December 5, 2024 7:35 AM December 5, 2024 7:35 AM

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FIDE World Chess C’ship 2024: Gukesh, Ding Liren draw again, tied with 4 points each

In Chess, India’s D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren played out a draw in the eighth round of the FIDE World Championship 2024 in Singapore, yesterday. This is the fifth consecutive draw between the two players, leaving them level on points. Both players are tied with four points each, having won one g...

December 5, 2024 7:29 AM December 5, 2024 7:29 AM

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PM Modi confident of strengthening India-GCC ties under Kuwait’s ongoing Presidency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the close cooperation between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council would be further strengthened under Kuwait’s ongoing Presidency of the GCC. Foreign Minister of Kuwait, Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, called on the Prime Minister at his official ...

December 5, 2024 7:03 AM December 5, 2024 7:03 AM

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BSF seizes over 5 kg heroin, drone along Pakistan border; 3 smugglers arrested

Border Security Force (BSF) in coordination with the Punjab Police, successfully foiled three smuggling attempts at four places along the Punjab border with Pakistan and apprehended 3 Indian smugglers, recovered over 5 kilograms of Heroin and a drone, last evening. Quoting BSF sources, our correspon...

December 5, 2024 6:54 AM December 5, 2024 6:54 AM

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United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot in targeted attack

Brian Thompson, CEO of the largest US health insurance company, United Healthcare was shot dead yesterday in New York. Local police authorities have informed that Brian was killed in a targeted attack and the masked assailant escaped on a bicycle. Further investigations are underway. He was 50 years...

December 5, 2024 6:48 AM December 5, 2024 6:48 AM

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French PM Barnier ousted after losing confidence vote

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government has lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly leading to his ouster into just three months of his term. A total of 331 out of 577 lawmakers voted against Barnier’s government, after the attempt to pass an annual budget without a vote in parliam...

December 5, 2024 11:42 AM December 5, 2024 11:42 AM

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ISRO reschedules launch of ESA’s PROBA-3 mission

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has rescheduled the European Space Agency’s PROBA-3 spacecraft launch due to an anomaly detected in the satellite. It will now be launched at 4:12 PM today onboard PSLV-C59 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Earlier, the mission was schedule...

December 4, 2024 9:06 PM December 4, 2024 9:06 PM

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South Korean opposition move motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

In South Korea, the lawmakers of the opposition coalition today moved a motion in the Parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his shocking imposition of martial law that brought thousands of protesters to the streets. President Yoon declared martial law yesterday, leading to widespread c...

December 4, 2024 9:02 PM December 4, 2024 9:02 PM

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Govt ready to talk with farmers says State Agriculture Minister  Bhagirath Chaudhary

 Minister of State for Agriculture Bhagirath Chaudhary has said that the government is ready to talk with farmers and the doors are open for them. Talking to the media outside parliament, Mr Chaudhary said, the farmers of this country are the food providers and their pain is the government's pain. H...