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History will see this as a pivotal moment: Carlsen
Former world champion Magnus Carlsen believes that 18-year-old D Gukesh, being crowned youngest-ever undisputed world chess champion is a pivotal moment in chess and could potentially be the beginning of something interesting.
Top court rejects CCI's case transfer request
The Supreme Court on Friday told the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that it cannot get any \"special treatment\" in petitions challenging its antitrust probe against e-commerce giants including Amazon and Flipkart transferred from various high courts to the top court, and granted it time till Monday (December 16) to take instructions on whether all matters could be bunched and heard together by the Karnataka High Court (HC).
Mkts stage biggest swing in 6 months
About-turn
CCPA pulls up 17 direct-selling cos
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 17 direct-selling entities for allegedly violating the Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021.
Directors' parade at Dish TV as investors spar with promoters
INVESTORS HAVE OUSTED A RECORD 25 DIRECTORS FROM THE DISH TV BOARD IN A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS
Switzerland scraps MFN for India citing lack of reciprocity
NEW DELHI: Switzerland has suspended the most favoured nation (MFN) clause in a bilateral tax treaty with India following the Indian Supreme Court's decision last year, adding an extra procedural layer and making the applicability of the provision non-automatic in a tax dispute involving Nestle SA.
New York CEO killing suspect wasn't client
NEW YORK: The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a client of the medical insurer and may have targeted it because of its size and influence, a senior police official said on Thursday.
France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM
PARIS: Veteran centrist figure, Francois Bayrou, became France's fourth prime minister in a year, on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron named his longtime ally as the new head of government.
2nd impeachment vote for Prez Yoon on edge
SEOUL: South Korea's opposition leader on Friday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the \"people\" and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge.
FBI did not send undercover operatives to join Jan 6 attack
WASHINGTON: A US Justice Department watchdog report released on Thursday debunked claims by far-right conspiracy theorists who falsely alleged that FBI operatives were secretly involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters.
US UNVEILS NEW $500MN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE
The United States on Thursday announced a new $500 million package of military aid for Ukraine, as Washington races to bolster Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Burning green: Health costs Of landscape fires
The cascading effects of forest fires and stubble burning on human health and environment are severe
Uniquely Indian traits that produce civic indifference
I often wish Richard Sennett, that great and inspiring writer on cities and civic life in the western world, had a chance to live in Bengaluru for a couple of months.
'Pak border fully fenced by tech'
The Border Security Force has placed almost the entire 200-km Indo-Pak international border in Jammu under technological surveillance, including smart fencing and anti-drone systems, a top official said on Friday.
A coming of age for Indian chess
D Gukesh's rise as the youngest world champion is a tale with two pieces - one of individual and family sacrifice, and the other of legend Viswanathan Anand's payback to Indian sport
PROBE DEATH OF THREE STUDENTS, MEA TELLS CANADA
NEW DELHI: India on Friday described the recent murder of three Indian students in Canada as \"terrible tragedies\" and urged Canadian authorities to carry out a thorough investigation into the crimes against the backdrop of a sharp deterioration in bilateral ties.
8 held for raping girl in Guwahati temple: Cops
Eight people were arrested on Friday for allegedly gang-raping a girl at a temple in Guwahati, recording the crime and sharing the video on social media, police said, adding that they are trying to nab one more accused.
SEVERED BODY PART OF WOMAN FOUND IN TRASH BIN: POLICE
A severed body part of a woman was found in a garbage bin in a residential area in south Kolkata on Friday morning, police said.
Clergy accepts penance as Sukhbir seeks pardon
Former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday offered prayers at the Akal Takht after completing a 10-day punishment, with Akali Dal leaders saying that the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs accepted his penance.
SC asks panel to mediate with farmers; Hry seeks medical aid
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed a court-appointed high-powered panel to engage with protesting farmers to persuade them to temporarily suspend their agitation or relocate it from highways along the Punjab-Haryana border, while ensuring that the well-being of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered its 18th day, remains a top priority.
After decades of bloodshed, two C'garh districts to shed LWE tag
DEVELOPMENTS IN BASTAR AND KONDAGAON ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THE UNION GOVT'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE LWE BY MARCH 2026
Nicobar report not public due to strategic info
NGT FORMED THE PANEL LAST YEAR TO REVISIT THE CLEARANCE GRANTED TO THE GREAT NICOBAR INFRA PROJECT
Remark made in court an observation: Ex-CJI
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has said that a comment made by him in 2022 on the Places of Worship Act, 1991 being no bar to ascertain religious \"character\" was only an observation and cannot be regarded as a verdict by the court.
KEY WITNESS IN 2017 KERALA ACTOR ABDUCTION AND ASSAULT CASE DIES
Malayalam film director P Balachandra Kumar, a key witness in the 2017 actress abduction and sexual assault case involving actor Dileep, died at a private hospital in Chengannur in Kerala early on Friday.
Rajnath leads govt charge on Day 1 of debate
Defence minister kicks off Constitution debate in Lower House with a sharp attack on Cong, even as Oppn leaders blame BJP for stoking unrest and attempting to dent India's 'armour'
Oppn submits notice in RS to impeach HC judge
NEW DELHI: More than 55 Opposition lawmakers from the Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted a notice to the secretary general of the Upper House for the impeachment of Allahabad high court judge, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, over his controversial remarks at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad last week.
RS adjourned again as Dhankhar, Kharge spar
Acrimonious exchanges involving the Opposition and the government, and between Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge forced the Upper House to adjourn for the day on Friday without transacting business.
It's Samvidhan, not Sangh ka Vidhan, says Priyanka
NEW DELHI: India's Constitution is not a set of rules dictated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Wayanad parliamentarian Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in her first address in the Lok Sabha on Friday, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party realized the Constitution cannot be changed after its loss of seats in the 2024 polls.
HC sets aside order against award to Krishna
The Supreme Court on Friday refused an urgent hearing on a plea against a Madras high court decision allowing the Music Academy in Chennai to present an award instituted in the name of late Carnatic icon MS Subbulakshmi to singer TM Krishna, hours after the HC set aside an interim injunction barring the academy from conferring the award.
NDA allies slam Oppn 'hypocrisy'
NEW DELHI: Tearing into the Congress during a debate on the Constitution of India, Union panchayati raj minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that people who \"preyed on the Constitution cannot be its protectors\", accusing the grand old party of \"misusing\" the national document countless times.