* Surge to slowdown: 38% fall in US student visas issued to Indians in Jan-Sept this year

* As rebels take Damascus,Assad flees Syria; given asylum in Russia: reports

* Protesting farmers face tear-gas shells at Haryana border, halt march for a day

* AAP’s Delhi poll map: Reworked line-up, change of seat for Sisodia 

* Gukesh wins, moves closer to crown

* History of rebels to their geography: Why Delhi is cautious