Ahead of polls, Nitish inducts 7 new ministers, all from BJP

With less than a year left for assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inducted seven new faces into his council of ministers, all from alliance partner Bharatiya Janata......

PHOTOS: The odd, odd world we live in

These 8 images that prove that we truely live in a wonderfully weird world even during COVID-19.   Participants make their way on the Griboyedov Canal during the Fontanka-SUP stand up paddle......

Indian Navy's 3rd Kalavari class submarine commissioned

Indian Navy's third stealth Scorpene class Submarine INS Karanj, equipped with potent weapons and sensors to neutralise any threat above or below the sea surface, was commissioned on......

Now, a statue to honour medics fighting coronavirus

Latvia has led the world against the coronavirus pandemic and achieved record low infection rates. Now the people of the Northern Euopean nation want to lead the world again by expressing gratitude......

Why Mukesh Ambani's son is setting twitter on fire

In India, tweets about the scion trended at the second spot for over 85 minutes with netizens from Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Delhi, Rajkot and Srinagar talking about the transformation.  ......

Markets end in green as Fed rate hike fears dim

Financials were the top gainers lead by private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank Stock markets today snapped a two-day losing streak after minutes of the US Federal Reserve meeting signalled no......

Markets keep winning streak intact; ITC, RIL lead

In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2% Benchmark indices ended higher, amid choppy trades, after weak US data dimmed prospects of an......

Markets end higher on favourable macro-economic data, global cues

The top gainers from the Sensex pack included GAIL, ITC, Hindalco, Vedanta and Tata Motors. Benchmark indices ended higher for the second straight session, amid firm global cues along, with index......

Vaishali becomes GM: Title awarded after long wait

Happy that the title is finally out: R Vaishali on officially becoming GM Photograph: Kind Courtesy chessvaishali/X A Grandmaster much before the title was officially bestowed on her by FIDE......

Chess ace Harika received sexually abusive mail in Latvia

IMAGE: Harika Dronavalli received a sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year. Photograph: Harika Dronavalli/Twitter India's chess ace Harika Dronavalli was among the......

'Chess is a nation-building game'

IMAGE: Teenaged GM Praggnanandhaa caught the country's imagination as he defeated world number two Hikaru Nakamura and number three Fabiano Caruna en route his silver medal at the FIDE World Cup......

Manisha Kalyan becomes first Indian to play in UEFA Women's Champions League

IMAGE: The AIFF Woman Footballer of the Year for the 2021-22 season, Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian to score a goal in the AFC Women’s Club Championship. Photograph: AFC Cup/Twitter......

Julius Baer Cup: Erigaisi loses to Carlsen in final

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi was beaten by world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid chess tournament. Photograph: FIDE/Riga Mark Livshitz Teenaged Indian......