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Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren played out a mostly risk-free draw in the fourth round to remain level on points in the World Chess Championship battle here on Friday. The two players signed peace after 42 moves vide repetition and are tied on two points each after four games…
New Delhi: As top Congress leaders met on Friday to deliberate on its electoral defeats in Maharashtra and Haryana, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that “tough decisions” will have to be taken to strengthen the organisation from the grassroots, accountability has to be fixed, and urged leaders to remain united and not speak publicly against…
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Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis escaped a nasty injury after almost colliding with a ball boy during an Abu Dhabi T10 league match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. Du Plessis was tossed over the advertising hoardings, leading to an awkward landing. The incident happened during the match between the Morrisville…
Seoul: South Korea’s military said Friday it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. Five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone in the East Sea and South Sea from…
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Volkswagen is a tiny player overall in India’s 4 million units a year car market. New Delhi: India has issued a notice to German automaker Volkswagen for allegedly evading $1.4 billion in taxes by “wilfully” paying lesser import tax on components for its Audi, VW and Skoda cars, a document shows, in what is one…
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Photo used for illustration purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Output in India’s eight core infrastructure sectors, that constitute a tad over 40% of industrial production, recovered to rise 3.1% in October, the best performance in three months in terms of growth as well as absolute output levels. The Index of Core Industries…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged ‘illegitimate’ daughter lives in Paris, and works as a DJ but she does not go by “Vladimirovna” a name Vladimir’s daughters would take in patronymic form.Instead, the 21-year-old goes by Luiza Rozova or Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova. The latter is interesting because “Olegovna” means daughter of Oleg and, according to a…
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Syrian opposition fighters ride in a truck as they enter the village of Anjara, western outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday (November 28, 2024), part of their major offensive on government-controlled areas in the country’s northwestern Syria. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of Syrian insurgents pushed on with their advances on government-held areas in the…
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A key meeting of ICC to decide the fate of the 2025 Champions Trophy, that was supposed to take place virtually on Friday, has been postponed. The BCCI and the PCB has been at loggerheads regarding the host venue of the Champions Trophy. BCCI has said that the Indian cricket team will not…
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The Centre’s fiscal deficit at the end of the first seven months of financial year 2024-25 touched 46.5% of the full-year target, government data showed on Friday (November 29, 2024). In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit — the gap between Government’s expenditure and revenue — was at ₹7,50,824 crore during April-October period, according to data…
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