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Our poet in the Foreign Service

India, Aug. 26 -- This unusual story began a decade ago, when a part of it appeared in a different version in HT's Mint Lounge. Last week, the story met its climax. In 2014, this reporter purchased fr... Read More


central govt taking steps to ease ev financing in line with 2070 net-zero goal, says official

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The central government is working towards mechanisms to ease financing of electric vehicles in line with India's 2070 net-zero goal, a senior government official said on Monday. ... Read More


'Delhi's EV policy will be a model for others'

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Delhi's electric bus fleet has expanded nearly ninefold in less than a year - from 400 in February to 3,400 today - and is expected to touch 6,000 by the end of 2025, and close t... Read More


Non-fiscal incentives crucial for EV adoption, say experts

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Even in Norway - hailed as the world's model for EV adoption - resistance came not from policymakers but from neighbourhoods, where housing associations blocked residents from in... Read More


20-yr-old found dead at park in nehru place

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A 20-year-old man allegedly died by suicide at Astha Kunj park near Nehru Place in south Delhi on Sunday night, police said. An inquest proceeding under Section 194 of the Bharat... Read More


Demographic debates need sanity, not crude rhetoric

India, Aug. 26 -- The public discourse around demographics in India is usually divisive. Sometimes it is about the population as a whole, at other times, its religious composition, and still other tim... Read More


10 dead, 41 injured in Bulandshahr accident

India, Aug. 26 -- At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and 41 others were injured after a truck rammed into a tractor-trolley carrying pilgrims in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Prad... Read More


Dream11 no longer India sponsor: BCCI

India, Aug. 26 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday that Dream11 has pulled out as jersey sponsor of the India cricket team and that the board was now searching for a new... Read More


Elon Musk's firm xAI sues Apple, OpenAI

India, Aug. 26 -- Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's AI startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in a US federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart comp... Read More


35-year-old kills woman over money, arrested

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A 35-year-old tailor has been arrested for allegedly killing a 22-year-old woman and dumping her body near a drain in southwest Delhi's Dabri on Saturday, police said. The accuse... Read More