Savita Punia (right) with Bichu Devi Kharibam in Amstelveen on Thursday Kolkata: India’s best World Cup finish in 52 years prompted an appeal from former India captain and goalkeeper Savita Punia, who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media after the team’s historic campaign — asking him to help save the Women’s Hockey…
Chennai: The state health department has created 284 superspecialist doctor posts and will assess infrastructure and staffing gaps in govt hospitals across districts after the budget session, said health minister K G Arunraj.Appointments will be made in fields including cardiology and nephrology, he said, acknowledging a shortage of superspecialists in govt hospitals. He also announced…
India’s grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa, (PTI Photo) Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa produced a remarkable turnaround against Fabiano Caruana to win the Grand Chess Tour Finals and secure the biggest title of his career in St. Louis on Thursday (local time).Praggnanandhaa overturned a six-point deficit at the start of the day, winning both rapid games against…
Chennai: A 32-year-old police computer operator was arrested for repeatedly harassing a woman constable after she rejected his advances in Tiruvallur.The accused, Ramkumar of Tiruttani, was a computer operator at Pallipattu police station. He secured the job on compassionate grounds following his father’s service in the police department.According to police, Ramkumar was in love with…
Motofumi Shitara, president, CEO and representative director of Yamaha Motor Co Chennai: Japanese 2W maker Yamaha’s all-new YZF-R2 motorcycle, its first offering in the 200cc segment in India, made its global debut here on Thursday in the presence of Motofumi Shitara, president, CEO and representative director of Yamaha Motor Co. The company seeks to consolidate…
FILE – The trophy is placed on display for the photographers before the soccer Champions League draw in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File) The Champions League has its 36-team field, its four seeding pots and, following Thursday’s draw in Monaco, a complete set of league-phase opponents. This season’s draw has…
Sridharan Mani, founder & chief executive, Aheesa Digital Innovations Chennai: Aheesa Digital Innovations, a fabless startup, plans volume production of its broadband chips and to ramp up commercialisation efforts after completing technical validation recently.The Chennai-based startup, founded by a group of senior industry leaders, builds semiconductor chips (system-on-chip) for telecom, networking, and communications applications, and…
Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: Mayank Chakraborty became India’s 94th Grandmaster and the first from the Northeast region last March. He is still 17. Talking to him, however, gives away very little about his age; he sounds more like a man with years of experience on his shoulders.On Tuesday, he added…
Aadhav Arjuna (File photo) CHENNAI: Public works minister Aadhav Arjuna on Thursday rejected AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami’s charge that the proposed Tambaram-Chengalpet elevated corridor was shelved after a change in govt, saying a more comprehensive eight-lane highway plan linking Chennai and Kanyakumari was being pursued instead.Raising the issue in the assembly, AIADMK general secretary…
UEFA has issued a formal legal warning to Gianni Infantino over FIFA’s abandoned commercial plan, demanding the preservation of all documents and records as the fallout from the failed World Cup investment proposal intensifies. Gianni Infantino’s already turbulent relationship with European football has now entered a much more serious phase, with UEFA seeking evidence in…
