Recent Views 14 Nihal Sarin playing for American Gambits (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: The Chess Olympiad is already on Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin’s mind, but not quite yet. With India preparing to defend its Open title in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this month, Nihal is excited about representing the country at the Olympiad. For now, though, the…
Recent Views 17 The mortgage giants were placed under federal control as the US housing collapse threatened to deepen the wider financial crisis. Eighteen years ago on September 7, 2008, the US government made a public announcement about a sweeping intervention to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage-finance giants whose troubles had become…
Recent Views 14 The proposed system would assign penalty points to motorists for different traffic offences. (Image for representative purpose only) Soon every traffic offence you commit will show negatively on your driving licence. The government is working on a graded points-based system for driving licences, Union minister for Minister for Road, Transport and Highways…
Recent Views 13 File photo: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced a statewide crackdown on child marriage, ordering house-to-house drives to identify underage marriages and pregnancies and warning of arrests, imprisonment and withdrawal of government welfare benefits for those involved.Speaking to…
Recent Views 14 Ishan Kishan (Image credit: BCCI Domestic) Ishan Kishan produced a superb batting performance in difficult humid conditions as East Zone posted a huge 708 against South Zone on the second day of the Duleep Trophy final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday. Kishan scored a massive 270, once again…
Recent Views 14 File photo: US President Donald Trump TOI correspondant from Washington: Somewhere between George Washington on horseback, a lunar conquest, and another imaginary demolition of Iran’s Kharg Island, the United States Presidency appeared to relocate from the White House to an AI image generator for several hours on Sunday.MAGA boss Donald Trump spent…
Recent Views 16 ASI examines 20-foot well found at demolished mosque site in Saharanpur (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team on Monday examined a nearly 20-foot-deep well discovered during debris removal at the site of a mosque demolished inside the Saharanpur Collectorate premises, officials said.The inspection was aimed at…
Recent Views 14 Chinese naval researchers are exploring high-calibre guns as a potential low-cost defence against drone swarms (AI-image) Chinese naval researchers are studying whether high-calibre naval guns could offer warships a low-cost way to counter drone swarms, potentially reviving the role of a weapon long associated with the battleship era.According to the South China…
Recent Views 14 Fatima Sana (Image credit: ACC) Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee and given one demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the Women’s Asia Cup match against India.Pakistan lost the Group A match by seven wickets at the Dubai International Stadium…
Recent Views 13 Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner is expecting a tough challenge when India’s ODI specialists Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma return to New Zealand later this year. Kohli and Rohit now play only ODI cricket and will be back in action when India tour New Zealand…
