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Exit wounds: Ann Patchett on books, writing, family, and the power of love

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‘There are tremendous benefits to stability in family, and there are benefits to chaos... in the end, I don’t think there’s any family that’s not going to bruise,’ says Patchett, 62.
Updated on May 29, 2026 08:10 pm IST

Sangram Singh on becoming 1st Indian MMA winner in Argentina: 70% wrestling hai

Sangram Singh becomes first Indian MMA winner in Argentina
Published on Apr 06, 2026 02:21 pm IST

India has transformed diversity into strength of democracy: PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi inaugurated the 28th Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference at the Central Hall of Sanvidhan Sadan. (PIB India)
Published on Jan 15, 2026 02:42 pm IST

600+ items stolen in UK Bristol museum heist: How it happened, and an India link

CCTV footage released by the UK's Avon and Somerset Police on December 11, 2025, shows men carrying bags in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England, outside a building which housed items from the Bristol museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection.
Updated on Dec 12, 2025 04:08 pm IST

IIT Guwahati student selected as Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador

Sukanya Sonowal is the co-founder of STEMvibe.
Published on Jul 04, 2025 04:08 am IST

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change
Published on Oct 24, 2024 06:53 pm IST

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery, climate change at Samoa summit

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery, climate change at Samoa summit
Published on Oct 24, 2024 04:05 am IST

King Charles III's Commonwealth visit to Samoa will highlight climate change ... and dance

King Charles III's Commonwealth visit to Samoa will highlight climate change ... and dance
Published on Oct 23, 2024 09:23 am IST

King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zones

King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zones
Updated on Oct 15, 2024 09:50 am IST

Study in UK: Apply for Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship before Oct 15

The application window for Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship 2025 ends on October 15. Apply before deadline. (Photo credits: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/screenshot)
Published on Sept 23, 2024 02:02 pm IST

Sanjana Thakur interview after Commonwealth Prize for story titled Aishwarya Rai

Sanjana Thakur's story Aishwarya Rai is about mothers and daughters.
Published on Jul 11, 2024 12:38 pm IST

For small islands, climate finance is about survival

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A passenger drinking water is silhouetted against the sun on a hot summer day at Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Jalandhar on June 11, 2024 amid heatwave. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)
Updated on Jun 30, 2024 12:00 am IST

India, Pakistan in war of words over Kashmir, terror at Commonwealth meet

The remarks were part of a statement delivered by Vikas Swarup, secretary (West) in the external affairs ministry, who participated in the meeting on behalf of external affairs minister S Jaishankar. (Photo@MEAIndia)
Updated on Oct 14, 2020 07:32 pm IST

Tokyo 2020 delay a blessing in disguise for India’s Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra of India competes during the mens javelin qualification during day seven of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017.
Updated on Apr 02, 2020 02:59 pm IST

No proposal to host Commonwealth Shooting C’ships in India during 2022 CWG: CGF

CGF chief Louise Martin.
Updated on Dec 09, 2019 05:38 pm IST

Vijender Singh beats former Commonwealth champion to claim 12th successive professional win

Vijender Singh’s right hand was just too precise and powerful to handle for Adamu, who looked intimidated, kept a shell guard, and was thrown off-balance more than once.
Updated on Nov 23, 2019 08:59 am IST

Content with one fight every 5-6 months: Vijender Singh

File image of India boxer Vijender Singh.
Updated on Nov 21, 2019 05:14 pm IST

IOA satisfied with CGF meeting but CWG 2022 pullout threat stands

Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra.
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 10:34 pm IST

Word of the week by Shashi Tharoor: This week’s word, Kerfuffle

Save the use of “kerfuffle” for a trivial row, or an unjustified or exaggerated ruckus.
Updated on Nov 09, 2019 06:33 pm IST

Shooting’s exclusion from CWG 2022 will have no effect on Olympic preparations

Representational image.
Published on Aug 02, 2019 09:42 pm IST

IOA pulls out of CGF General Assembly to protest dropping of shooting from 2022 CWG

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President, Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra.
Published on Jul 26, 2019 08:47 pm IST

Maldives Commonwealth report flags vote buying

Maldives withdrew from the Commonwealth at the height of political turmoil in Male in 2016. The new President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih applied to rejoin the group in December 2018.
Updated on Jul 20, 2019 12:39 am IST

Pardeep Singh wins gold in Commonwealth C’ship

Pardeep Singh wins a gold medal in 109 Kg weightlifting.
Updated on Jul 13, 2019 05:02 pm IST

Lifter Ajay Singh creates new Commonwealth record

Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh
Updated on Jul 12, 2019 01:06 pm IST

Re-admit Maldives, Jaishankar tells Commonwealth

External affairs minister S Jaishankar has called for fast-tracking the process of re-admitting Maldives into the Commonwealth, which the Indian Ocean country left in 2016 at the height of political turmoil in Male.
Published on Jul 11, 2019 01:49 pm IST

Mirabai Chanu wins gold at Commonwealth Senior Weightlifting Championship

File image of Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu.
Updated on Jul 09, 2019 03:22 pm IST

Top lifters in dope net, Commonwealth event preparations in jeopardy

Representative image
Updated on May 17, 2019 08:32 am IST

Anzac day observed in Kolkata; martyrs remembered

Harinder Sidhu Australian High commissioner paid homage to those who lost their lives in service to their country, during an Anzac Day ceremony in Kolkata’s Bhawanipore Commonwealth War graves
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 04:53 pm IST

Why not knighthood for Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, asks Pak-origin UK MP

Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar during their playing days.
Updated on Mar 13, 2019 09:38 am IST