India’s Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod Kochalumkal and Ashi Chouksey secured the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games 2026. (Image: IANS) India’s shooters continued their medal-winning run at the Asian Games as Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa K. Vinod and Ashi Chouksey combined to clinch silver in the women’s…
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin said he chose not to politicise the Karur stampede which killed 41 people on Sept 27 last year, but chief minister C Joseph Vijay was “stooping low” by exploiting the Pocso case on granite baron R Veeramani for bypolls.“Neither I nor DMK tried to derive petty political mileage from…
Suruchi Singh, right, and Kamaljeet celebrate after winning Gold medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: “Bas reset button dabaya maine,” Suruchi Inder Singh said after turning her disappointment into an Asian Games gold medal for India within two days. Suruchi and her teammate Kamaljeet won gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, finishing on…
Find a bottleneck in the lunch queue, safely break a campus chatbot, suggest a drone route that stays within the battery reserve, or cool a classroom. These are some of the problems engineering students will be asked to work on using generative AI tools in the upcoming exams.Students will be assessed not on whether or…
India’s Sawan Barwal reacts after his second place finish in the men’s marathon at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Sawan Barwal scripted history at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya on Saturday, winning silver in the men’s marathon and ending India’s 44-year wait for a medal in…
Chennai: The golden jubilee edition of the annual Chennai Book Fair will be held from Jan 7 to 19 at the YMCA Grounds, with events centred on promoting reading among school and college students, organisers announced on Friday.Organised by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), the 50th edition of the fair will…
Krishna Jaisankar (Image credit: Agencies) Whenever Krishna Jayasankar gets some time, she opens her kit bag and looks at the badge on her T-shirt.It has one word written on it: INDIA.Every time she looks at it, her eyes get moist. But there is also a sense of confidence that builds within her. After waiting for…
Chennai: The technology development board (TDB) has signed an agreement with space-tech startupAgnikul Cosmos for Rs 200 crore financial support under the research development and innovation (RDI) fund through optionally convertible debentures. Agnikul was among the first cohort of startups to receive RDI funding. It raised about $17 million from venture capital in Sept 2025.The…
Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa (PTI/ANI Photos) NEW DELHI: India assured themselves of three squash medals at the Asian Games 2026 on Friday as Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar entered the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh advanced to the last four in the women’s and men’s singles respectively.For Joshna, the semifinal…
Overall small car sales (include mini and compact segments) fell from 16.4 lakh units in FY23 to 14.5 lakh units in FY24 Chennai: Following a two-year decline in volumes, the small car segment is showing signs of revival, helped by GST rate cut on small cars. The lower tax burden has reduced the price barrier…