D Gukesh and Savitha Shri (Photos/FIDE) NEW DELHI: India had a smooth sail in the open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad until their Round 6 game against hosts Uzbekistan in Samarkand. We all know what happened there.With the other three boards drawn, Nihal Sarin had an advantage against Nodirbek Yakubboev, only to blunder his...
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SC flags ‘false’ POCSO cases in marital disputes, bars immediate arrest of accused parent
Rape-murder of A law student: Petitioner Ameer-Ul-Islam seeking transfer from Viyyur Central Prison in Kerala to a jail in Assam NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday laid down safeguards against the immediate arrest of a parent or family member accused under the POCSO Act when the alleged offence involves a child living under the...
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‘US and China should coexist in peace’: Xi meets Trump at White House
US President Donald Trump on Thursday welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, formally beginning Xi’s second state visit to the United States.Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, as a military band played. Xi arrived in a black Hongqi N701 SUV, the Chinese equivalent of the...
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‘I did it’: Hina Khan visits 17,582-ft Khardung La
Two years ago, Hina Khan was fighting stage 3 breast cancer, sharing her journey to recovery on social media. Today, she visited one of India’s highest peaks in Ladakh, the famous Khardung La Pass, at an elevation of 17,582 feet above sea level, 40 km north of Leh. Jubilant and excited at her achievement, Khan shared...
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UPI MDR row: Banks to ensure merchants don’t pass charges to consumers
Govt sources issue clarification amid UPI MDR row NEW DELHI: Banks will monitor merchants to ensure that the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI transactions is not passed on to consumers, news agency ANI reported citing government sources on Thursday. Further, they said that not a single penny from MDR will come to government, rather...
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Mushtaq Khan, ‘Welcome’ and ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ actor, passes away at the age of 56
Mushtaq Khan, ‘Welcome’ and ‘Gadar – Ek Prem Katha’ actor, passes away at the age of 56 Veteran Bollywood actor Mushtaq Khan, a familiar face in Hindi cinema for over three decades, has died. He passed away on Thursday evening, September 24, at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital, where he had been admitted for the past 15...
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Did AI-‘kill chain’ lead to deadly Iran school strike? What report claims
A volunteer searches through the rubble of Shajareh Tayyebeh school, shattered by a U.S. airstrike on Feb. 28, in Minab Outdated intelligence, a rushed targeting process and reliance on an AI-enabled system may have contributed to the deaths of more than 150 people, including at least 123 children, in a US missile strike on a...
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Mecca targeted again? Riyadh sounds alarm for holy city for 2nd time in a month
The report alleges outdated data fed to AI may have caused the tragedy Saudi Arabia issued an emergency alert for Mecca on Thursday amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, warning of potential danger in the holy city for the first time during the latest flare-up.The alert was later lifted, with Saudi Civil...
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Rahul attacks Centre over EC-SIR row; BJP calls it ‘jooth ki goonj’
File photo: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday escalated his attack on the Centre and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that India’s elections had been “rigged” and demanding...
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Vithya Ramaraj turns on the afterburners; India storm to 4x400m silver at Asian Games
– Athletics – Paloma Mizuho Sports Park, Nagoya, Japan – September 24, 2026. India’s Poovamma Raju Machettira in action during the 4 x 400m Mixed Relay Final India added another athletics medal to its Asian Games tally on Thursday as the mixed 4x400m relay team of Manu, Vithya Ramaraj, Poovamma and Vishal TK won silver...
