World Champion D Gukesh has taken the joint lead at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament after defeating his fellow Indian, P Harikrishna.
D Gukesh and R Praggnanadhaa played out their eighth draw in as many games at the Sinquefield Cup.
Holland got themselves one step closer to claiming a hat-trick of titles as they beat Spain 4-2 in the Champions Trophy at Lahore.
Interestingly, all of R Praggnanandhaa's victories have come at the expense of the Indians so far in the tournament.
"Europe is watching us. I'm sure that in many European countries there is relief and hope at the idea that austerity does not have to be our only fate," the president-elect said in a victory speech in his constituency of Tulle in central France.
Socialist champion Francois Hollande stamped his authority on the French presidential race on Monday, winning the first round of polling and setting up a May 6 run-off with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.
French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations next year.
The Hollywood brigade looked super glam on the red carpet of the 82nd Golden Globes at Beverly Hills, California.
22 images that captures glimpses of a most unusual Indian who led the nation for 10 years.
R Praggnanandhaa outclassed world champion D Gukesh in sudden death to win Tata Steel Masters chess title.
Calling Amartya Sen the 'greatest humanist' and a 'great thinker', French President Francois Hollande on Friday bestowed his country's highest decoration on the Nobel Prize-winning celebrated economist for his contributions to economics and philosophy.
'Investors need to be stock specific and should not rush to buy stocks at the current levels.'
Women's HIL will provide financial stability to junior players and attract youth to hockey: Savita Punia
The new French President Francois Hollande has pledged to continue France's strategic partnership with India with same vigour as his predecessors Jacques Chirac and Nikolas Sarkozy who belonged to rival parties.
While the Rafale deal seems to be the main order of business during French President Francois Hollande's visit, other aspects could help sweeten the deal, says Claude Arpi.
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi opened his campaign with four victories and a solitary defeat in the World Rapid Chess Championship and was tied fifth, even as defending champion Magnus Carlsen endured a frustrating day, managing to log just one victory in New York.
Holland claimed the final qualifying place at the 2007 World Cup beating UAE by 145 runs in the ICC Trophy fifth-place play-off.
Winning three and drawing the remaining six games, Firouzja remained undefeated throughout the event.
The former Olympian acknowledged that while the PHF's financial situation was challenging and that players had faced delays in their travel allowances and daily subsistence payments, these issues did not justify abandoning the national team and bringing disrepute to the country.
India and hosts Holland are in the same pool for the junior hockey World Cup scheduled to be held in Rotterdam
The defending champions scored their third straight victory in he Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament.
Although India's hopes to nab the big one went unrealised, it was heartening to see filmmaker Payal Kapadia and her globally acclaimed creation All We Imagine As Light, among the nominees for Best Non-English Film and Best Director. Aside from that disappointment, the Golden Globes remain a ho-hum affair livened up by occasional display of wit and wildness.
R Praggnanandhaa squandered a winning position against Wesley So of America while World Championship challenger D Gukesh settled for a hard-fought draw
The Netherlands beat Germany 3-1 in a shoot-out after a 1-1 draw to win the gold medal in men's hockey at the Paris Olympics on Thursday with Duco Telgenkamp firing home the final penalty shot past goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg.
It is a good follow up to Avengers Endgame and marks the start of a new Avengers team, led by the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
French President Francois Hollande indicated on Sunday that the nearly Rs 60,000 crore Rafale jets deal is unlikely to be signed during his current visit although it is on the "right track".
Prakash Amritraj and Harsh Mankad lost the reverse singles as The Netherlands won the Davis Cup play-off tie 5-0.
'I want France to remain itself. The barbarians who attack France would like to disfigure it. They will not make it change.'
With five points in his kitty from eight games, D Gukesh jointly leads the standings with Anish Giri of Holland.
Leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh has announced that he is withdrawing support to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
The Maa Chandi Foundation has undertaken the task of erecting the mandir in the province of Zuid-Holland.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have net sold domestic shares worth over $10 billion so far this month amid a shift to China, which not only offers attractive valuations compared to India but has also announced several measures to support the economy and the stock market in recent weeks. If the trend doesn't reverse, this will be the first time that overseas funds will yank out more than $10 billion from Indian equity markets in a month.
Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor -- a legend who was India's very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from 'idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis', a lung disease, in a San Francisco hospital early Monday. He was 73.
R Praggnanandhaa navigated his match against the reigning world champion Ding Liren with remarkable ease
In another match in the Robobank four-nation hockey tournament Germany humbled Pakistan 6-0.
A closer look reveals a team riddled with selection issues courtesy of a string of injuries to key players
With seven rounds still to come in the first super tournament of the year, Anish Guru maintained his sole lead on 4.5 points out of a possible six and he is now trailed by Iranian turned Frenchman Firouza Alireza who is on 4 points.
India men dropped their first point, but carried enough steam to beat Hungary to maintain a clean slate in the ongoing 45th Chess Olympiad.
Hollande will be arriving in Chandigarh on January 24 where he is expected to be received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
