GM Gukesh overtakes Viswanathan Anand to become highest Indian in FIDE rankings: D. Gukesh, a 17-year-old chess prodigy, has surpassed Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to become India's top-ranked chess player in the live world rankings. Gukesh accomplished this milestone by defeating Mistradin ...

Beijing Faces Historic Flooding as China Witnesses Highest Rainfall in 140 Years: Beijing, China's capital, endured a historic deluge, with 744.8 millimetres of rain falling over the period of five days. The remnants of Typhoon Doksuri triggered this torrential downpour, the heaviest in 140 years, ...

Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summits: On July 27-28, 2023, St. Petersburg, Russia, held the Second Summit of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, a historic event that highlighted Russia's increasing relations with African countries. This summit marked the second time such ...

Richest Man in the World Till 2nd August 2023, Top 10: The world’s Billionaires List or Real-Time Billionaires list is an annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest billionaires based on their recorded net worth. Forbes Magazine produces and publishes it every March. The first edition of this ...

India to host World Coffee Conference in Bengaluru from Sept 25: From September 25 to 28, India will host the 5th World Coffee Conference (WCC) in Bengaluru, where it will showcase its different coffees to buyers from over 80 countries. This is the first time that the event will be held in Asia. ...

Nepali and Norwegian climbers set record of climbing 14 peaks in 92 days: A Norwegian woman and her Nepali Sherpa guide climbed K2, the world's second tallest mountain, in Pakistan becoming the world's fastest climber to summit all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) in just 92 days. ...

Cambodia PM Hun Sen steps down and hands over power to son: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, resigned and handed power to his eldest son Hun Manet after almost four decades of hardline rule in 2023. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023 One of the ...

Antarctica’s sea ice is at its lowest extent ever recorded: Antarctica's sea ice has been recorded at a low level of approximately 14.2 million square kilometres, much less than the average extent of 16.7 million square kilometres for this time of year. What’s in News? The sea ice extent of ...

Tripura’s Asmita Dey wins gold at Junior Asian Judo Championships 2023: Asmita Dey of Tripura has won a gold medal at the Junior Asia Cup Judo Championship in Macau, China. In addition to her gold medal at the Junior Asian Judo Championships 2023 in Macau, China, she had secured a silver medal at ...

PM inaugurates International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre – ‘Bharat Mandapam’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the revamped Pragati Maidan complex in Delhi, introducing the impressive International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), also known as Bharat Mandapam. Daily ...