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Jagatsinghpur worker returns from conflict-torn Sudan BHUBANESWAR: When Jagatsinghpur native Adarsh Behera received a job offer in 2022 from a plastic manufacturing company in Sudan, he hoped to make life better for his seven-member family that struggled to make ends meet through farming. However, his ordeal began in April 2023 when civil war broke out…

D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, and Koneru Humpy (GCL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former World chess champion and one of the greatest ever to grace the game of 64 squares, Bobby Fischer once said, “I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.”Few quotes capture the long-held mythology of elite chess as sharply as that one….

PM Modi with Ram Sutar (Image/X@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed deep grief over the passing of legendary sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, offering condolences and remembering him as an artist whose creations gave enduring form to India’s history, culture and national pride. Sutar, best known as the designer of the Statue…

GHAZIABAD: A 33-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her tenants on Wednesday night after she went to collect pending rent at a housing society in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, police said. The victim, identified as Deepashikha Sharma, lived with her husband Umesh Sharma in Aura Chimera Society at Rajnagar Extension. She owned a second flat in…

Trump sees the Gold Card as a tool to attract and retain outstanding talent while also creating income for the US government. (AI image) US President Donald Trump has launched his $1 million Gold Card, but Indians it seems are not too keen to shell out the amount, especially given the lack of clarity on…

By: Mallica JoshiNEW DELHI: How did Beijing go from being the ‘smog capital of the world’ to footnotes in research papers on tackling air pollution? China has lessons for India.In a series of posts on X, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, Yu Jing laid out the path that Beijing followed to drastically improve…

According to market experts, the overall sentiment continues to be weak. (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, opened in red in trade on Thursday. While Nifty50 was below 25,800, BSE Sensex was down around 150 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,784.80, down 34 points or…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) addressed the nation, outlining what he described as major achievements on foreign policy, the economy, border security and domestic governance during his presidency. The 47th POTUS began his address by lashing out at his predecessor, Joe Biden for what he called the “worst” border crisis in US…

HYDERABAD: Officers with Telangana police’s intelligence wing said on Wednesday that Sydney terror accused Sajid Akram had been trying to get Australian citizenship for many years but, for reasons unknown to his family, did not succeed.‘“What we know is that Sajid renewed his Indian passport last in 2022 and did not visit Pakistan. Australian Security…

Director Aditya Dhar’s spy action thriller ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna, continues its historic run at the box office despite registering its first noticeable drop in collections. Nearing the end of its second week in theatres, the film has already rewritten several records and stands among the biggest Hindi successes of 2025.Dhurandhar Movie…