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When children practice positive affirmations out loud everyday, like calling themselves smart, it will help in boosting their confidence by believing in themselves.

Russian forces unleashed artillery fire on towns in eastern Ukraine, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, and began storming the bombed-out steel mill in Mariupol from where scores were evacuated after enduring weeks of shelling against the city’s last pocket of resistance. Russian defence ministry, meanwhile, said it has hit ...

Karim Benzema scored an extra-time penalty as Real Madrid pulled off another astonishing comeback in the Champions League to stun Manchester City 3-1 on Wednesday and book a showdown with Liverpool in the final. City looked certain to go through when Riyad Mahrez put them 1-0 up and 5-3 ahead ...

Two new Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in reported Covid cases in South Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, stressing the importance of testing to monitor virus mutations and spread. Stay with TOI for all updates

Multinational pharma major Pfizer has set up a global drug development centre in Chennai, the first and only facility in Asia for the company which will develop products for global markets and support the company’s manufacturing centres worldwide. The centre’s capabilities will include the development of both active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) ...

Maharashtra state remained largely peaceful on Wednesday amid MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s call to play the Hanuman Chalisa in front of mosques if the azan was played on loudspeakers. Preventive action by Maharashtra Police, including detention of key MNS functionaries across the state, ensured there were no law and order ...

With likely changes in the nomenclature of a few assembly constituencies and some further readjustments in Jammu & Kashmir’s constituency map from what was proposed in the last delimitation draft in March 2022, the Delimitation Commission has finalised the delimitation award for J&K and is set to notify it on ...

Back-to-back foreign trips by Rahul Gandhi, coupled with a controversy hurting perception, have redirected the attention in Congress and outside to the consequential issue hanging fire — the party leadership. His absence from the scene with around two-week trip, reportedly in Europe, ended on Sunday and passed off without much ...

The government on Wednesday lowered its wheat purchase estimate for the current Rabi procurement season to 19.5 million tonnes — the lowest in the past 13 years. It said wheat production is estimated to be around 105 MTs, nearly 6% less than original estimate.

A month after touching the mark of 100 seats for the first time in Rajya Sabha, BJP’s numerical strength has come down to 95 as five of its members, nominated to the Upper House, retired in the past 10 days. The party may, however, once again get the three-digit number ...