BWF World Championships 2026: The 30th edition of the BWF World Championships gets underway at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Monday, bringing badminton’s biggest individual tournament back to India after a 17-year gap. The seven-day championship runs from August 17 to 23, with the opening day featuring first-round action across singles…
The incident has triggered tension in the village, with residents alleging that the police failed to take adequate preventive action after the initial altercation. CHENNAI: Two youths were hacked to death in Padunelli village near Kancheepuram in the early hours of Monday, following a dispute that broke out during a cultural programme organised as part…
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, and PV Sindhu When the world’s best badminton players walk into the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Monday, India will not merely be hosting the World Championships for the second time. Seventeen years after Hyderabad staged the event, the tournament returns to a country where badminton has grown multiple folds —…
Chennai: The West Asia conflict may have disrupted global trade, but it has not dampened the appetite of Indian companies to strengthen their presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. While the UAE serves as a key economic gateway to the GCC and African markets, Indian companies are also looking to cater to the…
Rain likely to play spoilsport on Day 3 in Galle (Image: TOI/Sahil Malhotra) Day 3 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle is under a significant rain threat, with an 83% overall chance of precipitation forecast for the day. After rain disrupted proceedings on Day 2, another stop-start day could be…
Dr R Karthik Narayan, founder and MD, Athulya Assisted Living Athulya Assisted Living is positioning itself as more than an assisted-living operator, building a senior-care platform spanning assisted living, home care and geriatric hospitals. Founder and MD, Dr R Karthik Narayan, spoke about the company’s evolution, changing customer profile, capital requirements, the senior-care ecosystem and…
João Cancelo is set to return to Barcelona on a free transfer after terminating his Al Hilal contract/ Instagram João Cancelo is set to return to Barcelona for a third spell after reaching an agreement to terminate his contract with Al Hilal, clearing the way for the Portugal international to rejoin the Spanish champions as…
Tamil Nadu has emerged as one of the top-performing states under the credit guarantee fund trust for micro and small enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme, with credit guarantees and employment generation showing strong growth over the past three financial years, according to data from FY2023-24 to June 30, 2026.Set up in 2000 by the Ministry of MSME…
Spain’s Rodri celebrates with the tournament’s best player award after the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Barcelona have reportedly reached an agreement in principle to sign Rodri from Manchester City, with the Spain captain set to return…
By 2036, the specialised senior-care market could reach $35 bn a year Meet Anuradha Jagannathan, 79, who has made Athulya Senior Care’s facility in Maduravoyal, Chennai, her home since 2023, after her husband’s death. Her three sons live in the US, but she never wanted to move in with them. What she values most is…
