Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have moved into the quarterfinals of the World Championships as they continue their comeback run. The unseeded Indian pair produced a strong performance on Thursday to beat Japanese seventh seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-16, 21-12. The victory came after Treesa returned from injury and the pair began their…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Six Indians were aboard a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week, a Somali official said on Thursday (August 20, 2026). The M/V LUTUF, which was carrying Turkish weapons, was seized on Monday (August 17, 2026) and taken by the pirates toward…
Chennai: Social justice minister Vanni Arasu rejected the allegations of Bharathidasan, a research scholar from Tamil Nadu pursuing higher education in Malaysia under a state govt scheme, that he had not received financial assistance this year.Speaking in the assembly, Vanni Arasu said it was the scholar who failed to submit relevant documents while seeking funds….
August 5 vibrates to the restless, adaptable rhythm of Number 5, encouraging curiosity, spontaneity, communication, and freedom, with Universal Number 5 amplifying this energy, making it a day charged with movement, quick decisions, and unexpected opportunities (AI Image) 1 (Those born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th of any month, are ruled by the…
Bangladesh cricket team players (left), and BCB Bangladesh’s top domestic T20 tournament, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), will not be held this year as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) plans to restructure the competition, board president Tamim Iqbal said on Thursday.Tamim said the tournament has been suspended because several franchises failed to follow the league’s…
A Chinese animated film made on a reported budget of around USD 200 has become one of the most unlikely box office success story of 2026. ‘Niu Lai’, also known as ‘The Bull Comes’ or ‘The Cow Is Coming’, has crossed the USD 4 million mark in China after initially struggling to attract audiences.The 86-minute…
With just about half a minute left for the hooter, England’s Tessa Howard fired a shot of strange menace and intent towards the top-right corner of the Indian goal — on the turn, and from the edge of the D.Hearts stopped for that moment, and some, as the ball flew as if in slow motion…
National Transportation Safety Board. File | Photo Credit: AP A charter plane carrying eight people crashed on Thursday (August 20, 2026) near a remote radar site in western Alaska, a federal official said. Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, said two pilots and six passengers were on board. He did not…
Chennai: A beam of sunlight falling on a patch of dead leaves. A cat sunning herself. A canopy of trees. At a glance, they would seem like regular photographs, but these are different. All the 50 pictures on display at the exhibition at IIT Madras this week were clicked by blind photographers aided by sighted…
Aortic Arch Z-Score of -8.58 and a Severely Underdeveloped Heart: How Doctors Saved a 10-Day-Old Baby From Nanded (Representative Image) Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, or HLHS, is among the most severe forms of congenital heart disease a newborn can be born with. The left side of the heart is underdeveloped to the point where it…