Two Turkish-flagged vessels collide in Marmara Sea off Istanbul; 10 crew members unreachable

10 crew members aboard one of the vessels are unreachable (Representative image) Two Turkish-flagged vessels collided off Istanbul in the Marmara Sea on Wednesday.Authorities have been unable to contact 10 crew members aboard one of the vessels, while there was no visible damage on the other vessel, the Istanbul governor’s office said, as quoted by…

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Northeast faces new vector threat as diseases spread to new areas: Health panel | India News

Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…

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Amid ‘very long meetings’ and running chess world, has Viswanathan Anand lost ‘hunger’ to win? | Exclusive | Chess News

NEW DELHI: The English vocabulary sometimes feels the loss for words while describing what Viswanathan Anand is to India and its chess legacy. There is a particular kind of stillness that follows the Chennai-born Grandmaster into a room, the stillness of a man who solved most of what chess could throw at him decades ago…

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Heart ablation cuts irregular beats, but may not make patients feel better | India News

The procedure, however, clearly reduces AF. Seven-day heart monitoring detected AF in 21% of patients after ablation, compared with 41% after the dummy procedure. NEW DELHI: A procedure widely used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, cuts abnormal heart-rhythm episodes but may not itself be responsible for the improvement in patients’ quality of…

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Cricket side under fire after signing player acquitted of rape, indecent assault charges | Cricket News

Cricket accessories (AFP Photo) Hampshire have faced a strong reaction from their own supporters after including controversial New Zealand cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn in their squad for the County Championship match against Warwickshire, despite not publicly announcing his signing.The 34-year-old was listed among Hampshire’s 15 players on X, with the county yet to officially confirm his…

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‘Chess diplomacy, quite literally’: AICF chief on PM Modi gifting Javokhir Sindarov’s World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek prez | Chess News

PM Modi gifting Javokhir Sindarov’s World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek Prez​​ Prime Minister Narendra Modi used chess as a unique diplomatic gesture during his visit to Uzbekistan, gifting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev the original handwritten scoresheet from Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov’s 2025 FIDE World Cup final victory in Goa.The scoresheet was presented in a leatherette cover…

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Pak takes SCO chair, PM Modi slams use of terror as strategic asset | India News

Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy must be sent a strong message Framing security as a non-negotiable prerequisite for regional progress, PM Narendra Modi delivered a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan over state-sponsored terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. With Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi…

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