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India’s Shreyas Iyer bats during the one day international cricket match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) In a major setback for India, ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer’s return to competitive cricket has been delayed after the batter failed to receive the required clearance from the BCCI Centre…
Arjun Erigaisi (Image credit: X) NAGPUR: Hope. Heartbreak. Repeat. That has long defined Arjun Erigaisi’s relationship with world championships. For eight years, the script barely changed: promise gave way to disappointment and near-misses piled up into a quiet burden. Until Sunday night, when Arjun finally caught a break, secured a podium finish in the Open…
Carlsen and Goryachkina take World Rapid titles in Doha. (Pic credit: FIDE) NAGPUR: Magnus Carlsen is nothing but the undisputed king of 64 squares. A day after he suffered a seventh-round defeat to Russia’s Vladislav Artemiev, the fighter in him emerged on Sunday and he won five successive games to take the world rapid crown…
Magnus Carlsen (Image credit: X) Magnus Carlsen was visibly frustrated on Saturday after losing to Vladislav Artemiev at the ongoing World Rapid and Blitz Championships. The much-anticipated clash was a high-stakes, top-of-the-table encounter, but it was the Russian Grandmaster who came out on top.In the aftermath of the defeat, the world No. 1 appeared unwilling…
Magnus Carlsen (Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman) World No. 1 and five-time World champion Magnus Carlsen has returned to take part in the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Qatar. Speaking ahead of the tournament in Doha, the Norwegian discussed his relationship with the game’s governing body, FIDE, especially after last year’s much-publicised “jeansgate” controversy. GM…
In a bold move to elevate industrial growth in Bihar, Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit championed a decisive ‘now or never’ mindset. He underscored the importance of empowering women entrepreneurs and called for rapid policy reforms. During the meeting, he addressed ongoing payment disputes faced by innovators and urged for urgent road repairs adjacent to a…
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his century during the third One Day International cricket match between India and South Africa in Visakhapatnam, India, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) NEW DELHI: India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has lost weight rapidly in the last couple of days since he has been hospitalised after experiencing severe stomach…
A young woman in eastern China was left critically ill after taking a so-called weight-loss injection marketed as a fast and effortless way to shed kilos. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the 28-year-old woman, surnamed Chen, from Suzhou in Jiangsu province, said she learned about the injections through a friend’s…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the country has entered a full-fledged “Reform Express” phase, where changes are happening rapidly and with a clear intent.Addressing the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting, the Prime Minister stressed that the government’s reforms are citizen-first, not merely economic or revenue-driven.He said the focus is on improving both…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said there is a “high probability” that humanity is living inside a simulation, arguing that rapid advances in video games and AI now make the idea hard to ignore.In a recent interview with Nikhil Kamath, Musk explained his view by pointing to how games have moved from basic screens like…
