Following the enforcement of GRAP Stage-II, Delhi Metro has added 40 extra trips across its network, with plans to increase services to 60 if Stage-III is implemented. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has also stepped up pollution-control measures at its construction sites to ensure ongoing work does not worsen air quality in the NCR. Learn More

Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) turns 100 in 2026, and the celebrations — and games — have begun. Fans have been gifted a WTA 250 event (on till Nov 2) at the SDAT stadium in Nungambakkam, and for the tennis legends gathered in the city as well as living here, it’s a grand slam of nostalgia. The city’s tryst with tennis, though, began long before TNTA was formed. In the 1830s, says S Muthiah in his book ‘Tamil Nadu’s Quest for gold’, there were plans to set up a court a

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit and the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, engaging with leaders from Japan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Vietnam on regional, strategic and economic issues. Jaishankar met Japan’s foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu and agreed to intensify efforts to implement a joint vision for the next decade of India-Japan cooperati