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Prague Chess Festival: Aravindh Chithambaram beats world champion Gukesh

The victory for Aravindh meant that Gukesh is now ranked number 20 on the live rating list that did not feature Viswanathan Anand due to his possibly inactive status

4 Mar 2026 10:52 am
Tamil Nadus saga of controversial Governors begins with Sri Prakasa of the 1950s

When the talk of C. Rajagopalachari becoming the CM again began doing rounds, his associate and prominent Tamil journalist-writer Kalki R.Krishnamurthylikened it in his Tamil weekly to Ramana Maharishi becoming chairman of Tiruvannamalai municipality.

4 Mar 2026 10:51 am
Meet these Chennai residents serving as spokespersons for sustainable energy

Even as Wels in Austria hosted World Sustainable Energy Days 2026 last week,The Hindu Downtownpicked the brains of quiet influencers in Chennai Bhuvana Raj and Saravanan Palanichami whose philosophy of sustainable energy use in their home settings is rubbing off on neighbours and friends

4 Mar 2026 10:40 am
Sensex, Nifty tumble over 2% in early trade as West Asia crisis escalates

From the Sensex pack, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel, InterGlobe Aviation, UltraTech Cement, Adani Ports and Mahindra & Mahindra were among the biggest laggards

4 Mar 2026 10:38 am
Defence contractors, like Lockheed, seen removingAnthropic's AI after Trump ban

With huge government contracts at stake, defence contractors would be quick to comply with the Pentagons ban, lawyers said

4 Mar 2026 10:32 am
Rupee slumps 69 paise to all-time low of 92.18 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Forex traders said the domestic currency is under severe pressure due to a sharp spike in crude oil prices, with Brent Crude crossing the $82 per barrel level in futures trade in the wake of the Iran crisis

4 Mar 2026 10:30 am
Military ventures bring long-term decline: How Beijing views the Iran crisis

Wang Dong, professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University, shares a perspective on how the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, and the ongoing crisis engulfing West Asia, is being seen in Beijing

4 Mar 2026 10:27 am
Apple launches new MacBooks with M5 chips, bigger base storage

The 13-inch MacBook Air starts at $1,099 and now comes with 512 gigabytes of storage as standard, double the base storage of the previous generation

4 Mar 2026 10:26 am
Stalin pays tribute to Ayya Vaikundar on birth anniversary

Spiritual leader Ayya Vaikundars birth anniversary today

4 Mar 2026 10:26 am
Minister tells officials to fill Hanchinal lake in Vijayapura with treated water

The Minister told officials to ensure that all feeding canals were cleared of encroachments to remove impediments to water flow to the lake

4 Mar 2026 10:23 am
Delhi Police on high alert for Holi; 134 intersections under strict watch

A senior police officer said teams have been deployed at 134 major intersections to nab drunken driving culprits. Serious violation will invite suspension of driving licence for a minimum of three months

4 Mar 2026 10:20 am
Iran war fallout: Trump threatens to end all trade after Spain refuses access to bases

U.S. President Donald Trump on March 3, 2026, said the United States would cut off all trade with Spain after the European country refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.

4 Mar 2026 10:19 am
Nepals general election on March 5 seeks political change

The election is being held two years early due to Gen Z protests that resulted in 77 deaths, including 19 from police gunfire on the first day of demonstrations on September 8

4 Mar 2026 10:13 am
Intel board chair Frank Yeary to depart after 17 years

Over the summer, Tan drew the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump, who called for his resignation over conflicts of interest

4 Mar 2026 10:05 am
DMKtoholdseatsharingtalkswithKamalHaasans MNMon March 4

As theDMKhad previously alloted a Rajya SabhaseattoMrKamalHaasan, his party may be given a single Assemblyseat

4 Mar 2026 10:03 am
Jairam Ramesh flays BJP MPs' praise of Modi, compares Parliament to North Korea's Assembly

The Congress leader called it unfortunate that the Modi government is totally allied with Israel and afraid of Trump

4 Mar 2026 9:57 am
Man who killed police officer with his service revolver executed in Florida

Billy Leon Kearse, 53, was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was condemned for the 1991 shooting death of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish

4 Mar 2026 9:54 am
Silent surge in districts: Door-to-door screening reveals uneven burden of NCDs in Karnataka

A senior official said the district-level variations underline the need for targeted public health strategies rather than a uniform approach

