diff --git a/scripts/TOI recent news/get_news.py b/scripts/TOI recent news/get_news.py
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+import requests
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import sys
+
+if sys.argv[1]:
+  recent_n = int(sys.argv[1])
+else:
+  recent_n = 10
+
+url = "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rssfeedmostrecent.cms"
+
+res = requests.get(url)
+
+root = ET.fromstring(res.content)
+
+# create empty list for news items
+newsitems = []
+
+# iterate news items
+for item in root.findall('./channel/item'):
+
+    # empty news dictionary
+    news = {}
+
+    # iterate child elements of item
+    for child in item:
+
+        news[child.tag] = child.text
+
+    newsitems.append(news)
+
+
+for x in newsitems[:recent_n]:
+    print(f"{x['pubDate']} - {x['title']}")
+    print(x['link'], "\n")