Arjun Erigaisi scores a big win - he takes down Magnus Carlsen with the White pieces in the Freestyle Chess Finals!
In the 5th round of the Rapid Round-robin stage, Arjun scored a convincing win over Magnus - taking full advantage of Magnus' misjudgement in the middlegame. After a slow start with 2 draws and 1 loss in the first 3 rounds, Arjun is getting back in business with consecutive wins over Vincent Keymer and Magnus Carlsen!
Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
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On a pitch where no other batter reached 40 in three inns, this man has given his team a fighting chance with 55*. It’s not the size of man in the fight, but the size of fight in the man. Well played @TembaBavuma 👏 #INDvSA
" When I started competing, I had a small dream - to one day compete alongside the able-bodied and win medals" - Sheetal Devi 🇮🇳
FINALLY THE DREAMS ARE TURNING TRUE! 🥹
When I started competing, I had a small dream - to one day compete alongside the able-bodied and win medals ♥️ I didn’t make it at first, but I kept going, learning from every setback.
Now, that dream is one step closer. 🌟
In the Asia Cup trials, I secured Rank 3 and will now represent India in the Asia Cup - in the able-bodied category. 🇮🇳
Dreams take time. Work. Believe. Repeat. 💫
All fun and games until a new headline in the paper reads - "Indraprastha - The Rape Capital of the World".
Delhi doesn't deserve that wonderful name until it has done enough to earn it.
Based on a true story that shaped our nation's history, 120 Bahadur - Trailer out now.
Special thanks to Amitabh Bachchan Sir
एक सच्ची कहानी पर आधारित,
जिसने हमारे देश का इतिहास बदल दिया —
ट्रेलर अब देखिए।
Believe it or not- Everything you see in this frame is falling. 😅
When I first reached the International Space Station, I had this strange hesitation: if I let go of something, won’t it just fall? On Earth, that’s exactly what happens. In space, though, my early instinct was to politely hand over items to crew-mates (one of them is quietly smirking in the background at my dismal lens changing skills 😅) instead of just releasing them. The funny part? They were just as cautious at first—so we ended up passing things around like an overly careful game of “hot potato.”
Here’s the catch: nothing actually falls away in orbit. As you see in this video if I let go of the lens, it doesn’t drop—it hovers. Why? Because both the lens and I are falling at the same speed around Earth. No relative falling = no “down.”
This idea goes all the way back to Isaac Newton’s legendary thought experiment: imagine standing on a tall mountain and throwing a ball. Toss it gently—it arcs down nearby. Throw harder—it travels farther before dropping. Throw it so fast that as it falls, Earth’s surface curves away beneath it? The rate of drop matches the curvature of the Earth. Congratulations—you’ve just put that ball in orbit. It’s falling forever, but it never hits the ground.
That’s what orbit really is: perpetual free fall. Astronauts don’t feel weightless because gravity has disappeared—gravity up here is still about 90% as strong as at Earth’s surface. We feel weightless because we and everything around us are constantly falling together.
Floating in space is really just falling—forever. 🌍✨
#shux #iss #space #shubhanshushukla #isro #axiom4 #newton #tiborkapu
It's not how I had hoped to end the season, at the World Championships in Tokyo. I wanted to step out there and give my best for India despite all the challenges but it wasn't my night.
I'm really happy for Sachin, who threw a personal best and almost brought home a medal. Congratulations to @keshorn_walcott, @peters_oly and @Curt_Thompson_ on their well-deserved podium places.
Grateful for all your support, this only makes me determined to come back stronger. 🇮🇳
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