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Australia’s Cooper Connolly bats during the one day international cricket match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) India managed to push Australia towards the end, but the hosts secured the three-match ODI series 2-0 by. Australia won the match by two wickets. While India showed improvement compared…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, becoming the first woman head of state to do so. She is also the second Indian president to visit the temple, after V V Giri. Clad in a black Saree, Murmu arrived at Pamba around 11 am in a…
Bodhana Sivanandan (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Ten-year-old British chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan achieved a remarkable victory by defeating former World Champion Grandmaster Mariya Muzychuk at the European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece on Sunday, becoming one of the youngest chess players to take down a former World Champion.Born in London in 2015 to parents…
India’s retail sector witnessed its highest-ever festive season sales this year, with Diwali trade reaching an unprecedented Rs 5.40 lakh crore in goods and Rs 65,000 crore in services, as per a nationwide survey by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). The figures reflect a 25 per cent rise from 2024’s Rs 4.25 lakh…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday penned a letter to citizens on the occasion of Deepavali, highlighting the festival as a time of energy, enthusiasm, and reflection on the nation’s achievements. In his message, he noted that this is the second Deepavali after the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and emphasised…
India’s medical education sees historic surge as MBBS seats reach 1,37,600 India’s medical education sector is witnessing an unprecedented transformation, with a historic surge in MBBS seats and new medical colleges across the country. Spearheaded by the National Medical Commission (NMC), this expansion aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2024 pledge to create 75,000 new…
Tanvi Sharma booked her place in the BWF World Junior Championships final. (Image: X/DDNews) A day after ensuring she would leave the BWF World Junior Championships at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati with a medal, Tanvi Sharma made certain that that would at least be a silver. In the semi-final on Saturday, she…
The United States demonstrates one of the world’s largest disparities between its outbound visa-free privileges and inbound visa requirements. (AI image) It’s a historic low for the US passport! For the first time since Henley Passport Index started releasing passport rankings almost 20 years ago, the US passport has dropped out of the top 10…
US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday, declaring that “the long and painful nightmare is finally over” after helping broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Trump told cheering lawmakers, “This long and difficult war has ended. In an unprecedented achievement, virtually the entire region has endorsed the plan…
At the Tata Trusts meeting on September 11, Noel Tata and Venu Srinivasan put forward the proposal for Chandrasekaran’s third five-year executive term. N Chandrasekaran has received approval from Tata Trusts for a third executive term as chairman of Tata Sons, marking an unprecedented departure from the group’s retirement policy. His second term concludes in…
