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File picture of Dr. Vece Paes, Olympics medallist in hockey and father of Leander Paes | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Dr. Vece Paes, a 1972 Munich Olympics bronze medal-winning hockey player and the father of 1996 Olympics bronze medallist tennis great Leander Paes, passed away following prolonged illness at a Kolkata hospital early on Thursday (August 14, 2025), according to Hockey Bengal (HB) sources. The sports icon was suffering from an advanced stage of Parkinson’s disease. He was 80 and is survived by his wife, son and daughter.Born in 1945, Paes presented a rare combination of two professions as a…

Within Israel’s prime minister pushing for a full occupation of Gaza, some of Israel’s exhausted soldiers are pushing back and calling for an end to the war. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Israel announced last week that it would try to conquer one of the last remaining areas in Gaza that is not already under its control. This is despite growing protests from the families of hostages being held in Gaza calling for an end to the war. And now, with Israel’s military escalation, new anti-war voices have emerged – Israel’s own soldiers. NPR’s Emily Feng reports.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR #1:…

President Trump is exerting an unprecedented amount of control over the shape and future of U.S. business. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Corporate America doesn’t want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it’s ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future — of U.S. business. In the past week, the president has turned up the heat on big companies and their CEOs to an extent that is unprecedented even by Trump’s norms-shattering standards. He has publicly attacked companies and their executives…

A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashleyQuiz: Easy like Sunday morning – All about bordersA view of the Indian side at the Wagah border closure ceremony. START THE QUIZ 1 / 10 | On August 17, 1947, a demarcation line between two recently independent countries was published. Known as the Radcliffe Line, it was named after Cyril Radcliffe, who was the joint chairman of the boundary commissions. What two countries does the 3,323-km line separate? 2 / 10 |…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump will meet on Friday in Alaska to discuss ending Moscow’s three-year-long war in Ukraine.The leaders are expected to discuss “land swapping”, suggesting that Trump may support an agreement where Russia will maintain control of some of the Ukrainian territory it currently occupies, but not all.In a news conference at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said, “Russia’s occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They occupied prime territory. We’re going to try to get some of that territory back for Ukraine.”But the idea of a swap also suggests that Ukraine might…

In one Houston neighborhood, residents worry their problems — and their votes — will go unheard if Republican state lawmakers go ahead with a redistricting plan to give them an edge in elections.

The recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar trophy ended up in a 2-2 draw. There were many nerve-wracking moments through the series, and also a few heartwarming ones. However, as far as the quality of cricket goes, former England cricketer Michael Atherton said he preferred the 2005 Ashes, which is touted as the best Test series in the modern era, over the 2025 England vs India one. “I don’t think the quality was as good as ’05. I don’t think I’ve seen a better series than the ’05 Ashes. It was a great team on the decline and the emerging team, absolutely great…

Users can be selective regarding who they share locations with, and can turn it off whenever they wish, according to Instagram [File] | Photo Credit: AP Instagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting people in danger by revealing their whereabouts without their knowledge.The Meta-owned image sharing platform added an option last week which shares locations using an Instagram map, similar to a feature rival Snapchat has offered since 2017.Some users have since been shocked to discover that their location was being shared, viral posts have shown.”Mine was turned…

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would bury the idea of a Palestinian state. It was not immediately clear if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the plan to revive the long-frozen E1 scheme, which Palestinians and world powers have said would effectively lop the West Bank in two and will likely draw international ire. In a statement headlined “Burying the idea of a Palestinian state,” Smotrich’s spokesperson said the minister would give a press conference later on Thursday about…

A vendor arranging the pulses at a market, as the WPI stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58% in July. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Wholesale price inflation (WPI) stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58% in July, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased, government data showed on Thursday (August 14, 2025). WPI-based inflation was (-) 0.13% in June. It was 2.10% in July last year. “Negative rate of inflation in July, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in…