What shrinking habitats do to India’s wildlife Over the past fifty years, the average size of monitored wildlife populations around the world has fallen by 73 per cent, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024. The report names loss and degradation of habitat as the most commonly reported threat, driven mainly by how the world…
Aryna Sabalenka (AP Photo) World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock third-round exit at the China Open on Sunday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Czech Republic’s Nikola Bartunkova. The 34th-ranked Bartunkova produced one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, defeating the four-time Grand Slam champion in one hour and 34 minutes. The Czech hit…
India’s Rohit Sharma and skipper Shubman Gill (ANI Photo) New Chandigarh: If one takes a quick scan of India’s ODI resources for next year’s World Cup in South Africa, the pace cupboard wears a bare and fragile look. There’s only Jasprit Bumrah who truly commands a place in the XI. The rest are either on…
Delhi Police accused of misconduct with female journalist at Jantar Mantar. NEW DELHI: The Press Club of India has condemned the Delhi Police’s alleged treatment of journalists and imposition of internet ban during protests at Jantar Mantar against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday and Saturday, saying such behaviour “cannot be normalised in a…
Vantika Agarwal opens up on Chess Olympiad and more NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, like usual, had just one rest day, after Round 6. Consequently, India’s Vantika Agrawal, who had beaten US chess legend Irina Krush in that sixth-round matchup on Board 3, ended up with three days…
‘United effort must prevail’: Akhilesh Yadav says alliance victory matters over seats NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the focus of the alliance should be on ensuring victory rather than negotiating the number of seats each party gets, amid discussions over seat-sharing.In a post on X, Yadav reiterated that the alliance…
“His conduct is an example for the younger generation of pilots”: Captain Devi Sharan pays a tribute to Smit Machchhar Writing for TOI, IC 814 hero Captain Devi Sharan pays a tribute to flydubai hero Captain Smit Machchhar:“As Captain Devi Sharan, Commander of the hijacked IC-814, I would like to express my deepest admiration for…
India’s Medal Route to Gold NEW DELHI: India won 28 gold medals at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Four years later, the question in Aichi-Nagoya was how many of those titles it could retain. The answer? – Eight, out of the 28 Hangzhou golds. That’s 28.6 per cent of the total. Twenty titles changed…
The upcoming world chess championship between defending champion D Gukesh of India and challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan will take place in Geneva from November 22 to December 12. Organized under the aegis of FIDE, the match carries a prize fund of USD 2.5 million.The first world chess championship took place 140 years ago in…
‘Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar are India’s soul, mind, backbone’: CJP founder Dipke NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru represented three distinct pillars of India’s political and social legacy.In a video post, Dipke described Gandhi as the “SOUL of India”, Ambedkar as the…