President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to finish the remaining two years in his term despite months-long street protests calling for his ouster, but won’t stand for re-election as he focuses on fixing a financial mess that tipped Sri Lanka into its worst-ever economic crisis.
Viswanathan Anand defeats world champion Magnus Carlsen
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand returned to winning ways, upstaging world No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of the Classical section early on Monday (June 6) in the Norway Chess tournament to climb to the top spot.
Couple ends life at Rameswaram
An elderly couple from Coimbatore ended their life at Agnitheertham temple tank in Rameswaram.
Class 9 students declared all pass
The Tamilnadu School Education department today declared students of Class 9 all pass for this academic year.