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Japan’s reputation for organisational efficiency lay in tatters as the rowing and shooting contingent faced unexpected ordeals upon arrival. A majority of the rowing squad were left stranded without accommodation, some of their names actually missing from the accreditation system.“Only three of the 22 men’s athletes have accommodation against their names. And the names of...

Arjun Erigaisi at FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 Round 1 (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: Arjun Erigaisi (rated 2759) is India’s second-ranked chess player at the moment. On Wednesday, with R Praggnanandhaa, India’s current No. 1, rested, the 23-year-old Telangana grandmaster took Board 1 for India at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand,...

Jarange said it was not possible to continue a rally tour while observing an indefinite hunger strike. NEW DELHI: Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Thursday called off his 20-day-old hunger strike and gave the Maharashtra government three months to consider his demands, news agency PTI reported.The decision came after Jarange addressed a large...

Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) NEW DELHI: The capital defied the odds this monsoon. As of Sept 16, Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) that’s reeling under a 23% deficit and a region (northwest India) that has logged a 10%...

Teqball, Kurash, Soft Tennis, Sepak Takraw and Sport Climbing. The Asian Games have always been more than a showcase of the sports that dominate television screens.From cricket and hockey to athletics, shooting, badminton and wrestling, some disciplines have a deep following in India. But Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will also put the spotlight on sports that remain...

Rashid Khan on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rashid Khan has been around the India-Afghanistan rivalry long enough to have seen the balance shift. Afghanistan are no longer the side simply hoping to push the bigger teams; there is now a belief within the group that they can beat them.That belief, though, comes with some unfinished work. Ahead...

The issue has been flagged multiple times over last 15 years but a fresh push by Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revived a question that has remained unresolved for years: who ultimately sets price of a medical device – the manufacturer, the hospital or the regulator? NEW DELHI: An IV infusion set priced...

SC junked over 270 appeals filed by govt against such soldiers NEW DELHI: Quoting Raksha Mantri 2015 Report, which admitted that “many disabled soldiers in India are still denied disability benefits on hyper-technical reasons”, Supreme Court has pulled up Centre and the defence ministry for litigating against them in all forums of the judiciary –...

NEW DELHI: In an important clarification on the ban on use of video clips of court proceedings, Supreme Court on Wednesday said if such footage was uploaded on social media, an aggrieved person could approach the authorities under the Information and Technology Act to seek a “takedown” order of the content.This clarification came from a...

The bill when signed by Trump will give him the authority to levy duties of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian energy The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that targets Russian officials, banks and the country’s energy trade, while giving President Donald Trump the...