India’s Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa (FIDE/Eteri Kublashvili) Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa has secured his spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by winning the FIDE Circuit 2025, becoming the only male player to represent India.The Chennai-based Grandmaster has demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the year, securing victories at multiple prestigious tournaments, including the Wijk Aan Zee Masters,…

Asim Munir made a cryptic comment regarding the “purpose” of Pakistan’s creation saying that the country was moving “rapidly towards that destination.” In an interaction with the The International News, the army chief said that the nation was created in the name of “Islam”, further adding that it knew how to deal with “terrorists” and…

SONBHADRA: One worker died and at least eight workers are feared trapped after a portion of a stone quarry caved-in in UP’s Sonbhadra district on Saturday afternoon.Senior officials, including DM and SP, reached the spot and started rescue operations on a war footing. Teams of NDRF and SDRF are carrying out the rescue operations at…

File photo: US President Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Picture credit: Reuters) TOI correspondant from Washington: The Trump White House is expected to unveil a landmark 30-year civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a deal that may reverberate far beyond the middle east while triggering a fierce…