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Kuldeep's triple strike gives hosts late relief and slender edge on opening day

Guwahati, Nov. 23 -- On a day the Ashes opener at Perth hurtled to one of the quickest finishes in the history of the game, South Africa and India turned back the clock by playing Test cricket in as o... Read More


Kuldeep-Stubbs subplot in SA's slow decay

Guwahati, Nov. 23 -- In a format often dictated by quirks of captains, coaches and curators, where the do's and don'ts of pitch preparation are put under the scanner and trends predicted even before t... Read More


'Don't know why my world record still stands after 32 years'

New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- For 32 years, Javier Sotomayor has stood at the pinnace of high jump alone. The Cuban great not only remains the only high jumper to scale eight feet - he has done that twice - h... Read More


Response team to deal with health crises, disasters

New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday proposed setting up a healthcare response team under the G20 framework to tackle health emergencies and natural disasters. The G20 Global... Read More


China takes Taiwan spat with Japan to UN

India, Nov. 23 -- China has taken its growing dispute with Japan to the UN, accusing Tokyo of threatening "an armed intervention" over Taiwan and vowing to defend itself in its strongest language yet ... Read More


Gaza fragile as Hamas says will call off truce

India, Nov. 23 -- Hamas has told US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff that it could end the ceasefire in Gaza, Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya reported on Saturday, according to the Jerusalem Post. Hamas's... Read More


Let's rate this U, for Uncomplicated

India, Nov. 23 -- When Rahul Ravindran's new Telugu film, The Girlfriend, was released earlier this month, the online chatter made it seem explosively provocative. "It's feminist propaganda", "Himmat ... Read More


Waves, witches? Get out of year!

India, Nov. 23 -- Empty suitcases, a swim in the sea, effigies of politicians set on fire. there are a myriad ways cultures around the world celebrate the end of the old year, and the start of a new o... Read More


For better or worse, we're a multiverse

India, Nov. 23 -- Some days ago, I bought a T-shirt with a line of text on it that stopped me short: "Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that di... Read More


Piece de resistance: The path to our Grandmasters

India, Nov. 23 -- In Goa, where rural rusticity intersects with urban glitz, where the days are slow and the nights are short, the Chess World Cup trickled in this month almost surreptitiously. A reso... Read More