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Love is not a need but a longing. When you love, you settle down – nothing more is needed.” What the yogi and mystic advises on not equating desires and longing Confused about your career or relationship? Bhagavad Gita Verse Today (August 10, 2026) reveals Lord Krishna’s secret to choosing the right path when life feels unclear Capricorn Horoscope Today, August 10, 2026: Relationships feel stable when you allow some softness ‘Jana Nayagan’ box office collection day 18: Thalapathy Vijay’s film jumps 41.2%; Rs 3.60 Cr added on third Sunday | Tamil Movie News Pisces Horoscope Today, August 10, 2026: This is a favourable time to boost your savings Sagittarius Horoscope Today, August 10, 2026: Don’t hurt any female through harsh words or dismissive behaviour Hiding silent pain behind a smile? Bible Verse Today (August 10,2026) on 1 Peter 5:7 brings powerful comfort when carrying private worries ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ box office collection Day 11: Tom Holland starrer to cross Rs 500 crore mark today; becomes first Hollywood film to hit milestone in India Scorpio Horoscope Today, August 10, 2026: Love matters are average, not sparkling and not broken Apart from logistical difficulty and cost, for any option to extend the rail link to India, New Delhi would have to deal with the fact that it would pass through Pakistan NEW DELHI: Russian deputy PM Marat Khusnullin has suggested exploring a direct rail link from Moscow to the ‘Indian Ocean’ to avert risks associated with the Bosphorus and the Strait of Hormuz, amid ongoing conflicts, including in West Asia, that have stalled the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Bosphorus is a narrow, natural strait in Turkey that connects Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.“A rail link to the Indian Ocean should also be explored. Risks related to the Bosphorus and the Strait of Hormuz might require alternative routes: through Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Any options providing access to India are acceptable,” he told Russian news agency TASS.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesExperts said constructing a rail link spanning two continents and four countries would be a gigantic challenge. Apart from logistical difficulty and cost, for any option to extend the rail link to India, New Delhi would have to deal with the fact that it would pass through Pakistan, and a lot would depend on obtaining an iron-clad guarantee for securing cooperation and commitment of the hostile neighbour to protect the railway and cargo.The statement does not provide a detailed construction plan, cost estimate or timeline. However, if such a corridor is eventually developed, it could create a direct overland rail freight route linking Russia with India while offering an alternative to traditional maritime shipping routes.Among railway corridors linking multiple nations, Yiwu-Madrid is the longest freight train line in the world — spanning a little over 13,000 km, it connects China’s Yiwu to Spain’s Madrid, traversing eight countries.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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NEW DELHI: The captain of Air India’s August 4 Phuket-Delhi flight, which experienced a sudden loss of altitude of about 300 feet, was subjected to a psychoactive substance (dope) screening test on arrival, whose result was “not negative” and has been sent for confirmatory tests, the aviation ministry said Sunday.TOI had exclusively reported on Sunday that the pilot of the turbulence-hit flight may have failed the dope test.The ministry has classified the incident, which led to 17 people being hospitalised, as serious and said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will probe it.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines“Further action, as appropriate, will be taken based on the outcome of the investigation and confirmatory test results,” it said.Air India pilots grounded till probe is overDirectorate General of Civil Aviation rules stipulate that “in case the screening test (for psychoactive substances) is non-negative, the employee shall be immediately removed from the safety-sensitive duty till a confirmatory report is received. In case of positive confirmatory test for the first time, the concerned employee shall be referred by the organisation” for de-addiction.Multiple passengers and cabin crew members on board the Airbus A320 operating as AI 2379 were injured when it suddenly lost altitude. The plane later landed safely in Delhi. “As standard operating procedures following such an occurrence, both flight crew members underwent the prescribed psychoactive substance screening test. The screening test in respect of the pilot-in-command (PIC) indicated a result requiring confirmatory testing. Samples have been sent to the designated laboratory for confirmatory analysis, and the final report is awaited,” the ministry statement added.Both pilots have been taken off flying duty by the DGCA, pending investigation.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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Years of preparation, selling the family land, parents burdened with debt and yet, nothing to show for it,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X, referring to his “Chhatron ki Goonj” event on Saturday.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines“This is not his failure, it is the failure of a system that refused to reward his hard work,” Rahul added.Several days have passed since the students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over alleged paper leaks called off their agitation, yet there’s not a single word from Shah on the action taken by Delhi Police against them, he said.