World Champion D Gukesh faces a crucial final-round clash against Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2026. Currently last with eight points, Gukesh must defeat Carlsen in their classical game to move ahead of the Norwegian and avoid finishing at the bottom. Meanwhile, Wesley So, Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja remain locked in a thrilling three-way battle…
New Delhi: A view of Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) New Delhi: Underscoring that right to speedy trial of an accused cannot be taken away because of the gravity of charges against him, Supreme Court on Wednesday said it is part of his fundamental rights and he would be entitled…
Lavrov said Russia remained committed to Alaska agreements and would not support alternative interim arrangements or bend to ultimatums. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that president Vladimir Putin had already made compromises on Ukraine during his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska last year, arguing that Moscow should not be…
Image Credit: LinkedIn/ @Byron Kominek A farm in Colorado is demonstrating how agriculture and renewable energy can thrive on the same piece of land. According to an exclusive report by The Guardian, Jack’s Solar Garden near Longmont has transformed traditional farmland into a pioneering agrivoltaic project where crops are grown beneath solar panels. The panels…
Byju Raveendran (file photo) Byju Raveendran, founder of the collapsed edtech company Byju’s, has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Singapore court in a contempt case, according to people aware of the development who told Bloomberg.The court directed Raveendran to undergo jail time after finding that he had failed to comply with…
20-year-old soccer star Lionel Messi helps to bathe Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time with Yamal’s mother Sheila Ebana during a photo session in Sept. 2007 in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort) Comic-book readers are familiar with the concept of origin…
By Dipti DeshpandeThe Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its June policy review unanimously decided to leave policy rates unchanged and retain a neutral policy stance – an outcome that was largely expected. At 5.25%, the repo rate remains below its decadal average and the levels seen in fiscal 2014 when the…
America might be the shining city on the top of the hill, where speech is free and the soda refills are infinite, but it does have its fair share of peculiarities that are reflected in the acrimonious issues that divide the nation, like abortion, gun control, gender theory, and whether Diet Coke is better than…
NEW DELHI: Big players produce their best on the biggest stage, and Virat Kohli once again lived up to that reputation in the IPL 2026 final.With Royal Challengers Bengaluru chasing 156 against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Kohli produced a vintage masterclass under pressure, bringing up the fastest half-century of his…
Oil prices extended their rally on Monday, jumping more than 2% as intensifying geopolitical tensions kept traders on edge and efforts to de-escalate the Middle East conflict showed little progress. Sentiment was further shaken after reports of an attack on a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. Alongside this, US President Donald Trump…