Gukesh emerges as a champion chess player
As he returns home from the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest with two gold medals — one for the Team Championship and an Individual gold on Top Board, destiny has once again pushed Dommaraju Gukesh to the forefront.
My goal is to get Sindhu back on podium: Sridhar
PV Sindhu still has the hunger to succeed, and the primary aim is to help her regain consistency, says her new coach Anup Sridhar, who has been roped in by the two-time Olympic medallist on a trial basis following the Paris Games.
Rahul was regimented, Gambhir is relaxed: Ashwin
Gautam Gambhir is more relaxed compared to his predecessor Rahul Dravid, who had a “regimented” style of functioning, feels Indian team’s oldest member Ravichandran Ashwin.
‘Rishabh Pant is electric’
Veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon feels there is no room for error when bowling to Rishabh Pant, adding that the young India wicketkeeper-batter has a superabundance of talent to tame the best attack in the world.
Small tsunami waves wash ashore on remote Japanese islands
Small tsunami waves washed ashore on remote Japanese islands on Tuesday morning after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity.
Modi deeply concerned by Ukraine conflict
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deeply concerned by the war in Ukraine and his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy here demonstrates his commitment to finding a way forward and contributing in any way possible to a resolution of the conflict, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
Israel strikes 1,600 Hezbollah targets
Israel continued striking Hezbollah positions in Lebanon while the Iran-backed terror group fired volleys of rockets at Haifa, Nahariya the Galilee and Jezreel Valley overnight and Tuesday morning.
UN chief urges global cooperation to tackle crises
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the current state of the world is unsustainable while emphasising that the challenges we face are solvable with cooperation and effective problem-solving mechanisms.
IMF to begin talks with new Lanka government
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said it will discuss the timing of the next review of Sri Lanka’s loan programme and looks forward to working with the new government headed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
