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Idea was to prepare Gukesh so that there would be no surprises

Paddy Upton described a scenario he played \"over a hundred times\" in his head as he flew from South Africa to Singapore.

INDIA AWARDED HOSTING RIGHTS FOR ISSF JUNIOR WORLD CUP 2025

India has been awarded the hosting rights for next year's Junior World Cup involving competitions in rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) said on Saturday.

Australia make their move, will India also follow suit?

Three Tests down, two to go. And that is the score that the team management from both sides will be key to tracking. The workload has already claimed Josh Hazlewood, and the lack of it has led to Ravichandran Ashwin's shock retirement.

Google fights bid by US to force sale of Chrome

Google on Friday countered a US call to sell its Chrome browser, suggesting a judge address antitrust concerns by barring the firm from making favourable treatment of its software a condition of licensing.

US Congress passes bill to avert govt shutdown

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early on Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

13 PEOPLE DEAD AS BUS AND TRUCK COLLIDE IN BOLIVIA

At least 13 people were killed and three injured on Friday when a truck and a bus collided on a highway in the Bolivian Andes, police said.

Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers

The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.

Rocket fired from Yemen strikes central Tel Aviv, hurts 16 people

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people slightly injured by shattered glass from nearby windows, the Israeli military said on Saturday.

Germany's Christmas market attack death toll rises to 5, over 200 injured

Describing himself as a former Muslim, the suspect shared dozens of tweets and retweets daily focusing on anti-Islam themes and criticising the religion

Sectarian violence in Syria has been mild since Assad's ouster

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.

Hero worship gone wrong

Pushpa 2: The Rule, the most successful film of 2024, is built around a man who ravages nature, and appears to care only for himself

Intolerable cruelty of sporting careers

Cricket careers can be cruel. Imagine giving 18 years of your life to the same job and not knowing when your last day of work is. It suddenly happens, without a farewell on a rainy day.

Building the future vs remaking the past

Learn from history for sure, but one of the lessons to be learnt is that campaigns to rearrange the past could injure the present

Subtle and seductive charms of Abu Dhabi

We all know Dubai and many are keen to visit (and frequently do) but Abu Dhabi, just an hour and a half away and the capital of the Emirates, remains largely unknown and unvisited.

Fight gender-based violence at the roots

The recently launched month-long campaign against gender-based violence (GBV), led by Union rural development and agriculture and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with support from various government departments, is perhaps the first time a serious whole-of-government approach has been adopted to this persistent problem.

Mumbai's tryst with classical music

In September 1952, the 15-year-old All India Radio got into a spot of trouble with some musical greats.

Maha rolls back 'one state, one uniform' scheme after delays

The Mahayuti government on Friday rolled back its centralised scheme for distribution of uniforms among government school students and entrusted the responsibility for uniform procurement and distribution to school management committees (SMC), in line with earlier practice.

Navy staff struggled to rein in runaway boat

The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) investigation into Wednesday's ferry accident near Gateway of India revealed that while a naval vessel collided with the passenger ferry Nilkamal due to engine malfunction, the ferry was also overloaded at the time of the incident.

16 soldiers killed, eight injured in terror attack in Pakistan region

Sixteen soldiers died and eight others were injured as terrorists attacked a security check post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan early Saturday, people familiar with the matters in security said.

Govt, L&T ink ₹7.6k-crore deal for locally-made artillery guns

THE DEAL FOR THE K9 VAJRA-T GUNS HAS PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARMY'S ARTILLERY MODERNISATION

Outfits dubbed as Maoist by Cong linked to Bharat Jodo

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday claimed that outfits described by a past Congress government as \"frontal organisations\" of the Maoists took part in Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo march.

India's forest, tree cover grows by 1,445 sq km, says govt data

India's total forest and tree cover has grown by 1,445 square kilometers - an area equivalent to Delhi - reaching 827,357 sq km or 25.17% of the country's geographical area, according to data released by the government on Saturday that also revealed a complex picture where increased coverage through plantations runs parallel to significant degradation of natural forests.

BONANZA FOR BOATMEN AS MELA ADMIN INCREASES FARES BY 50%

River traffic mgmt plan: State's Dial 112 service will also set up its floating station to support safety plan

Three killed, one injured in Bahraich road accident

Three youths were killed and one was critically injured when the motorcycle, carrying four friends, lost control and crashed into a tree near Maan Nagar crossing, under the Visheshwarganj PS area, around 10:30 PM.

Avoid bringing kids, elderly on rush days: Vrindavan temple to devotees

The Banke Bihari Temple management in Vrindavan has asked devotees to avoid bringing children, elderly and sick persons with them to the temple from December 25 to January 5 in view of the anticipated rush.

Maj Gen Ahlawat envisions UP's Sports University as global hub for sports edu

Maj Gen Deep Ahlawat, VSM (Retd), an Arjuna Awardee and a prominent figure in Indian sports and military administration, has been appointed the vice-chancellor of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University, Uttar Pradesh's first sports university.

COMPLETE TRAINING OF COPS BY MARCH: YOGI

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed that the training of all policemen be completed by March 2025 to ensure effective implementation of three new criminal laws introduced in July 2024.

Debt-to-GSDP ratio goes up in state: CAG

THE STATE GOVT'S PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED MAINLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN INTERNAL DEBT (ESPECIALLY INCREASE IN BORROWINGS FROM MARKET)

Uttar Pradesh likely to see rainy days post Christmas

IT WILL START RAINING FROM DEC 26 EVENING AND SHOWERS WILL COVER CENTRAL AND EAST U.P BY DEC 27 AND 28

Pausing internal chatter

Namita Gokhale's Never Never Land, a novel set in Kumaon, encourages forgiveness and a letting go of long-held notions.