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(Photo credit: AP) The four astronauts aboard Nasa’s Artemis II mission have crossed a major milestone, travelling more than 150,000 miles (241,000 km) from Earth as they head toward the first crewed lunar flyby in over five decades.Speaking during a live interaction hosted by the Canadian Space Agency on Saturday, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen described...

Bangladesh men’s cricket team players (File photo) NEW DELHI: A meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board was held in Dhaka on Saturday, where officials discussed ties with India, news agency ANI reported. The meeting took place after a communication had earlier been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding upcoming...

Bodhana Sivanandan (Photo by John Saunders) NEW DELHI: Indian-origin chess talent Bodhana Sivanandan has become England’s top-rated female player, according to the latest list by FIDE. At just 11, she now holds a rating of 2366 and has moved ahead of four-time British women’s champion Lan Yao.Based in North London, Bodhana’s journey is especially remarkable...

Alua Nurman took a selfie with Magnus Carlsen (Photo from @ChessbaseIndia) NEW DELHI: A simple selfie request turned into an unexpected situation at the Grenke Freestyle Chess Festival in Germany. Just before their match, Kazakh player Alua Nurman asked Magnus Carlsen for a selfie. He agreed without hesitation and posed with her. However, right after...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused Congress leaders of putting the lives of Indians in the Middle East at risk by making dangerous remarks.While addressing a rally in poll-bound Kerala’s Thiruvalla, the Prime Minister alleged that Congress wants Gulf countries to consider India as their enemy amid the ongoing conflict between the...

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP of attempting to mislead women voters and warned them against sharing bank details, alleging it could lead to financial fraud.Addressing a public rally, Banerjee claimed that BJP workers may approach households posing as representatives of the West Bengal or Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader K Annamalai on Saturday clarified that he was not denied a ticket for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, stating that he himself had chosen not to contest and would instead focus on campaigning for the party and its allies.“I had already informed the core committee in writing that I...

Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Just moments before the toss, broadcasters announced that Mumbai Indians captainHardik Pandya would not play in the match against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Seconds after the announcement, Suryakumar Yadav – smiling, chewing gum, and dressed in the blue and gold...

Amid an ongoing maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has indicated that Iran could consider expanding pressure to another critical global chokepoint — the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.In a series of posts on social media platform X, Ghalibaf raised questions about the global dependence on the...

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has busted a suspected terror module allegedly operating under the directions of Pakistani handlers, arresting four persons for planning arson attacks on railway infrastructure and conducting reconnaissance of key installations and public assets across multiple cities.According to ATS officials, intelligence inputs indicated that this group was in continuous...