(From left) Odisha players Sandhyarani Tudu, Dumuni Marndi, Nirmalya Rout and Mama Naik in Kolkata on Monday Kolkata: Odisha’s rugby pipeline continues to power the Indian women’s sevens programme, with four players from the state earning selection in the squad for the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.Senior campaigner Dumuni Marndi (Mayurbhanj) will feature in her…
Max Wessel, SVP, Product at Workday Chennai: Workday, the US-based HR and financial software company, is expanding its Chennai centre into a key engineering hub as it develops agentic AI systems. The company has also ramped up its India presence in recent months and now has around 1,600 employees in the country.Its Chennai capability centre…
Calicut FC footballer Rijohn Jose died in a road accident in Kozhikode late Sunday night, days before the start of the new Super League Kerala season.The 29-year-old was travelling on a motorcycle with fellow footballer Ghani Ahmed Nigam when their vehicle collided with another motorcycle near Christian College on the Gandhi Road flyover at around…
Manoj Sahay, country head at Logitech India Chennai: Logitech is betting on India’s premiumisation trend, with growth coming from its mice, gaming and video conferencing hardware. The company is doubling down on its bestsellers while stepping up focus on newer product ranges and customer segments, including B2B.Manoj Sahay, country head at Logitech India, said the…
Himanshu Dhillon, Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Mane win team silver in the men’s 10m air rifle; Suchika Tariyal claims MMA bronze. NEW DELHI: Gold continued to elude India, but medals kept coming on the second day of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya as the country added four more to its tally on Monday.Three came from…
Chennai experience centre will be Tesla’s third outlet in the southern region, after Hyderabad and Bengaluru Chennai: US-based electric carmaker Tesla is set to expand its footprint in India, with the company expected to open its experience store in Chennai this week. It will be Tesla’s third outlet in the southern region, after Hyderabad and…
CANDID MOMENT: Double silver medallist Elavenil Valarivan takes a selfie with India’s men’s 10m air rifle medal-winning trio. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s wait for a gold medal continued on Day 2 of the Asian Games 2026, but four more podium finishes lifted the country’s tally to six as shooting once again led the charge…
RARE INTACT RED-SLIPPED POT WITH FISH GRAFFITI UNEARTHED IN KEELADI 11TH PHASE EXCAVATION Chennai: Former minister and DMK leader Thangam Thennarasu on Monday accused the BJP-led Union govt of running a politically motivated campaign to undermine the scientific assessment of the antiquity of Keeladi archaeological site in Tamil Nadu.Hitting out at Union minister Gajendra Singh…
Grandmaster Anish Giri during the Global Chess League 2026, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) Israel’s men and women teams forfeited their sixth-round matches against the Netherlands and Bulgaria at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand on Monday after both opponents declined requests to change the schedule for Yom Kippur.The Israeli men’s team was due to…
University of Madras’ distance education Chennai: University of Madras has changed its distance education institute’s name to get the approval for eight distance mode programmes from University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Distance Education Bureau for the 2026-27 academic year.Institute of Distance Education (IDE) at the university has been renamed as Centre for Distance and Online Education…