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The Indian football team secured a berth for the CAFA Nations Cup third-place match on head-to-head record after tournament co-hosts Tajikistan and Iran played out a 2-2 draw here on Thursday.India, who were earlier in the day held to a goalless draw by Afghanistan, had beaten Tajikistan 2-1 in their tournament opener, and that result proved to be vital for Khalid Jamil’s squad as far as their progression was concerned.India and Tajikistan ended with four points each but Jamil’s side finished second in Group B on the basis of head to head result.India will play their third-fourth place match on…

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra and Tab S11 with S Pen support | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Samsung on Thursday (September 4, 2025) launched the new Galaxy Tab S11 series featuring two new tablets, Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S11. Both these consumer segment tablets have S Pen support and come with upgraded DeX mechanism.Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra features a huge 14.6 inch display with 1,600 nits brightness and a 120 Hz refresh rate. The Tab S11 has an 11 inch display with same level of visibility and refresh rate. The Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra claims 692…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the ongoing war in Gaza could end “tomorrow” if Hamas disarms and surrenders and releases the remaining hostages. Rubio, who is on a visit to Ecuador, also said that “we don’t like the humanitarian suffering.” US ready to provide more aid to Gaza “We’ve provided a lot of aid,” Rubio told reporters. “We’re prepared to provide aid now, and we’re prepared to provide a lot of aid after the war ends as well.” Story continues below this ad Last month, the United Nations confirmed a famine in Gaza and warned that…

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is confident of getting its backend technology ready by September 22 for a smooth transition to the next-generation GST and is engaging with industry on software upgradation for their return filings, a top tax official said on Thursday.In an interview with PTI, CBIC Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal also said the tax rate and slab rejig, which was approved by the GST Council on Wednesday, is based on classification of goods and services based on the bracket of ‘merit’ and ‘standard’, unlike in 2017, when it was on the basis of revenue…

Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan targeted for engaging with ICC, state department says.The United States has added three prominent Palestinian rights groups, Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights to its sanctions list.The groups were added to the Department of the Treasury’s “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List” on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn a subsequent statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the rights groups were targeted for having “directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or…

Representative image | Photo Credit: ANI Focusing on the nutritional security and the role of pulses in it in the country, the NITI Aayog has recommended tailored agricultural strategies to address the specific constraints faced by each State and its districts to ensure balanced and sustainable growth in national pulses production. In a report, “Strategies and Pathways for Accelerating Growth in Pulses towards the Goal of Atmanirbharta,” released here on Thursday (September 4, 2025), the policy think tank laid out a detailed road map for expanding pulses cultivation in the country. Commenting on the progress achieved in expanding the cultivation…

World champion Gukesh Dommaraju started off his FIDE Grand Swiss campaign with a victory over French grandmaster Etienne Bacrot in 45 moves, while R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi, the other two members of India’s golden gen of chess prodigies, were held to draws in the first round. Pragg, the top seed at the open section, was held by Jeffery Xiong, while Erigaisi played a draw versus Maksim Chigaev. Hardcore chess fans will do well to remember Bacrot for one of the most unusual acts moments before the start of a chess game. Earlier this year, Bacrot, an eight-time French national…

A23a, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, is breaking apart in warming waters and could vanish within weeks, scientists warned

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, from left Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto , Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un look out from Tiananmen Gate as they attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP China defended on Thursday (September4, 2025) its decision to invite the leaders of Russia and North Korea to World War II commemorations, which President Donald Trump accused them of using to conspire against the United…

The Democratic Party’s problems have a two-word solution: “economic populism.”Or so suggests much recent commentary (including, to an extent, my own). Yet, the merits of “populist” economic policies depend a lot on how that term is defined.“Populism” is best understood as a rhetorical mode that portrays political life as a conflict between the many and the few — the righteous people and the extractive elite. This narrative frame has been a staple of Democratic politics since the days of FDR (if not Andrew Jackson) — and for good reason. Many economic issues genuinely pit the interests of the rich against…