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AFC Champions League Two 2025, FC Goa vs Al Nassr Live Streaming: Indian fans’ wait to catch Cristiano Ronaldo live in action stretched longer when the Portuguese superstar opted to skip his team Al Nassr’s AFC Champions League Two’s tie against FC Goa scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Along with Ronaldo, Croatian player Marcelo Brozovic will also not be making the India trip. But even in the absence of those two stars, the match still boasts of talents like Sadio Mane and Joao Felix who the Indian fans will have the privilege of seeing live for the first time…

Your electricity bill is rising. Naturally, you’re mad about it and looking around at who to blame. But it’s not a who, it’s a what — and the recent AI-driven data center construction spree is at least partly the reason why.Copious data centers have sprung up across the United States, nearly doubling in number between 2021 and 2024, with no end in sight to their rapid spread. According to consulting firm McKinsey & Company, companies are projected to spend $1.6 trillion on data center hardware in the US by 2030.It’s not just the existing facilities that are creating heftier bills;…

Strasbourg may be France’s holiday capital, claiming the country’s oldest Marché de Noël, but there’s no denying Christmas in Paris is a showstopper. The city shines brighter each year with thousands of lights illuminating its famous squares and landmarks like the Champs-Elysées, dubbed the “world’s most beautiful avenue.” Holiday cheer seeps into each of the 20 arrondissements, decorated with larger-than-life garlands, forests of bauble-strewn fir trees, sculptural light displays, and wooden chalets doling out vin chaud (mulled wine) and holiday specialties like foie gras—best spread on subtly sweet pain d’épices (gingerbread).Oyster stands are as much a fixture of the holidays…

NewsFeedUS Vice President JD Vance says, one week into the Gaza ceasefire, he has “great optimism” the peace deal will hold. He declined to set a deadline for Hamas to disarm. Vance was speaking at a newly established centre in Israel for civilian and military cooperation.Published On 21 Oct 202521 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha pays homage to police martyrs during Police Commemoration Day at the Police Memorial, Zewan, in Srinagar on October 21, 2025. (X/@OfficeOfLGJandK) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) said the J&K Police “kept the tricolour flying high even at the cost of their own life”. He was speaking on the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day at the Police Memorial in Zeewan, Srinagar.Mr. Sinha said, “The J&K Police is epitome of duty, discipline, loyalty and selfless service. Our brave J&K Police personnel have always prioritized the nation’s development and…

The NBA season tips off Tuesday with a doubleheader. NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with NBA hall of famer Grant Hill about the season’s key storylines and the return of NBC as official broadcast partner. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The new NBA season tips off tonight with two games. One of the storylines going into this new season is the return of NBC as an official broadcast partner. Among the members of the newly assembled NBA on NBC broadcast team is Hall of Famer Grant Hill. The former Duke star and NBA All-Star will work as an analyst. He’s also the managing…

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI’s coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said “we’ll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code.” Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted in April that for one project “in the next year probably … maybe half the development is going to be done by AI.” Executives of Amazon, Google and Microsoft have also highlighted large language models’ (LLMs’) abilities to generate code. AI tools have changed how coding works for some developers and there are now fewer of the most junior software engineers.…

Suchitra Ranjit, head, paediatric ICU, Apollo Children’s Hospitals, Chennai, recalls a young patient who survived a severe episode of dengue complicated by multi-organ failure and a brain haemorrhage. A year after discharge, while the child had regained their physical strength, they continued to experience separation anxiety and struggled to reintegrate into the school routine. “Among ICU survivors, 10–20 % exhibit features of post-intensive-care syndrome (PICS),” she notes. “The spectrum ranges from mild sleep or anxiety issues to ongoing medical problems or device dependence.”This case is emblematic of the challenges children face once an acute medical crisis is over — a…

Apple launched the iPhone 17 series globally, including in China, in September [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple’s iPhone 17 series outperformed its predecessor in early sales in China and the United States, research firm Counterpoint said on Monday.The newer models outsold the iPhone 16 series by 14% during their first 10 days of availability in the two countries, Counterpoint said in a report. Sales of the base model iPhone 17 nearly doubled in China compared to the iPhone 16 during the same period, it added, with sales of the model rising 31% across the two markets.“The base model iPhone…

The GST rate cut on apparel priced below ₹2,500 is likely to lift the demand in the mid-premium segment, while the fast fashion/value segment, which account for 65 % of the sector’s revenue, will continue to drive the momentum, says Crisil.  | Photo Credit: IDREES MOHAMMED The recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rationalisation will add about 200 basis points to revenue growth of India’s organised apparel retail sector this fiscal, keeping it steady at 13-14% for the second consecutive fiscal, according to Crisil Ratings.The GST rate cut on apparel priced below ₹2,500 is likely to lift the demand in…