To help readers cope with their anxieties in these stressful times, TOI has launched Talk it Out, a series in which expert counsellors answer your mental health queries. This week’s advice is from counselling psychologist Bindhu SubhashI am a 50-year-old IT professional struggling with restlessness, overthinking, and anxiety. I often find myself disconnected from the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a phone call with US President Donald Trump and Moscow is waiting for word from Washington that it is ready too, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Trump said on Thursday he wanted to meet Putin as soon as possible to secure an end to the…
In the 1960s, the science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke coined a useful adage: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” He was right, as demonstrated by the almost mystical reverence with which people tend to describe artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. We know it’s just software. We even kind of understand how the program…
The NFL is down to its final eight teams and historically this weekend’s games are viewership powerhouses. Last year, the NFL’s divisional round, led by a mega-matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs, averaged a whopping 40.0 million viewers, the highest audience number on record, dating to 1988. Kansas City’s win at…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently announced his retirement midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has addressed the ongoing debates surrounding the futures of senior players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ash ki Baat, Ashwin refrained from speculating on the retirement plans of his…
Greenland is ready to talk. Responding on Monday to the diplomatic earthquake set off last week by President-elect Donald J. Trump, who mused about taking over the gigantic island in the Arctic Ocean, Greenland’s prime minister said the territory would like to work more closely with the United States on defense and natural resources. “The…
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said he is “ready to talk” with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has expressed interest in taking control of the mineral-rich Arctic island. A semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland is rich in natural resources, including oil, gas, and rare earth elements. Its strategic location in the Arctic, where global powers…
Arshdeep Singh (Photo: BCCI video grab) Arshdeep Singh is undoubtedly one of the finds for India lately, growing the bowling resources and providing that much-needed variety with his left-arm pace and swing. The same was on show in the Vijay Hazare Trophy preliminary quarter-final on Saturday, where Punjab took on Maharashtra at the Kotambi Stadium…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, spoke on Wednesday in Paris of the challenges already posed to U.S. alliances by the imminent return of Donald J. Trump to the White House, and said they believed that an American takeover of Greenland was an impossible idea. But they also asserted…
NEW DELHI: Telangana Congress MLA R Bhoopathi Reddy issued a stern warning to actor Allu Arjun, cautioning him against making critical remarks about chief minister Revanth Reddy.The MLA from Nizamabad (Rural) on Tuesday threatened that the actor’s films might be boycotted in the state if he continued his comments. “If you (Allu Arjun) talk about…