The Grandmaster View by India’s 93rd GM Aarav Dengla On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. On the other side of the ocean, the final stage of the 1939 Chess Olympiad was getting underway in Buenos Aires.It was the first Olympiad to be organized outside Europe and was the largest to date, with twenty-seven national…
T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, handing over a medal and certificate to a medallist during the 14th Annual Convocation of VIT Chennai on Sunday. 140 PhD, and 4,440 undergraduates and postgraduates received their degrees on the occasion. G Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, VIT; Mohit Jain, Chief Operating Officer…
Badminton player PV Sindhu speaks during a press conference for the BWF World Championships 2026 at Indira Gandhi Arena Stadium, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Naveen Sharma) New Delhi: PV Sindhu occupied the fourth court in the main hall of the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Saturday. At the other end, she had Ayush…
Residents accuse TNPDCL of negligence Chennai: A 17-year-old college student was electrocuted after stepping on a live power cable that had snapped and was lying on the ground at a grove near Vallappakkam in Walajabad in the Kancheepuram district on Sunday. The student had gone to the grove with three friends to collect firewood, police…
Novak Djokovic suffers shock Cincinnati defeat to Thiago Tirante (Reuters Photo) Thiago Agustin Tirante pulled off the biggest win of his career on Saturday, knocking out five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Cincinnati Open.Ranked No. 50 in the world, Tirante recovered from losing the first set 2-6 to beat…
IIT Madras launches musical fountain, exclusive gym for girl students within the campus Chennai: IIT Madras on Saturday launched an exclusive gym for female students, a musical fountain on campus and an exclusive space for outside-classroom activities as part of its student wellness initiatives.IIT Madras director V Kamakoti launched these facilities after Independence Day celebrations…
New Delhi: Danish shuttler Anders Antonsen has questioned the decision to stage the India Open in New Delhi in February next year, saying the city’s pollution during that period can be “pretty insane” and that he was “not happy” to see the tournament return to the same time slot.Antonsen, who is competing at the BWF…
Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan Chennai: Vice-president C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday urged the graduates to uphold constitutional values, respect diversity and strengthen national unity.Speaking at the 22nd convocation of SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) here, he asked students to place the larger national interest above narrow self-interest.“Research achieves its highest purpose when it serves…
Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard lifts the trophy after his team won the FA Community Shield final soccer match between Arsenal and Manchester City in Cardiff, Wales, Sunday, Aug.16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Arsenal made a strong statement ahead of the new Premier League season, beating Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday. It was…
In photo: CM Vijay, DMK MK Stalin, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu political parties on Sunday condemned the killing of three Tamil farmers by Karnataka forest officials in Chamarajanagar district and demanded a probe into the incident.Former CM M K Stalin said the shooting was ‘shocking’ and demanded…
