New Delhi, 24/8: World number 1 Magnus Carlsen on Thursday clinched the 2023 Chess World Cup title after beating Indian Grand Master R Praggnanandhaa in a scintillating two-game tiebreaker. In the first rapid game of the final tie-break, Carslen had prevailed, leaving Praggnanandhaa with a must-win situation. However, the 18-year-old lost the second game as…
Goa, 24/8: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday visited the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa during the third day of her visit to the coastal state, a senior government official said. The church, located in North Goa district, houses the relics of St Francis Xavier and is certified by the UNESCO as a world…
Rayagada, 24/8: Today i. on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by Sri Bijay Kumar Parida, Divisional Forest Officer(DFO), Rayagada Peripheral, Dist-Rayagada, simultaneous house searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance led by 8 DSPs, 6 Inspectors and other staff on the strength of search warrants issued by Hon’ble Special Judge,Vigilance, Bhubaneswar at the…
New Delhi, 24/8: Health services, including treatment, in all government hospitals in Maharashtra falling under the public health department’s jurisdiction have been made available free of cost for patients, the state government has said. Medical tests, treatment, and all other services provided on public-private partnership, excluding blood supply, are available free of cost to patients…
New Delhi, 23/8: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday congratulated the team of ISRO engineers and scientists for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, saying the feat would herald new avenues in scientific research and discovery. They have made the entire nation proud,” the CJI said. He further said…
New Delhi, 23/8: The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, has succesfully landed on Moon on August 23. The LM is propelling towards the moon surface in the intended trajectory, the space organisation said. On August 18, the ISRO successfully performed the…
Islamabad, 23/8: Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday said the war on terror will continue and it will not surrender to radicalism, extremism and intolerance, a day after outlawed TTP militants killed six soldiers. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he said, “Those who have misconceptions that such attacks will tire us…
Thiruvananthapuram, ,23/8: A day after a woman alleged that she had lost her temporary job because she praised former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, another woman lodged a complaint against her for alleged forgery and impersonation on Wednesdays. Lijimol, a former office-bearer of the local unit of the women empowerment organisation Kudumbashree, filed a complaint with…
New Delhi, 23/8: India will attempt to make history on Wednesday when the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft descends on the moon’s unexplored south polar region in the 19th such attempt in the six-decade-plus history of human exploration of the earth’s only satellite. The Indian Space Research Organisation said on Tuesday that the lander was…
Washington DC, 23/8: Huawei Technologies Co is building a collection of secret semiconductor-fabrication facilities across China to let the company skirt US sanctions, a Washington-based semiconductor association has warned, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The Chinese tech giant moved into chip production last year and is receiving an estimated $30 billion in state funding from…
