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Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has explained what happened during his chaotic third-place match against Alireza Firouzja at the Esports World Cup 2026, after a series of technical problems eventually brought the contest to an unexpected end.Nakamura was competing against his Falcons Esports teammate Firouzja for third place. The match was already close and complicated when multiple players experienced disconnections.Another game was affected by the technical problems, and Firouzja eventually left the match.Multiple disconnections cause chaos and controversyNakamura said he was left waiting for around 20 minutes before officials told him that the match would be recorded as a forfeit in his…

New Delhi: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her father in northeast Delhi. He has been arrested, police said.The case came to light after a complaint was received from the girl’s mother after the child confided to her. Police spoke to the girl and took her statement before apprehending her father and questioning him. He allegedly confessed to the crime.The child underwent medical examination, and the local child welfare committee was informed. A case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.In a similar case, in July, a man was accused of sexually assaulting…

FSSAI officials inspect the quality of cooking oil used to fry chicken at a food outlet on KS Rao Road in Mangaluru on Saturday. Bengaluru: The crackdown on stale and unhygienic food is no longer confined to Bengaluru. After surprise inspections in the state capital exposed food safety violations, the Food Safety and Drug Administration has widened its watch, with officials in Mangaluru and Mysuru now pulling expired meat, mushrooms and other perishable items off hotel shelves and kitchens on Saturday.In Mangaluru, officials conducted a surprise inspection at the KFC outlet at City Centre on KS Rao Road following a…

The school once landed in soup two years ago after TOI flagged substance abuse and poor campus infrastructureLiquor bottles strewn around campus grounds, salty domestic water, unclean drinking water filters and frequent mixing of sewage with Metrowater lines plague the Chennai corporation’s higher secondary school at Kalyanipuram, Vyasarpadi, falling under chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituencyChennai: Liquor bottles strewn around campus grounds, salty domestic water, unclean drinking water filters and frequent mixing of sewage with Metrowater lines plague the Chennai corporation’s higher secondary school at Kalyanipuram, Vyasarpadi, falling under chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency.The school, which has…

Mangaluru: Libraries are not merely repositories of books but living centres of knowledge, research, reading culture and social development, speakers said at a state-level workshop on ‘Libraries at the Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities’ and National Librarians’ Day celebrations held at the AV Auditorium of Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal, on Thursday.The programme was organised by the Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library Association (R) in association with Govinda Dasa College under the theme ‘Knowledge is Power’.Presiding over the event, JS Hattwar, president of Hindu Vidyadayini Sangha, Surathkal, said libraries remain vital sources of knowledge for students, researchers and the public. He urged…

Enzo Fernandez was booed by sections of the Chelsea support as Morgan Rogers scored on his first appearance for Chelsea in a 3-1 win against Real Socieded.Joao Pedro also continued his fine pre-season form with a double as manager Xabi Alonso offered a glimpse of what could be his blueprint for the season.But the action was overshadowed by the reaction to Fernandez’s second-half appearance, less than 24 hours after Chelsea’s self-imposed transfer deadline had passed.Fernandez had been keen to join Real Madrid earlier this summer before the Spanish club ended their interest. His representatives later held talks with Manchester City,…

The August 28 lunar eclipse in Pisces could bring a period of emotional reflection and closure, according to astrologers. The eclipse falls across the Virgo-Pisces axis, putting themes such as work, rest, personal boundaries and emotional wellbeing in focus. Astronomically, a lunar eclipse occurs when Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, and its shadow falls on the Moon.August Lunar Eclipse 2026 (Freepik)An astrologer from Nebula tells Hindustan Times that this eclipse could feel like the emotional follow-up to the August 12 solar eclipse. While the solar eclipse may have encouraged new beginnings and change, this lunar eclipse may…

Over 150 years ago, Charles Darwin wrote, with some astonishment, that a range of animals appeared to have “nearly the same taste for the beautiful as we have”.He was talking about plumes, feathers and, yes, sound too.Now, a paper published in the journal Science, in March, confirms that humans do indeed share a range of acoustic preferences with other animals.The paper is the result of a study by Logan S James, an animal communications research associate at University of Texas, Austin, alongside researchers from the universities of Melbourne, Auckland, Montreal, and Yale.To test Darwin’s idea, James and the team built…

Awantipora, Aug 14: The Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) inaugurated a Special Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Drive being organised by the Dean of Students, IUST, in collaboration with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday at the Mehjoor Auditorium, IUST Main Campus. The drive will continue from August 13 to 27, facilitating Aadhaar enrolment and update services for the university and local community.Prof. Shamim Ahmed Shah, Registrar, IUST, inaugurated the drive and highlighted the institution’s efforts to make essential services more accessible to its students and staff.He said, “These shared efforts are undertaken for the well-being…

Mumbai: Opening matches of World Cups across any team sport can be tricky. After a period of some leeway for combination and tactical experiments to “build on to” the tournament that matters, as head coach Craig Fulton put it ahead of India’s curtain-raiser, there is little room left for slip-ups.Harmanpreet Singh scored twice in India’s 3-1 victory over Wales in Amstelveen, Netherlands on Saturday. (HI)First acts may not define the campaign, but it can set the tone. For India, that first act of the 2026 Men’s Hockey World Cup against Wales was fairly positive.Against an opposition that sought crowdfunding to…