World champion D Gukesh overcame a loss against Leinier Dominguez Perez of the United States to beat the American duo of Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana to stand at fourth spot at the end of the rapid section of the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, here.
Alcaraz reaches QFs in Cincinnati Open
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz powered his way into the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals on Wednesday night, dismantling Italy’s Luca Nardi 6-1, 6-4 in a commanding display.
Zelenskyy meets with UK PM Starmer
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday, a day before a critical US-Russia summit in Alaska.
Ramaphosa welcomes Modi to Global Outlook Council
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other global leaders to a new global water platform as he said investment in water must no longer be an afterthought at climate and finance discussions.
Pak Foreign Minister to visit Bangladesh on Aug 23
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is set to visit Bangladesh on August 23 as the two countries saw warming up of bilateral relations after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster from office last year.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India next week
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit India on August 18 for talks under the Special Representative mechanism, reports indicated on Wednesday.
‘Tariffs on India could go up if Trump-Putin talks fails’
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that the secondary tariffs on India could go up if “things don’t go well” during talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Problem of stray dogs due to inaction of local authorities, says SC, reserves order
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the “whole problem” of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR was a result of the “inaction” of local authorities which did “nothing” in implementing the Animal Birth Control Rules on sterilisation and immunisation of canines.
Bihar SIR row: SC asks EC to publish details of 65 lakh deleted voters with reasons
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish details of 65 lakh deleted names from the voters list with reasons of non-inclusion to enhance transparency in Bihar’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll.
Actor Darshan arrested after bail cancelled in murder case
Kannada film actor Darshan Thoogudeepa was arrested on Thursday after his bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court in the Renukaswamy murder case.
