D Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh (Photo by M Walusza) World Champion D Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh played to a draw in a rook-and-knight versus rook endgame that lasted 103 moves.Grandmaster Nihal Sarin secured a quick draw against Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum in the eighth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss. Both players now share the lead […]
Sushila Karki takes oath as Nepal PM NEW DELHI: Sushila Karki on Friday took the oath as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister and is set to lead the government, days after the neighbouring nation witnessed massive violent protests against the KP Sharma Oli dispensation.Nepal’s president Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office of secrecy to Karki […]
Bengaluru-based Zoravar Ali (name changed), an executive with a telecom firm, had just bought himself a BYD Atto 3, a compact SUV electric vehicle, and was really looking forward to a road trip with best pal Rahul Bajpayee (name changed) last July. Rahul, who had just come down from Delhi, had a work meet in […]
The Trump administration has destroyed birth control pills and other contraceptives, valued at about $9.7 million, destined for people in low-income countries, despite several international organizations, including the Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, having offered to buy or accept a donation, according to the New York Times. . On Thursday, a spokeswoman […]
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday lashed out at Congress over an AI-generated video mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Heeraben.Senior BJP leaders accused Congress of taking a vow to “repeatedly insult” PM Modi’s mother.Union Minister Piyush Goyal attacked the “despondent” Congress, saying the grand old party was creating new […]
In terms of Russian fossil fuel procurement, India’s aggregate imports amounted to €3.6 billion. (AI image) At a time when the Donald Trump administration is demanding that India stop purchase of Russian crude, India’s oil imports from Russia rose to €2.9 billion (approximately $3.4 billion as per today’s exchange rate) in August. The figure is […]
Market experts predict this steady market rise will continue, backed by the government’s GST initiatives, potential US Fed rate cuts, and positive developments in US-India trade discussions. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Friday on the back of firm global cues. While Nifty50 […]
A person was injured Thursday at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, while security teams were clearing a building after reports of suspicious activity, the US Navy said.The Naval Support Activity Annapolis said in a statement that Navy security officers and local law enforcement responded to the campus shortly after 5pm.“There is no active […]
A 50-year-old Indian-origin man, Chandramouli Nagamallaiah, was brutally beheaded in front of his wife and son during a violent dispute at a Dallas motel, police said.The attack took place on the morning of September 10 at the Downtown Suites motel on Samuell Boulevard, east of Downtown Dallas.According to Police, the suspect, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, beheaded […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir govt Thursday announced free houses to the families that lost their dwellings in Operation Sindoor.A govt spokesperson said, High-range Rural Development Society (HRDS) India has signed an MoU with the divisional commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir. “HRDS India will build 1,500 free houses across the UT. These three-bedroom houses will […]
