Chennai's Praggnanandhaa got the better of Poland's Antoni Kozak in the Open U18 while Nagpur's Diya routed Bhagyashree Patil in the Girls U14 to underline their form and preparedness for the 11-round mega event, India's biggest chess tournament in recent times.
Apoorva was selected after her promising performances in Cadets Asian Cup 2018 held at Macau and Asian Cadets & Junior Judo Championships 2018 held in Lebanon. Prior to her victory on September 29 to win gold, she also won gold in Khelo India Youth Games in January 2019.
It's Throwback Thursday for model-actor-fitness enthusiast Milind Soman. He has uploaded a 31-year-old picture of himself on social media. Sharing his old look, Milind,53, wrote: "1990...when I used to shave, wear suits and shoes..age 24." In the picture, Milind is seen dressed in suit and tie.
Actress Payal Rohatgi, a former Bigg Boss contestant, has called the participants on the current season of the show "jobless". Apart from passing demeaning remarks on actors Ameesha Patel, Koena Mitra, Rashami Desai and Sidharth Shukla, Payal also called herself "jobless".
His individual score of 215 is thus far the highest score by any batsman in Test cricket this year, surpassing Australian star Steve Smith's 211 which he scored in the fourth Ashes Test in Manchester in September. The other players who have managed double hundreds this year are Jason Holder (202 n.o.), Kane Williamson (200 n.o.) and Ross Taylor (200).
The second quarter saw Belgium win themselves back-to-back PCs in the 16th minute, but India's Pathak made sure that their lead stayed intact. It was a difficult period for the Indian team as Belgium tried to look for the equalizer, however some resolute defending saw India take their lead into the half-time break.
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she is a big fan of cricket. "My father used to love cricket. So, whenever there was a tournament, we would watch it together.
Farhan Akhtar returns to the Indian multiplexes as lead actor in The Sky Is Pink on October 11, after the film did its rounds of the international festival circuit. He says any story that has universal human emotion gets wide admiration from the non-Diaspora audience.
Actress Ananya Panday is on a mission to clean up social media by doing away with abusive language and creating positivity through her campaign. She says the idea didn't stem from her own experience of being bullied online. It's more because she wants to set an example for people who feel like they can't stand up for themselves.
Indore witnessed a delivery partner earning a tip of Rs 5,000 on a single order that cost over Rs 1 lakh whereas a restaurant named Night Kitchen in Kolkata delivered an order worth Rs 97,883. Raipur has a delivery partner who has travelled 28,660 kms for delivering food in 2019.
The South African batsmen looked to play attacking shots to try and unsettle the Indian spinners, but didn't have much success. The Indian pacers also complemented the spinners well and kept the pressure going as Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami kept hitting the right areas to not allow the batsmen to free their arms.
Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff's new action thriller War has broken all box-office records on day one, collecting Rs 53.35 crore, and the two stars have expressed joy and thanked fans. The first-day collection of War, when it opened on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
The Yoddha's launched their home-leg in a ceremony at a city hotel in Greater Noida which was attended by Col. Vinod Bisht, CEO, GMR League Games Pvt. Ltd, Jasveer Singh, Head Coach, U.P. Yoddha, along with their star players like captain Nitesh Kumar and raider and defender Ashu.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Thursday slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan following his recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The police on Thursday arrested two people who had threatened Bollywood star Salman Khan in a social media post on September 26. The arrested men have been identified as Jacky Bishnoi, alias Laurence Babal, and Jagdish, according to Chapasani SHO, Praveen Kumar.
Apple has several rumoured products in the lineup for its October event, including a 16-inch MacBook Pro with a scissor keyboard, refreshed iPad Pro model along with Apple Tags items trackers.
Nita Ambani, Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, will present the ceremonial ‘Match Ball to NBA officials on Friday ahead of the Indiana Pacers vs Sacramento Kings game. The ceremonial match ball hand over is a mark of welcoming the NBA to India for their first ever NBA game in the country.
Following a strong central government push towards EVs, India has the potential to become one of the largest EV markets in the world, a report showed on Thursday.
Examining data from NASA's Cassini mission, scientists have detected new kinds of organic compounds in ice grains of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it is not going to dilute the stringent provisions of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, while reserving the order on pleas challenging validity of the Amendment Act.
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