Gukesh emerges as a champion chess player

Posted on   12:44 pm

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.

‘Rishabh Pant is electric’

Posted on   12:38 pm

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.

Modi deeply concerned by Ukraine conflict

Posted on   12:31 pm

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.

IMF to begin talks with new Lanka government

Posted on   12:23 pm

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.