“Amit Shahji, do not think that we will stop demanding accountability…” he said.Meanwhile, with the monsoon session of Parliament entering its final week on Monday, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday cautioned the govt that “history should not repeat itself”, recalling that significant laws were passed during the winter session of Parliament in 2023 despite 146 MPs being under suspension.Referring to the security breach which saw two men jumping into Lok Sabha on Dec 13, 2023, Ramesh said in a post on X, “Opposition repeatedly demanded a statement from the Union Home Minister. None was forthcoming. He remained silent as he is doing now on the brutalities inflicted by the Delhi Police on protesting youth last month.”Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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Monday’s agenda includes the introduction of four bills but makes no mention of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill.Government may prefer full-fledged debate on FCRA to address criticism against the billThe Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25 but has not been taken up for discussion yet, amid fierce protest from opposition parties and minority groups, especially Christian bodies.Christian groups, which are a major recipient of foreign funding, have decried the proposed amendments, saying it threatens their charitable works and will allow the government to seize their assets if their FCRA licence is withdrawn or not renewed.What has, though, made things politically trickier for the BJP is the support extended by DMK president M K Stalin to the demand of a delegation representing churches of different denominations in their meeting with home minister Amit Shah that the bill be either withdrawn or sent to a joint parliamentary committee for scrutiny.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesWith the government looking to assuage DMK’s concerns to get it on board before it makes a fresh bid for Parliament’s nod for its delimitation exercise, coupled with implementation of the women’s reservation law from 2029, it may not like to put the regional party on the defensive by bringing up the FCRA bill, some MPs said.Supriya Sule of NCP SP, another party being eyed by the government as a probable supporter for the amendment bill, has also opposed the FCRA bill.Mizoram CM Lalduhoma had told the media after joining a group of Church bodies from his state for a meeting with Amit Shah on Thursday that he was told that a debate on the bill is expected to be held on Aug 12.The continuing impasse in Parliament due to the opposition’s protests has added uncertainty as the government will prefer a full-fledged debate so that the home ministry could address the criticism around the bill.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosJNU Cancels Venue For Umar Khalid Book Event: JNUSU Alleges Censorship, ABVP Claims CreditJharkhand Govt To Cancel JPSC Exams, But Rejects CGL Demand; Students Insist On CBI ProbeWATCH: Mamata Banerjee’s Car Hit By ‘Large Stones, Shoes’; Bengal BJP Chief Condemns Attack‘Shivling Beneath Darul Uloom Deoband’: Hindu Outfit Plans Ganga Water Offering At Islamic SeminaryBaramati Airfield Runway Excursion: Training Aircraft Veers Off Runway, No Injuries ReportedIN-SPACe Moves To Privatise Operations Of Rs 986-Crore Kulasekarapattinam SpaceportAir India Phuket-Delhi Flight Captain Reportedly Fails Dope Test After Turbulence IncidentSavarkar Quiz Question Sparks Political Row In Kerala; Education Department Orders InquiryWATCH: Uttarakhand Innovator’s Electric Flying Vehicle Takes Maiden Test FlightUPI To Remain Free For Users, But Some Merchants May Face Nominal Fees In Future: Govt123PhotostoriesOptical illusion personality test: What you see first in the image reveals what you are currently seeking in lifeWeekly Tarot Horoscope From August 9 to August 15, 2026 For Your Birth DateInside Kiku Sharda’s luxurious Mumbai home: Spacious balcony, elegant living room, and moreForget momo: Try these traditional steamed regional delicacies from Indian statesWant your child to actually tell you about school? 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When these two transfers take effect, the working strength will go down to 15, creating a vacancy of more than 50% of the posts of judges in the HC.Orissa HC Collegium had suggested eight names – four advocates and four judicial officers – for the consideration and scrutiny by SC Collegium and consequent recommendations for appointment as judges of the HC.Since the retirement of CJI Deepak Misra on Oct 2, 2018 – whose tenure towards the end was mired by the controversy of four-most senior SC judges led by Justice J Chelameswar holding an unprecedented presser against the sitting CJI – more than 50 judges have been appointed to SC but Orissa HC has not got representation in the last eight years despite successive CJIs advocating regional and state representation in the top court to make it a truly a national court.