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Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s 18-year-old Grandmaster (GM) R. Praggnanandhaa (ELO 2,707) took lead in the tie-break of FIDE World Cup semifinal by defeating American GM Fabiano Caruana (2,782) at Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday.After drawing the first two tie-break games, the Indian slayed Caruana, the world No. 3 by rating. Praggnanandhaa is now just a draw away from entering the final where he would cross swords against world No. 1 and former world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. –IANSvj/arm

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) To bring in more flexibility in the squad ahead of the Men’s ODI World Cup, India skipper Rohit Sharma said he wants to ensure players in the side are fine with batting anywhere if the need arises, especially in the middle-order, though they have been given specific roles in the line-up.”Ajit (Agarkar, chief selector) is new to the picture and he didn’t know what was happening before that. I have tried to keep him updated as much as possible. But one thing I want in this team is to make sure everyone is okay to…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) More than 947 million cyberattacks blocked in India, out of a global total of 1.1 billion in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, a new report showed on Monday. According to the Tata Capital-funded company Indusface, this figure reflects a sharp escalation of 90 per cent in the frequency of cyberattacks on Indian websites during Q2, as compared to Q1, which recorded 500 million attacks.”The India story is an exciting one and looks like even the bad actors have noticed it. While we track the growth in attacks worldwide, no other major geography saw an increase…

The park was renamed by Bihar’s environment, forest and climate change minister Tej Pratap Yadav by renaming the Atal Bihari Vajpayee park as Coconut Park on Monday.The ministry of environment on Sunday announced that Tej Pratap Yadav will rename the Atal Bihari Vajpayee park as Coconut Park on Monday.This led to a huge uproar in political circles with BJP leaders like Union MoS home Nityanand Rai, BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary and others heavily criticising Nitish Kumar, saying that he is exposed now. This is the real face of Nitish Kumar who always says ‘Respected Atal Ji’ and admires him…

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) vice-president G. Niranjan has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in this regard, urging to immediately implement the model code of conduct in Telangana.The Congress leader voiced the apprehension that with the announcement of candidates, BRS may resort to misuse of official machinery.Chief Minister and BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced candidates for 115 seats, denying tickets to only eight sitting MLAs.The candidates for remaining four seats will be announced in 3-4 days, he said.CM KCR also announced that he will contest from two Assembly constituencies – Gajwel and Kamareddy.…

Aiming for the Baku Shooting Centre early on Monday, Sift won the quota after she qualified for the final with a national record score of 589, which she shot twice on Monday. She, however, missed a coveted World Championship medal despite heroic shooting.It was yet another China 1-2 in Women’s 3P, with Zhang Qiongyue winning gold with a score of 465.3 in the final, while her compatriot Han Jiayu won silver with 463.5. American Sagen Maddalena won bronze while Sift finished with a score of 429.1, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) informed in a release on Monday.Sift said…

The RMC said, “Due to atmospheric downward circulation over parts of the state, light to moderate rain with thunderstorm may occur at few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karikkal.”Heavy rains and thunderstorms will occur in The Nilgiris, Erode, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Perambalur, Tiruchy, Dindigul and Madurai districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, the RMC said.The RMC said that light to moderate rains will occur in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and parts of Karaikkal on Wednesday as well. Rains are likely to continue in some parts of the state from August 24 to August 27, it said.Chennai will be…

At the outset, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said it has gone through the draft SOP submitted by the Centre in this regard and remarked that “some parts of the SOP are really more on how judicial review should be exercised”.”We ask the court to frame some guidelines. We have proposed an SOP,” said Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, while pointing out that the main matter was filed after two officials from Uttar Pradesh were taken into custody for non-compliance of an order of the Allahabad High Court, who were…

Following the announcement, the Imams will now be entitled to a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000, while the Muezzins will get Rs 1,500 a month.The Chief Minister also announced a soft loan of up to Rs 5 lakjh for the Imams and Muezzins where the state government will act as the guarantor.Banerjee made these announcements at a gathering of Imams and Muezzins in Kolkata. Speaking on the occasion, she also said that shortly the state education department will give recognition to 700 additional unregistered madrasas. “The state government will not interfere in the subjects taught in such madrasas. If they…

The MLA from Malkajgiri constituency lashed out at the minister a few hours before the announcement of 115 BRS candidates by party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for the upcoming Assembly elections.Hanumantha Rao’s name figured in the list of candidates but the party has denied ticket to his son Rohith Reddy.The MLA, who along with his son offered worship at Tirumala temple, vowed to defeat Harish Rao.His attack on the minister and top BRS leader, who is nephew of CM KCR, stunned the party circles.The MLA had threatened that he will contest the election as an independent candidate…