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India cricketers after winning the Asian Games gold. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India finally opened its gold-medal account at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday as Harmanpreet Kaur-led side successfully defended its women’s cricket title, beating Sri Lanka in the final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.The emphatic victory took India’s medal tally to seven...

Indian women’s team after winning the Asian Games gold medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s continental dominance in women’s cricket remained unchallenged as the side delivered the country’s first gold medal of the ongoing Asian Games, while the men’s badminton team produced a stunning performance against Japan to assure itself of a podium finish on...

MediaTek recently made a move Qualcomm currently has no answer for. Earlier this month, the Taiwanese chipmaker unveiled the Dimensity 9600 Pro, becoming the first company in the world to launch a flagship smartphone chip built on TSMC’s cutting-edge 2nm manufacturing process – a milestone Qualcomm hasn’t been able to match yet. This launch signals...

A 34-year-old Kazakhstan coach attached to the Indian cycling squad has been booked for allegedly raping a minor cyclist (Represnetative image) PATIALA: A 34-year-old foreign coach attached to the Indian cycling squad has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for allegedly raping a minor cyclist at the National Centre...

Mary Jo Galusha now spends about 30 hours each week caring for her granddaughter (NPR photo) A 67-year-old retired schoolteacher from Idaho moved across the US to Delaware after her daughter decided to have a second child despite the high cost of childcare. Mary Jo Galusha retired from teaching and drove cross-country in her red...

SC hearing on Vande Mataram turns heated over ‘Naxalites’ remark NEW DELHI: A heated exchange broke out between senior advocate S Muralidhar and solicitor general Tushar Mehta in the Supreme Court on Tuesday after Mehta referred to “Naxalites” during arguments in a case concerning Vande Mataram.Muralidhar, appearing for Carnatic musician T M Krishna, immediately objected...

Naorem Roshibina Devi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Naorem Roshibina Devi has already established herself as one of India’s most consistent wushu performers at the Asian Games. On Tuesday, the Manipuri athlete added another chapter to that record, assuring herself of a third successive continental medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.Roshibina defeated Macao, China’s Chu Man Sin...

Photo/screengrab India survived a scare against Japan on Tuesday, edging the hosts by two runs in a rain-hit one-off T20 International that was reduced to five overs per side at the Sano International Cricket Stadium.Japan needed six runs from the last four balls while chasing India’s 32 for 4. But the match took another turn...

Trump-Xi summit puts tariffs, AI, rare earths and Taiwan in focus Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on September 23 for a three-day state visit. When US President Donald Trump welcomes Xi to the White House, the two leaders will have plenty to talk about: tariffs, artificial intelligence, rare earths, Taiwan and Iran.India will...

video allegedly showing a tourist couple being harassed and the man assaulted on the road to Kapilash (Photo credit: X) DHENKANAL: A 26-year-old man and a woman in her 20s travelling to the Kapilash shrine in Dhenkanal on a motorcycle were allegedly intercepted and assaulted by a group of men, with a video purportedly capturing...