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosJNU Cancels Venue For Umar Khalid Book Event: JNUSU Alleges Censorship, ABVP Claims CreditJharkhand Govt To Cancel JPSC Exams, But Rejects CGL Demand; Students Insist On CBI ProbeWATCH: Mamata Banerjee’s Car Hit By ‘Large Stones, Shoes’; Bengal BJP Chief Condemns Attack‘Shivling Beneath Darul Uloom Deoband’: Hindu Outfit Plans Ganga Water Offering At Islamic SeminaryBaramati Airfield Runway Excursion: Training Aircraft Veers Off Runway, No Injuries ReportedIN-SPACe Moves To Privatise Operations Of Rs 986-Crore Kulasekarapattinam SpaceportAir India Phuket-Delhi Flight Captain Reportedly Fails Dope Test After Turbulence IncidentSavarkar Quiz Question Sparks Political Row In Kerala; Education Department Orders InquiryWATCH: Uttarakhand Innovator’s Electric Flying Vehicle Takes Maiden Test FlightUPI To Remain Free For Users, But Some Merchants May Face Nominal Fees In Future: Govt123PhotostoriesOptical illusion personality test: What you see first in the image reveals what you are currently seeking in lifeWeekly Tarot Horoscope From August 9 to August 15, 2026 For Your Birth DateInside Kiku Sharda’s luxurious Mumbai home: Spacious balcony, elegant living room, and moreForget momo: Try these traditional steamed regional delicacies from Indian statesWant your child to actually tell you about school? Try these 5 simple parenting shiftsVitamin C from food vs supplements: Which gives you more and when taking extra may not help10 Indian states ranked highest for civic sense and responsible public behaviour; check if your state made it to the listHiccups that keep coming back? Doctor explains when they could signal a neurological problem5 foods packed with magnesium that can help support muscles, nerves and heart healthWhy you should add salt, not oil to pasta water: 6 common mistakes to avoid with pasta123Hot PicksThailand School ShootingUPI TransactionsAsk Me AnythingJharkhand protestGurgaon rainNICL Assistant RecruitmentAnkur WarikooIndia Labour CodesGold rate todayTop TrendingNashik EarthquakeUddhav ThackerayRaja RaghuvanshiBJP MLA Fake MarriagesDevendra FadnavisSiddhivinayak Temple donation theftDelhi Wife MurderAbhijeet DipkeTarun TejpalPraveen Nettaru Murder Case Schopenhauer: Quote of the day by Arthur Schopenhauer: ‘Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see’ and the philosophy behind revolutionary thinking IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. In this period, India’s cumulative rainfall deficit was down by only one percentage point – from 12% on Aug 2 to 11% on Aug 9 – with many agrarian states, including Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, continuing to witness deficient rainfall.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesIt rained in many parts at a time when sowing of Kharif crops had ended in almost 88% of the country’s total sown area. As a result, the acreage deficit could be reduced by only 1% in the past one week, with paddy, the main kharif crop, still reporting 4% less acreage compared to the corresponding period last year. Aug rains will improve water storage in reservoirs, which is a good augury for hydro-power potential being utilised and a back-up being in place for the next sowing season. As of Sunday, as many as 12 states have reported high rain deficits of 20% and more.IMD on Sunday, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards due to possible formation of a low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal and Bengal-Bangladesh coasts around Thursday. This may, to some extent, revive sowing of paddy and maize in Bihar and Jharkhand. Region-wise, all regions, except central India, have reported cumulative monsoon rainfall deficit despite ‘normal’ rains in July and in the first week of August, with east and northeast India recording the highest deficit of 25%, followed by 17% in south peninsular India and 11% in northwest India.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorVishwa MohanVishwa Mohan is Senior Editor at The Times of India. He writes on environment, climate change, agriculture, water resources and clean energy, tracking policy issues and climate diplomacy. He has been covering Parliament since 2003 to see how politics shaped up domestic policy and India’s position at global platform. Before switching over to explore sustainable development issues, Vishwa had covered internal security and investigative agencies for more than a decade.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosJNU Cancels Venue For Umar Khalid Book Event: JNUSU Alleges Censorship, ABVP Claims CreditJharkhand Govt To Cancel JPSC Exams, But Rejects CGL Demand; Students Insist On CBI ProbeWATCH: Mamata Banerjee’s Car Hit By ‘Large Stones, Shoes’; Bengal BJP Chief Condemns Attack‘Shivling Beneath Darul Uloom Deoband’: Hindu Outfit Plans Ganga Water Offering At Islamic SeminaryBaramati Airfield Runway Excursion: Training Aircraft Veers Off Runway, No Injuries ReportedIN-SPACe Moves To Privatise Operations Of Rs 986-Crore Kulasekarapattinam SpaceportAir India Phuket-Delhi Flight Captain Reportedly Fails Dope Test After Turbulence IncidentSavarkar Quiz Question Sparks Political Row In Kerala; Education Department Orders InquiryWATCH: Uttarakhand Innovator’s Electric Flying Vehicle Takes Maiden Test FlightUPI To Remain Free For Users, But Some Merchants May Face Nominal Fees In Future: Govt123PhotostoriesOptical illusion personality test: What you see first in the image reveals what you are currently seeking in lifeWeekly Tarot Horoscope From August 9 to August 15, 2026 For Your Birth DateInside Kiku Sharda’s luxurious Mumbai home: Spacious balcony, elegant living room, and moreForget momo: Try these traditional steamed regional delicacies from Indian statesWant your child to actually tell you about school? 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The Navy initially focused its search on Gautam Krishna, who went missing after his fishing boat capsized off the Neendakara coast. Later in the evening, INS Kalpeni moved to Muthalappozhi harbour to continue the search.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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