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biryani, a fragrant, spice-filled dish adored worldwide, have both captured the hearts of food lovers. But what happens when these two icons meet? The result is ‘Ice Cream Biryani,’ an unusual and daring culinary creation that has left many food enthusiasts scratching their heads.

United States deported one Indian every six hours in 2024, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report released on December 19. The number of Indians deported saw a dramatic 400% increase, rising from 292 individuals in 2021 to 1,529 in 2024. This rise is part of a broader trend of heightened enforcement, with total deportations reaching 2,71,484 globally in 2024, compared to 59,011 in 2021.

Mars orbiters. This year, are you hoping for a white Christmas? At least you can appreciate these pictures of a winter wonderland on Mars even if there isn't any snow where you live.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Private prisons and other companies that provide detention services are getting ready to cash in on what President-elect Donald Trump has billed as “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history." That includes scouring for as many detention beds as possible in their networks of facilities, and scouting sites for new buildings to house migrants. Some executives are considering whether to take up the controversial work of detaining families or unaccompanied children.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries, including India, over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges that President-elect Donald Trump will face to carry out his pledge of mass deportations. ICE, the main government agency responsible for removing people in the country illegally, had 271,484 deportations in its fiscal year ended Sept 30, nearly double from 142,580 in the same period a year earlier. It was ICE's highest deportation count since 2014, when it removed 315,943 people. The highest it reached during Trump's first term in the White House was 267,258 in 2019. Increased deportation flights, including on weekends, and streamlined travel procedures for people sent to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador fuelled the increase, ICE said. The agency had its first large flight to China in six years and also had planes stop in Albania, Angola, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Mauritania, Romania, Senegal, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

mass deportations of undocumented immigrants immediately after Trump is sworn in as president. In a CNN interview, Homan said Wednesday night that plans are underway to deport undocumented immigrants at large scale and that he’ll need funding from Congress to do so. Tom Homan said he will need a minimum of 100,000 beds to detain undocumented immigrants – more than doubling the 40,000 detention beds ICE is currently funded for – and needs more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to carry out the president-elect’s mass deportation plans. ALSO READ: US Government shutdown: Know what closes and what stays open

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mahindra & Mahindra has surpassed Tata Motors as India’s third-largest carmaker thrice in the second half of 2024 on new launches at a time cooling electric vehicle sales and an ageing line-up have hurt the fortunes of the Tata Group company. In August, September, and November, Mahindra, the maker of Thar sport utility vehicle (SUV), cornered 12.64%, 12.64%, and 13.14% share of the nation’s passenger vehicle market, respectively, showed a Mint analysis of the government's vehicle registration data compiled by Fada Research.

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Automotive Research Association of India) is the organisation mandated with making sure the vehicles you buy in India meet standards. From Bharat NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) safety standards, to fuel efficiency figures under test conditions, to ensuring homologation of vehicles, this is the entity that tests and certifies automobiles sold in the country. It does all of this out of its 260 acre base in Pune, equipped with a large number of testing facilities. Incorporated in 1966, the cooperative industrial research association under the Ministry of Heavy Industries has had quite the journey thus far. But what is happening now is clearly new. It, along with the entire automotive industry, is now in the middle of the big energy transition, from fossil fuels to electric and other alternative sources of energy.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Besides Earth itself, Mars is the most-studied planet in the solar system. One reason for the abundance of probes and landers, of course, is that Mars is relatively close.

Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez recently visited renowned chef Vikas Khanna’s New York restaurant, Bungalow. The couple, along with other guests, posed happily for a group photograph shared by Khanna on his X profile.

culinary journey where every ingredient takes centre stage. The mastermind behind Oteque is chef Alberto Landgraf, whose Japanese and German heritage weaves into his innovative dishes.

High on popularity charts is winter travel to European destinations with Thomas Cook and SOTC seeing a 50-60% increase in business for winter tours this year. “Consumers are displaying a keen appetite for ice and outdoor snow experiences including skiing, snowshoe trekking, crab fishing safaris, snowboarding and snowmobiling across Europe’s Alpine regions of Switzerland, France, Austria and Germany,” said Rajeev Kale, president and country head for holidays, MICE and Visa, Thomas Cook (India).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) is beset by problems, with the unbearable amounts of atmospheric pollution being the most acute. But the crisis of livability that the city faces isn’t just confined to this.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Bicycles roam the streets of Indonesia's capital with dozens of plastic sachets of coffee and other packaged drinks dangling from their handlebars. Tied in the back are large thermos bottles with hot water, an ice box and equipment for making coffee.

Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has been struggling with muted revenue growth for the past few quarters, thanks to a combination of weak pricing and subdued volume growth. Demand conditions are still not particularly exciting, with urban demand moderating even as rural is recovering.

Elon Musk recently shared details about his conversation with Barron Trump during Thanksgiving celebrations at Mar-a-Lago. The event, hosted by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence, featured a grand Thanksgiving dinner attended by family members and prominent guests, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his mother, Maye Musk. Videos from the gathering went viral, showing the Musks seated at the same table as Mr. Trump, his wife Melania, and their youngest son, Barron. The clips sparked widespread curiosity about the topics discussed among the VIP guests. In response to a lighthearted post on X (formerly Twitter), where a user jokingly imagined a conversation between Mr. Trump and Barron, Musk revealed he had been discussing «consciousness and video games» with the president-elect's son. Maye Musk joined the thread, praising Barron as «very smart» and noting that he and Elon had spoken throughout the evening.

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electric vehicles and not just those planning to adopt eco-friendly modes of personal transportation, a senior company executive said. The Mumbai-based automaker on Tuesday made its first full-fledged foray into India's nascent EV market with the introduction of two pure electric models. These are the first two «born electric» models based on the company's latest INGLO vehicle architecture. M&M plans to launch three to five more models based on the same vehicle architecture over the next few years. «We're not targeting EV buyers, but lifestyle buyers. If we target EV buyers, we won't get anywhere. Our target is to convert ICE (internal combustion engine) to lifestyle EVs,» Rajesh Jejurikar, executive director, auto and farm equipment sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, told ET. He said the first thing M&M would want a potential customer to have is the desire to drive its EVs.