KBC 18 Shoot Paused for a Week Over Amitabh Bachchan's Health

Gukesh visits Tirumala temple before World Chess Championship title defence

Reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh went to the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala to seek blessings before defending his title. He faces Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in the match. The 14-game championship is scheduled in Geneva from November 24 to December 12. Both players are 20 years old, which would make it the youngest World Championship clash in chess history. The tournament carries a prize fund of USD 2.5 million.

US Creates Task Force to Curb Iran's Land and Caspian Arms Shipments

The United States has set up a task force called Iron Gate to disrupt Iran's weapons transport routes by land and across the Caspian Sea. Based in Tampa, Florida, the unit will include roughly 20 personnel drawn from several US government agencies. The goal is to limit Iran's ability to fund terrorism and rebuild its military. The effort runs alongside an ongoing US naval blockade, which reportedly has blocked more than $25 billion in Iranian crude oil exports.

Wanted fugitive Harry Boxer detained in US, efforts on for extradition

Sonia Gandhi Responds to Nepotism Charges Against Congress Leadership

Sonia Gandhi was questioned in an interview about why the Congress party remains tied to the Gandhi family's leadership. She rejected the nepotism allegations and expressed confidence that the party can still mount a serious challenge to the BJP. Reflecting on the past, she described her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi's Emergency as a mistake. She also spoke of the personal grief of losing Indira and her husband Rajiv Gandhi to assassinations.