Month: August 2024

Arjun Erigaisi Beats Magnus Carlsen As Team MGD1 Clinch In World Blitz Chess

August 6, 2024 admin

The GM Arjun Erigaisi-led Team MGD1 banked on their all-Indian star cast to clinch the silver medal in the inaugural World Blitz Team Championships, a club-based event conceptualized by world chess governing body FIDE and held in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the final against Team WR Chess, Erigaisi, the highest-rated Indian in Classic Ranking,…

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Death toll climbs to 440 in Bangladesh protests; efforts by army to bring situation under control

August 6, 2024 admin

People gather at the entrance of the Parliament Building a day after the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll in the anti-government protests in Bangladesh on Tuesday (August 6, 2024) climbed to 440, with 100 more deaths reported after Sheikh Hasina fled the country,…

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Ahead Of Maharashtra Polls, Uddhav Thackeray’s Huddle With Congress

August 6, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Maharashtra leader Uddhav Thackeray is in Delhi on a three-day visit, the highlight of which will be a strategy session with alliance partner Congress ahead of the assembly elections in the state. The meeting with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, is due tomorrow. A few other…

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“Villagers, Relatives Used To Donate Money”: How Arshad Nadeem Became Pakistan’s Biggest Hope For Olympic Medal

August 6, 2024 admin

It takes a village to raise a champion is an apt way of describing Pakistan’s Commonwealth Games champion javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem’s rise. For the record, the only Asian javelin thrower to breach the 90 metre mark isn’t reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra but his cross-border neighbour Nadeem, with whom he has shared…

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“Big Opportunity To Find Answers”: Washington Sundar Ahead Of Series-Deciding 3rd ODI vs Sri Lanka

August 6, 2024 admin

India all-rounder Washington Sundar feels the must-win third and final ODI against Sri Lanka will provide them a big opportunity to counter the spin threat in challenging conditions and hold the team in good stead ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy. The Indian team is staring at its first bilateral ODI series defeat…

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Panic In Beirut As Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier Thrice

August 6, 2024 admin

Israeli warplanes flew low over the Lebanese capital (Representational Image) Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday, leading to loud booms that sent people in the city running for cover just ahead of a speech by the head of the powerful Iran-backed group…

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Delhi High Court Cancels Case Against Teacher For Slapping Child For Failing To Recite ABCD

August 6, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR against a teacher for allegedly slapping a three-year-old child nine years ago for failing to recite A, B, C, D. The court passed the order noting that the teacher and the child’s family intend to put a quietus to the proceedings arising out of a…

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6,000 Specialist Police Ready To Deal With UK Far-Right Riots: Government

August 6, 2024 admin

London: The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police were ready to deal with far-right rioting after another night of destructive troubles in English cities. There has been a week of nightly riots in various cities since three children were killed in a mass stabbing. On Monday, six people were arrested and several…

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Who is Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s pick for Vice President?

August 6, 2024 admin

Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday (August 6, 2024), opting for the Minnesota Governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic — and bruising — bid for the White House. Mr. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic figures seen as…

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5 Points On Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ Veep Pick Who Calls Trump “Weird”

August 6, 2024 admin

Polls have shown that Tim Walz appeals to rural, white voters Making one of the most consequential decisions of her campaign, the US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, reports have said. Here Are Five Points On Tim Walz: Born in Nebraska, the 60-year-old Minnesota Governor…

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