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Time of India
8 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
How India's longest rail tunnel cut clean through a mountain
How India's longest rail tunnel cut clean through a mountain Bhavika Jain Updated: Jun 3, 2025, 19:06 IST IST A railway line between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag will reduce travel time to one-third — and take you through India's longest railway tunnel carved right through the Himalayan mountains Imagine going halfway from central Mumbai to Powai, or all the way from central Delhi to Noida — but in a tunnel. And then imagine it's through a Himalayan mountain. When a railway line connects the hilly towns of Rishikesh and Karnaprayag in Uttarakhand — scheduled for the end of 2026 — it will be a defining link in the Char Dham rail connectivity plan. What used to take up to seven hours on the road will take no more than three hours.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
‘What Harvard has taught America in a time of siege'
'What Harvard has taught America in a time of siege' Team TOI Plus Jun 3, 2025, 15:37 IST IST At Harvard's 2025 convocation, physician and author Dr Abraham Verghese delivered a searing address on truth, authoritarianism, and the immigrant experience — without naming Trump once. These are some unforgettable lines from the speech that brought the house down Last week, at Harvard University's convocation, physician and acclaimed author Dr Abraham Verghese delivered a piercing commencement address that cast the immigrant experience as a mirror to America's democratic promise — one he warned was under siege. Invited to speak by interim president Alan Garber, who has been locked in a public standoff with the Trump White House over campus politics and institutional autonomy, Verghese used his platform not to grandstand, but to surgically expose the moral cost of draconian governance, rising authoritarianism, and the vanishing of truth. Without once naming the US president or invoking 'MAGA', the Indian-origin infectious disease specialist — born in Ethiopia, trained in India, and naturalised in the US — offered the graduating class a deeply personal, politically charged meditation on character, courage, and time.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
IPL 2025 Final, RCB vs Punjab Kings: The wait will finally end in Ahmedabad
/ Jun 02, 2025, 09:38PM IST The stage is set, and the wait is about to end for one of them. Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings — two teams steeped in history, near-misses, and unfulfilled dreams — are ready to battle in the IPL 2025 Final in Ahmedabad. Will this be Virat Kohli's long-awaited triumph, or will Shreyas Iyer lead PBKS to a historic first title?
Time of India
a day ago
- Climate
- Time of India
How India has left Pakistan staring at a summer of dry fields
How India has left Pakistan staring at a summer of dry fields Team TOI Plus Jun 2, 2025, 19:02 IST IST Facing a 21% water shortfall, as per latest estimates by Pakistan's Indus River System Authority, the country's kharif sowing is in crisis with Chenab inflows down and dam reserves halved. With dams running dry and crops at risk, Islamabad is warning of a looming crisis Pakistan is bracing for a deepening water crisis just as its kharif (summer) sowing season begins, with water shortages triggered by plummeting river inflows from India, critically low levels in its two main reservoirs — Mangla and Tarbela — and the suspension of the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty ( IWT ). The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), Pakistan's apex water regulator, has sounded the alarm — an overall water shortage of 21% is already in effect, and canal supply cuts may intensify further in the weeks ahead.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
He sided with Pakistan in Bangladesh's liberation war. Why is ATM Azharul Islam then out of jail and receiving a hero's welcome?
He sided with Pakistan in Bangladesh's liberation war. Why is ATM Azharul Islam then out of jail and receiving a hero's welcome? Team TOI Plus May 30, 2025, 19:56 IST IST The acquittal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, accused of mass murder and rape in the 1971 war, once again highlights how terrorists and religious extremists are being granted leniency under the Yunus-led administration On May 28, hundreds of Jamaat-e-Islami workers and supporters gathered in Dhaka to welcome their leader, ATM Azharul Islam , following his release from prison. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh recently acquitted Azharul, 73, overturning the death sentence previously handed down by the country's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).
