The unpredictability of blitz chess caught up with world champion Gukesh Dommaraju at the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 in Doha, where the Indian star suffered a surprise defeat to 12-year-old FIDE Master Sergey Sklokin. The loss, which came in the third round, was shaped by a late error under extreme time pressure and marked […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died on early Tuesday at the age of 80. A dominant figure in the country’s politics for decades, Zia remained the key rival of Sheikh Hasina, the long-serving leader now living in exile in New Delhi after being forced to flee amid nationwide […]
Clavicular rose to prominence on Kick in 2025 through shock driven content that quickly sparked controversy. Viral clips, offensive language, and open discussions about steroid and drug use fueled backlash. His promotion of looksmaxxing programs and extreme lifestyle choices drew concern, especially given his age, leaving him labeled as one of the platform’s most polarizing […]
Months after the shocking assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his widow Erika Kirk says grief has not shaken her beliefs—in God, in purpose, or in politics—insisting that tragedy has only deepened her conviction rather than rewritten it.On Sunday, December 28, Erika appeared on Fox News Sunday and said she still had a positive relationship […]
SIR hearings underway in Bengal KOLKATA: An 82-year-old jumped on the railway tracks hours before his scheduled appearance at a hearing for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls at Para in Bengal’s Purulia Monday. A septuagenarian from Howrah and another from Kalyani died after receiving SIR hearing notices. Family members of both blamed SIR […]
King Charles’s New Year Honours list has been announced, recognising individuals from across fields ranging from acting to sport.The full list included more than 1,157 people in politics, sport, the arts or community service to be awarded titles from Member, Commander or Officer of the Order of the British Empire to the highest honours of […]
With the series already sealed at 4–0, the fifth and final T20I between India women and Sri Lanka women in Thiruvananthapuram presents a very different challenge. What was expected to be a competitive bilateral contest has instead turned into a one-sided affair, leaving the final game as an opportunity rather than a decider. For India, […]
Vice President JD Vance spent much of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House quietly trying to prevent an explosive political rupture with billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk. As Musk’s public criticism of the administration intensified and talk of a breakaway political movement grew louder, Vance emerged as a behind-the-scenes mediator, working to keep […]
Former Trump advisor and MAGA bigwig Steve Bannon has called for a complete halt to immigration into the United States for a decade, arguing that the system is too corrupt to be fixed through limited reforms.Speaking on his War Room show, Bannon said the proposal goes far beyond ending the H-1B visa programme. “So this […]
A recent report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has revealed that foreign-born migrants accounted for two-thirds of the growth in rental demand across the United States. In states such as California and New York, migrant-driven rental demand grew by 100 per cent, the report said.The findings come amid President Donald […]
