NEW DELHI: World chess champion D Gukesh will not be playing in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. The organisers confirmed the news on Friday. The tournament begins on January 7, and Gukesh will be replaced by fellow Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin.This event was expected to be Gukesh’s first tournament of the…
NEW DELHI: A charged-up Virat Kohli is back, and Ravichandran Ashwin believes the batting icon has taken every whisper about his future “straight to the heart” — and is now batting with a point to prove. Kohli’s animated celebrations after back-to-back hundreds against South Africa have gone viral, and Ashwin says they are no coincidence,…
Hardik Pandya (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya reflected on his journey from battling personal struggles to lifting back-to-back T20 World Cup trophies for India. The star all-rounder said winning the 2026 title in Ahmedabad was a validation of a promise he made to himself — to play every tournament with the aim of winning…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will revamp 400 km of road stretches by the end of the year, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday. According to officials, more than 241 major roads have been identified for redevelopment under the government’s comprehensive road improvement project, at the total cost of Rs 802 crore. “The initiative…
The United States Department of Education has introduced a new disclosure feature that informs students when the colleges they list on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) have graduates with relatively low earnings. The change is a small technical update to the aid form, but it signals a shift in how the federal…
SLAT result 2026: The Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT) 2026 result has been released today, January 15, 2026, for both test 1 and 2. Candidates can now check their scorecards for the same on the official website, slat-test.org. SLAT is the entrance test conducted by Symbiosis International University (SIU) for admission to undergraduate law programmes…
Shukla with lead author Swati Dubey | Credit: Aloke lab, IISc BENGALURU: A toxic chemical long considered hostile to life on Mars, may not be an obstacle to building on the Red Planet after all. Instead, it could turn out to be an unlikely aid. Researchers at IISc, working with scientists at IISER-Kolkata and Isro…
Bangladesh will vote Thursday in a Parliamentary election that will perhaps have more far-reaching consequences for India than any such exercise in the recent past in its neighbourhood. Ironically, with Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League not in the fray, India’s best hopes of a realistic reset in ties with Dhaka rest on a majority for the…
BTSC staff nurse admit card for document verification released; schedule and guidelines announced officially The Bihar Technical Services Commission has released the admit card for document verification under Advertisement No. 23/2025 for recruitment to the post of staff nurse. The process relates to candidates who qualified in the Computer Based Test conducted for appointments under…
The Income tax department (ITD) on Thursday said the recent communications sent to some taxpayers regarding their transactions are advisory in nature and aimed at facilitating voluntary compliance, not initiating enforcement action.In a post on X, the department said the messages were issued only in cases where there is an apparent significant gap between disclosures…
