with Olympian and 2022 Birmingham CWG’s silver medallist Tulika Maan being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for alleged whereabouts failures, ending her Glasgow 2026 participation even without flying out of India.Sources told TOI that Tulika, one…
Today is a day of peace, when the importance of tone, timing and peace takes precedence over force. In Chinese astrology, July 28, 2026, is Gui Mao Day or Yin Water Rabbit Day. This leads to heightened intuition, clear thinking and emotional awareness. In this daily Chinese horoscope, you are advised to trust your instincts,…
The jewellery remained in the custody of the bank branch but was subsequently robbed, according to the bank’s submission. (Image for representative purpose only) Imagine this case: You have taken a loan against your gold. That gold is lying with the bank. Then in a bank robbery the gold is stolen. Who is responsible for…