4 Mar 2026 9:48 am
PlasmaLeap Raises A$30 Million to Accelerate Zero-Emissions Production of Fertilisers and Fuels

Strategic and institutional investors including Yara International back PlasmaLeap to develop Green Fertiliser Technology

4 Mar 2026 9:42 am
OpenAI is developing an alternative to Microsoft's GitHub: Report

Engineers from OpenAI encountered a rise in service disruptions that rendered GitHub unavailable in recent months, the report said

4 Mar 2026 9:37 am
Pentagon dispute bolsters Anthropic reputation but raises questions about AI readiness in military

Anthropic's chatbot Claude, for the first time, outpaced rival ChatGPT in phone app downloads in the United States this week

4 Mar 2026 9:23 am
U.S. says 2,000 targets hit as Iran retaliates across Gulf

With global energy prices on the rise, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint into the Gulf that Iran has threatened to seal off

4 Mar 2026 9:21 am
How regulatory gaps turn sanitation work deadly

Under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, a manual scavenger is defined as a person engaged in manually cleaning human excreta from an insanitary latrine, railway track or other notified spaces before the excreta decomposes

4 Mar 2026 9:19 am
Massive blaze guts 15 furniture sheds in Bachupally; no casualties reported

Telangana Fire Department personnel were engaged in firefighting operations at furniture sheds in Bachupally of Hyderabad to ensure embers do not reignite

4 Mar 2026 9:19 am
Israel-Iran war: Some stranded travellers in Dubai pay huge sums for private flights out

Demand for charter flights has skyrocketed, with some people paying up to $ 2,32,000 as major airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, Qatar, were closed after the start of the conflict last weekend

4 Mar 2026 9:13 am
Congress to seal seat-sharing pact with DMK on March 4 in significant breakthrough in negotiations

Rahul Gandhi has reportedly conveyed his approval to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to go ahead with the deal

4 Mar 2026 8:51 am
Copa del Rey: Atletico Madrid loses 0-3 to Barcelona, but advances to final 4-3 on aggregate

Diego Simeone's team will play in the final for the first time since it won its 10th Copa trophy in the 2012-13 season; Real Sociedad takes on Athletic Bilbao in the other semifinal

4 Mar 2026 8:23 am
Why India needs to radically think its doctoral education programmes

India faces many real-world problems that could benefit from high-quality PhD research. These issues span public health, agriculture, sustainability, digital inclusion, and education. The question is whether our current systems support and encourage studies grounded in what the people need

4 Mar 2026 8:22 am
Premier League: Salah scores but Liverpool stunned by last-place Wolves 2-1

As both teams went in search of a winner in stoppage time, Andre's long-range effort deflected off Joe Gomez and left Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson wrong-footed

4 Mar 2026 7:56 am
Finland President Alexander Stubb is in India from March 4 to 7

The visit, featuring a high-level delegation of Ministers, officials, and business leaders, aims to strengthen bilateral ties and expand cooperation between India and Finland across various sectors

4 Mar 2026 7:54 am
This Assam startup makes sustainable paper from water hyacinth

Wildlife enthusiasts Aniket Dhar and Rupankar Bhattacharjee turn an invasive aquatic weed into chemical-free paper while supporting local livelihoods

4 Mar 2026 7:38 am
The U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran threaten global fuel trade | Data

Irans retaliation to the pre-emptive strike and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz have led to a surge in oil prices

4 Mar 2026 7:35 am
Orchid Park added to Kazirangas attractions in Assam

Assam Chief Minister inaugurated the park on a day a Sikkim specialist announced a hybrid orchid named after the prime rhino habitat

4 Mar 2026 7:24 am
Bihar CM Nitish Kumars son likely to join active politics soon: JD(U) leaders

Posters of Nishant Kumar demanding him to join active politics too had earlier adorned walls of the JD-U state headquarters in Patna

4 Mar 2026 7:18 am
Iran-Israel war LIVE: U.S. military says it has struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran

Israel says it has launched 'broad wave' of strikes on Iran; fire near U.S. consulate in Dubai after drone attack

4 Mar 2026 6:57 am
Congress MP Imran Masood meets representative of Irans late Supreme leader, offers condolences

Mr. Masood described the death of the Iranian leader Khamenei as a sad event and personally conveyed his sympathies during the meeting

4 Mar 2026 6:55 am