India’s D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa won Armageddon tie-breaks at Norway Chess, while Magnus Carlsen suffered a rare classical defeat to Alireza Firouzja. In the women’s section, Bibisara Assaubayeva stunned Humpy Koneru, with Divya Deshmukh and Zhu Jiner also impressing
Narendra Modi met Nordic leaders in Oslo ahead of the India-Nordic Summit, discussing trade, renewable energy, technology and sustainability. The talks aimed to deepen India’s strategic engagement with Nordic nations across green transition, defence, innovation, Arctic cooperation and economic partnerships
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Norway’s highest civilian honour, the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, during his visit to Oslo, marking his 32nd international award and strengthening India-Norway diplomatic relations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Oslo for a historic visit focused on strengthening India-Norway ties through bilateral talks, the India-Nordic Summit, trade, investment, green technology cooperation, and business engagements with Norwegian leaders and Nordic counterparts
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will not attend the Oslo ceremony; her daughter will accept the award. Machado, recognized for promoting democracy in Venezuela, has been largely absent from public life and barred from running against President Maduro
Ice ages are not that easy to define. It may sound intuitive that an ice age represents a frozen planet, but the truth is often more nuanced than that.
Even US President Donald Trump seems to believe he deserves the prize, though one of the few predictions that pundits feel comfortable making is that he'll be disappointed.
