Recent Views 23 The upcoming world chess championship between defending champion D Gukesh of India and challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan will take place in Geneva from November 22 to December 12. Organized under the aegis of FIDE, the match carries a prize fund of USD 2.5 million.The first world chess championship took place 140…
Recent Views 22 They say one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure. And that’s exactly what happened at a thrift shop in Sydney, Australia.A regular shopper at the store saw a cup. It had a large chip in it.Not a hairline flaw you’d need to squint to see. A proper chip, the sort that…
Recent Views 19 India’s Medal Route to Gold NEW DELHI: India won 28 gold medals at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Four years later, the question in Aichi-Nagoya was how many of those titles it could retain. The answer? – Eight, out of the 28 Hangzhou golds. That’s 28.6 per cent of the total….
Recent Views 23 Shoaib Akhtar-Mohsin Naqvi Shoaib Akhtar has dismissed reports linking him with the role of Pakistan’s chief selector, making it clear that he has no interest in taking up any position with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).Speculation around a major overhaul of Pakistan’s coaching and selection setup has intensified since Babar Azam’s side…
Recent Views 25 “Rahul Gandhi was reluctant to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Amethi,” says Congress ally. NEW DELHI: Strain deepened within the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls, with SP MP Shiv Pal Singh Patel in an off-the-cuff remark claimed that Rahul Gandhi was “reluctant to contest the 2024 Lok…
Recent Views 20 Shivraj questions Congress over disrespecting democracy NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has accused the Congress of disrespecting the public mandate after electoral defeats, alleging that questioning the Election Commission and demanding ballot-paper voting reflected the party’s “DNA”.Chouhan said that while the Congress accepts the Election Commission when it wins elections,…
Recent Views 23 File photo: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun attends a press conference in Beijing, China China has accused a US congressional panel of spreading “blatant lies” after the committee criticised Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, where Washington has accused Beijing of genocide against the Uyghur minority.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson…
Recent Views 23 West Indies captain Shai Hope and Gudakesh Motie celebrate (ANI Photo) The India-West Indies ODI series was a run-fest from start to finish, with the three-match contest setting a new record for the highest scoring rate in a bilateral series involving at least three ODIs.The series recorded a scoring rate of 7.43…
Recent Views 32 2006 suicide case naming Gyanesh Kumar triggers Kerala vigilance probe NEW DELHI: Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a Vigilance investigation into allegations of irregularities involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during his tenure as the state’s Public Works Department Secretary in 2006, news agency ANI reported.The case concerns the death…
Recent Views 24 A medical evacuation jet traveling from Bermuda to Boston has gone missing over the Atlantic Ocean. The chilling audio captures the final moments before a medical evacuation jet disappeared over the Atlantic.The aircraft had reported an emergency and electrical problems before losing radio and radar contact. The US Coast Guard later found…
