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G UWAHATI: Congress’s inability to find candidates to field in 41 of 60 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, a state where its stranglehold on politics lasted over three decades, mirrors the grand old party’s fall from the pedestal as much as the solitary seat left in its kitty after another bruising battle with BJP. Congress, which had won four seats in 2019, contested only 19 this election as several senior functionaries defied AICC’s decision to nominate them. Kumar Waii, who was fielded in Bameng constituency of East Kameng district, was the lone Congress victor among those in the poll contest. Congress’s woes: No contestants in 41 of 60 seats, a solitary win Congress had drawn up a list of 35 candidates for this election, 10 of whom didn't file their nominations. Of the remaining ones, five withdrew their candidature. Another candidate, Sompha Wangsa in Kanubari, “surrendered” the seat after scrutiny of nomination papers and joined BJP. Congress insiders said several ...

  R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) T he brother-sister Indian duo of R Praggnanandhaaa and R Vaishali suffered defeats in their respective section while Magnus Carlsen justified his top billing with a win over an off-colour Ding Liren to surge to sole lead on 12 points in the Norway Chess tournament here. Fabiano Caruana also scored over compatriot Hikaru Nakamura to help Carlsen emerge as the front-runner for the crown in the six-player double round-robin contest being fought for a total prize pool of USD 161000. Pragganandhaa lost to Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon tiebreaker after suffering a bit through the Classical game too while Vaishali went down to world women’s champion Wenjun Ju of China who outplayed the Indian in the endgame. With four rounds still to come in both sections, Carlsen is now followed by Nakamura on 11 points while Praggnanandhaa is still third on 9.5 points in all. Alireza is on fourth spot with eight points in all and Caruana follows him with 6....

  Rishabh Pant one-handed six T20 World Cup R ishabh Pant hitting a one-handed six against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup warm-up match on Saturday. (Instagram/ T20 World Cup) In his first hit out in the national blues since November 2022,  Rishabh Pant sparkled like he had never before in T20Is  for India. Albeit a warm-up outing against a depleted Bangladesh attack, Pant looked in free-flowing touch, even unfurling a range of his ramps and scoops in sunny New York. Feeding on T20 cricket’s unique skill sets and terminologies, the local baseball-loving Americans could soon come across the one-handed swat off Pant’s willow more often during India's Group A fixtures in New York and Florida. While he nailed a one-handed six over long-on on Saturday, Pant’s trademark shot has seen wavering results since his comeback IPL 2024 season. The chances are reasonably high for such an occurrence, for one in every 14 deliveries that Pant played during the IPL ended up as either a one...

  A nightmarish journey to the Caribbean for the Aussies T he Australians gathered in the Caribbean before their T20 World Cup campaign opener against Oman. Five squad members, featured in the final leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, linked up with the team in Barbados after a pit stop at home. But their journey to the West Indies turned out to be a nightmare. According to cricket.com.au, Australia pacer Pat Cummins, who led the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the finals, had to spend more than two days in transit between Sydney and the Caribbean. His wife Becky revealed their luggage was lost along the way. Meanwhile, Micthell Starc and Glenn Maxwell were troubled by the flight delays and forced to spend a night in Los Angeles and another in Miami before arriving in Barbados. Earlier, allrounder Marcus Stoinis missed a warm-up match against the West Indies in Trinidad last week after his cricket kit failed to arrive on time. Speaking with the press, spin bowler Ashton Agar said t...

  Jay Shah (L), secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) poses next to Kolkata Knight Riders' team mentor Gautam Gambhir W ith the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) still hunting for Rahul Dravid's successor, former India opener Gautam Gambhir finally broke his silence on becoming the next head coach of the men's senior team. Gambhir earlier chose to keep mum on emerging as the frontrunner for the top job at Team India. Making a triumphant return at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Gambhir masterminded the franchise's third Indian Premier League (IPL) title in the 2024 edition. Since no notable foreign head coach is throwing his hat for the top job,  Gambhir 's name has gained momentum to replace Dravid at Team India. The deadline for applying for the head coach post of Indian men's cricket team chief coach ended on Monday. Gambhir has already received the backing of former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to coach Rohit Sharma and Co. a...

  At its equator, Earth is spinning at about 1,040 mph. But what if it just suddenly stopped? You and everything else could go flying at hundreds of miles per hour, unless you're at the poles. "Stop the world, I want to get off." This exasperated phrase has been around since the 1950s, used in classic and  modern music  alike. But if the  world were to really stop spinning , the consequences would belong less in a romantic musical and more in an apocalyptic horror film. What if the Earth stopped suddenly? Imagine you're walking down a sunny beach somewhere along the equator. The Earth beneath you is spinning eastward at  1,040 miles per hour  (1,674 kilometers/hour). But since you, the sand, and everything else in your general vicinity are moving at the same speed, your stroll feels slow and leisurely. Then the world beneath you stops, and you get off. Rather, you get thrown off. Thanks to  Newton's first law  of inertia, you initially go flying e...