Princess’s gambit: At 11, Bodhana Sivanandan is an international master

Spread the love       Princess gambit: Bodhana youngest girl to become International Master at 11 LONDON: Bodhana Sivanandan, an 11-year-old BritishIndian chess prodigy of Tamil origin, has added another string to her bow by becoming the youngest female chess player to qualify for the International Master (IM) title.Sivanandan, who lives in the London suburb of Harrow, broke the 38-year-old record held...

1856 portrait of New York’s first licensed Black lawyer sold for $230,400

Spread the love       Vashon was known for his contributions to law, education and civil rights in US. (Photo:Sotheby’s) A photograph that sold for just $882 at a New York auction last year has fetched $230,400 a year later after experts discovered the identity of the man pictured in it. The 170-year-old image, which had been listed as a portrait of...

Ohio court upholds bank’s right to foreclose after 3 loan modifications

Spread the love       An Ohio appeals court has upheld a lender’s right to enforce a $449,905 (£346,000) foreclosure judgment against a home in Cuyahoga County. The ruling ends a 17-year legal and financial dispute involving three separate loan modifications. The decision, issued on 22 October 2026 by the Eighth District Court of Appeals of Ohio, rejects arguments made by homeowner...

Farooq Abdullah’s comments on Pakistan and Kashmir draw flak

Spread the love       Farooq also mentioned the Chittisinghpura massacre in which 36 Sikhs were killed in south Kashmir. SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday declared that Pakistan had “saved” Kashmiris by keeping the issue alive at international forums, while being careful to say that “otherwise their (Pakistan’s) intentions are not good”.His statement drew flak from BJP, which...

Biosimilar drugs breaking high-cost barrier to cancer immunotherapy

Spread the love       Affordable biosimilars boost immunotherapy use in India (AI image) MUMBAI: A quiet shift is underway in cancer care in India. Over the past six months, more patients have been prescribed immunotherapy, one of the newer advances in cancer treatment that has remained beyond the reach of many because of its prohibitive cost.The change has been driven mainly...

Why India’s answer to China’s mega dam is facing resistance in Siang valley

Spread the love       Siang river India’s biggest hydropower project, proposed across three districts of Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang valley, is being pitched as a strategic counter to China’s mega dam upstream. But the plan has triggered resistance from indigenous tribes who fear the reservoir could submerge villages and sever their deep-rooted ties with the river. The Siang, known as the Yarlung...

Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah flights hit: Air India, IndiGo extend suspensions

Spread the love       The Consulate General of India in Jeddah has activated round-the-clock control rooms in Jeddah and Makkah Air India and Air India Express have extended the suspension of flights to and from Riyadh and Dammam until November 7, while services connecting Jeddah will remain cancelled until October 31, amid escalating tensions in the region.The latest extension comes as...

Toddler found dead inside temple with deep neck cut; elder brother held

Spread the love       Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PATNA: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly murdered inside a Durga temple in Jeetan Chhapra village under Ranitalab police station area in Patna district on Saturday. A deep cut was found on his neck.Police arrested the child’s elder brother, 24-year-old Ajit Kumar, in connection with the murder.Paliganj sub-divisional police officer (SDPO-II) Pankaj...

PROFILES: Starshield | The non-state sovereigns

Spread the love       SpaceX logo and miniature satellite model. File | Photo Credit: Reuters On October 14, Ukrainian soldiers using drones to attack Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia and elsewhere started to find many of their machines were losing satellite connectivity. Given Ukraine’s extensive and largely successful use of drones in the war, the anomaly was noticeable, forcing operators to abandon...

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