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Despite gaining four points to take their tally to 114 overall, India’s PCT slipped from 57.29 to 55.88 with only their second draw in the ongoing WTC cycle. Australia also had their PCT shrink from 60.71 to 58.88 with this edition’s second draw.

Delhi worsened on Tuesday as the air quality index rose to 433 in the 'severe category', with a toxic haze blanketing the city. It was the worst air quality in almost a month — a higher AQI than this was last recorded on November 19 at 460. The air quality is likely to stay similar on Wednesday, but might improve to 'very poor' category on Thursday. The air quality is likely to stay severe on Wednesday, but it may improve to very poor on Thursday.

Uber Technologies and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each donated $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The ride-hailing firm joins a list of several large businesses that have sought to build a positive relationship with the incoming Trump administration after he won the election in November. The donations by Uber and Khosrowshahi were first reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier in the day.

SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, caused a loss of ground control for at least an hour during a mission that included the first private spacewalk in history, according to three people familiar with the problem. The spacewalk, part of SpaceX's five-day Polaris Dawn mission, was carried out by private astronauts including Jared Isaacman, a fellow billionaire and longtime Musk partner who is now nominated by incoming President Donald Trump to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. The outage, which has not previously been reported, meant that SpaceX mission control was briefly unable to command its Dragon spacecraft in orbit, these people said. The vessel, which carried Isaacman and three other SpaceX astronauts, remained safe during the outage and maintained some communication with the ground through the company's Starlink satellite network.

shooting at a Wisconsin Christian school that killed a teacher and student and wounded several others before she took her own life, police have confirmed.The shooter was identified as Abundant Life Christian School student Natalie Rupnow at a press conference Monday night. Police say the attacker also used the first name Samantha.Madison police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters Rupnow was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound when officers arrived at the school, and died en route to hospital.Six others were wounded after she opened fire in a mixed-grades study hall, including two students who remain in critical condition.

Boston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city's most diverse neighborhood for its new professional women's soccer team

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg made the largest contributions in 2024, and financial aid, especially for medical students, got most of the money

IEEMA and Chairman of ELECRAMA 2025, said. “Presently, the industry size is USD 70 billion in India, with USD 12 billion in exports. We are poised to grow to a USD 130 billion industry with exports of USD 25 billion by 2030,” Vikram Gandotra told ET. ELECRAMA 2025, the world's largest electrical show, will take place from February 22 to 26, 2025, in Greater Noida. A flagship showcase of the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries, it will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers from around the world. The event will feature exhibitions, technology showcases, networking opportunities, and events that will serve as a springboard for the Indian electrical industry.

Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, had recently addressed a press conference in Delhi where he allegedly made allegations against Sulakshana Sawant, the wife of CM Pramod Sawant. Sulakshana Sawant filed a complaint in the civil court at Bicholim in north Goa. The ad-hoc civil judge heard the suit and issued a notice to Sanjay Singh, returnable on January 10, 2025.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday lifted the business restrictions imposed on two key entities of the Edelweiss Group, ECL Finance Ltd and Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, with immediate effect. This decision comes after the companies implemented remedial measures to address supervisory concerns raised earlier. On May 29, 2024, the central bank had invoked its powers under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and the SARFAESI Act, 2002, imposing specific business curbs on the two entities.

Telangana Tourism Policy 2025-2030" in the Assembly. The first-ever dedicated tourism policy, after the formation of Telangana, also aims to create additional employment opportunities for three lakh people in the next five years besides enhancing tourism contribution to 10 per cent or higher of the GSDP ( gross state domestic product). The tourism infrastructure sector is predominantly driven by the private sector and there is a pressing need for the government to provide greater confidence through proactive policy and administrative framework that improves investor confidence, it said. Through the policy, the state government will be promoting «safe tourism» by creating dedicated tourist police units/tourist patrols across key tourist destinations, implementing women-friendly measures to ensure the safety of female tourists, and leverage Tourism Friendly Index (TFI) to evaluate the safety standards of destinations.

The banking system cash deficit, as measured by banks’ borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India, was at 1.5 trillion rupees ($17.7 billion) as of Monday, the highest since June 24, according to a Bloomberg Economics index. The RBI has been net selling dollars since October, which has resulted in a substantial drain on liquidity, according to IDFC First Bank Ltd.

Transatlantic Tunnel, estimated to cost $20 trillion (£15.8 trillion), promises exactly that, leveraging hyperloop technology to achieve unprecedented travel speeds. However, the project, described as one of the most ambitious infrastructure ideas in history, faces monumental challenges, from technological uncertainties to colossal costs. While captivating, this vision seems far removed from practical realisation.

Smriti Mandhana has surged three places to second in the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings while climbing one spot to third among T20I batters, following her stellar displays against Australia and the West Indies. The left-hander struck 105 in the final match of the series against Australia in Perth and 54 in the first game of the ongoing T20I rubber against the West Indies in Mumbai to headline the latest rankings update released here on Tuesday. Mandhana is the lone Indian batter in the top 10 as her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved down two spots to 13th while Jemimah Rodrigues climbed six places to 15th and Harleen Deol moved up nine rungs to 64th Among bowlers, Deepti Sharma has slipped two spots to five.

Florida Atlantic’s board of trustees is expected to approve a $22.5 million, 15-year deal that would give Flagler Credit Union the naming rights to the school’s football stadium

Julie Scelfo started MAMA — Mothers Against Media Addiction — earlier this year to help parents fight back against the harms of social media on children

teenage shooter opened fire at a Wisconsin school on Monday, killing a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before police found the suspect dead at the scene. The latest school shooting to devastate a U.S. community took place at the Abundant Life Christian School, a private institution that teaches some 400 students from kindergarten through 12th grade in Madison, the state capital of about 270,000 people. Two students who were wounded in the shooting had life-threatening injuries, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told a press conference. A teacher and three other students were shot and expected to survive. Two of those victims were released from the hospital, Barnes said.

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Jennifer Lopez, with a twist, appear to be co-parenting together. Despite the reported tension, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Jennifer Lopez all came together for a very endearing co-parenting moment in a genuinely surprising move. The fact that this co-parenting moment was between Lopez's child Emme and Garner and Affleck's child Seraphina, who are reportedly closer than ever even after the divorce, makes it extra-sweet, as quoted in a report by SheKnows.

Justin Trudeau about the best path forward for Canada. Freeland quit just hours before she was due to present a fall economic update to parliament, a document widely expected to show the Liberal government had run up a much larger 2023/24 budget deficit than planned. «For the last number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds over the best path forward for Canada,» Freeland said in a letter to Trudeau posted on X.

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