Spread the love Levon Aronian on Javokhir Sindarov vs D Gukesh clash World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov is not thinking about the summit clash against Dommaraju Gukesh yet.Earlier this year, the 20-year-old Uzbek earned his shot at the title by winning the Cyprus Candidates with a round to spare. But having returned to the country where it all began —...
Carlsen, Anish, Vidit, Divya Deshmukh, K Humpy in one team: How GCL made it possible
Spread the love Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy all play for APL Pipers this season Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, Volodar Murzin. Wait. This isn’t a draft for an all-star exhibition tournament, but the six-member roster that the Alpine APL Pipers have assembled to defend their Global Chess League (GCL)...
‘Even my wife is watching’: Srikkanth says Sooryavanshi is making cricket exciting
Spread the love East Zone’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot during the Duleep Trophy match. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India opener Kris Srikkanth believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has the potential to become one of the biggest names in world cricket, with the teenage sensation already generating an unusual level of excitement around the game.Sooryavanshi, just 15, has continued his rapid...
‘Hunchha’: 9 days on, a miracle rescue in Nepal
Spread the love Two workers rescued alive after 9 days KATHMANDU: “Hunchha” – yes, we hear you. Just after dawn on Friday, a faint reply became the first voice rescuers had heard from inside the buried Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel since the Aug 26 flood. Nepal army personnel called out, “Brothers, we are a rescue team, we are coming,” and...
Sebi clears NSE’s IPO papers, to be India’s biggest so far
Spread the love Issue likely to fetch Rs 30k-cr MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Friday cleared National Stock Exchange (NSE)’s offer document to go public through the initial public offer (IPO) estimated to be worth about Rs 30,000 crore. This will make it the largest IPO in India, ahead of Hyundai Motor India’s Rs 27,870 crore offer in Oct 2024.In...
Rare bleeding-heart pigeon spotted in Philippines after 20 years
Spread the love A camera on the Philippine island of Mindoro captured one of the country’s rarest birds, confirming that the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon still survives in the wild. The bird was spotted in August in the Puerto Galera rainforest, and is the first confirmed photograph of the species Gallicolumba platenae in two decades, according to the nonprofit...
AI Phuket-Delhi flight incident: All 3 hydraulics failed in ‘exceptionally rare’ event
Spread the love ‘Exceptionally rare’ failure of all 3 hydraulics MUMBAI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report has confirmed what pilots and engineers call an exceptionally rare event, the near-simultaneous loss of all three hydraulic systems on the A320neo aircraft at 36,000 feet. Hydraulic systems are the fluid-pressure circuits that physically move an aircraft’s wing and tail surfaces. The green,...
Software glitch or human error? Key questions in Air India Delhi-Phuket flight incident
Spread the love Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi NEW DELHI: Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi flight hours after Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report concluded the “PIC was found non-negative for psycho-active substance in the confirmatory (dope) test”. Terming this confirmation a “serious concern”,...
Coal stock at thermal plants plummets, ‘critical’ at 50 units
Spread the love Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level NEW DELHI: Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level, with 50 plants classified as having ‘critically low’ inventories as on Sept 2 amid high electricity demand and monsoon-led...
Zelenskyy proposes ceasefire with Russia ahead of US envoys’ Kyiv visit
Spread the love Zelenskyy proposes ceasefire with Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a ceasefire with Russia as US envoys visit Moscow and Kyiv, saying he hopes to host the American officials in Kyiv in the “coming days”.This comes as a Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, accusing...
