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EAM AT ZIA FUNERAL

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar represented India at the funeral of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Wednesday and told her son and political heir T... Read More


Old-school tactics, new-age instinct in Carlsen's endgame

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- The Soviets are history. Right? Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World Blitz title in Doha on Tue... Read More


Looking back at 2025: India's golf events grow richer, players stuck in mediocrity

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood, Joaquin Niemann, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland. If star appearances were an indicator, Indian golf never had it this big. The year ... Read More


Some provisions of Sports Act comes into effect today

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- The government on Wednesday notified that select provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, related to establishment and governance framework of national federations ... Read More


Deepti continues to outsmart the best batters

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Records often come with noise and flair, Deepti Sharma's arrive quietly and modestly. Much like her presence on the field - calm, unimposing yet powerful. Beneath the calm is a bo... Read More


can they stay the course?

India, Jan. 1 -- In India, regional parties are not mere footnotes to national politics; they lie at the heart of its bewildering but pivotal political diversity. Outside the sphere of the two nationa... Read More


An economic juggling act: AI, China, googlies from US

India, Jan. 1 -- 2025 began on an alarming note for the global economy, as Donald Trump started his second stint in the White House. His first presidency had seen the US switch gears from keeper of th... Read More


Coming soon: 'super phones', smoother AI, car-first tech

India, Jan. 1 -- Time and tech wait for no one and, in 2026, what has been a somewhat relentless pace looks set to intensify. Expect the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) to shift towards pragm... Read More


eyes on the scoreboard

India, Jan. 1 -- If 2025 was about India's sporting ecosystem stepping up, 2026 will be all about follow-through. There can be no letting up, for a nation with sporting ambitions as lofty as ours. No ... Read More


SKY's the limit, as a new era dawns in men's cricket

India, Jan. 1 -- Indian cricket is rarely static, but the shakeup within the team, ahead of the T20 World Cup, feels transformative as well as edgy. The expectations are massive: the team must defend ... Read More