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‘Melody Moment’ breaks internet O Video crosses past 100 million views O Share price of Parle Industries goes up

ROME, May 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a light-hearted and unique gift — a “Melody” toffee packet– to his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, bringing back the widely popular “#Melodi” moment that has often gone viral on social media.

The informal exchange, marked by laughter between the two leaders, was later shared by the Italian PM on Instagram, where she also spoke about the gesture and the gift received from the Indian Prime Minister.

Sharing the video of the moment, Meloni said, “Prime Minister Modi brought us a gift — a very, very good toffee — Melody,” as both leaders were seen sharing a laugh during the interaction.

She further added in her caption, “Thank you for the gift.”

The “Melodi” phenomenon — a portmanteau combining the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Giorgia Meloni — has become a recurring viral trend online, reflecting the visible personal rapport and friendly exchanges between the two leaders during various international engagements.

The term has frequently been used by social media users to highlight their light-hearted interactions at global platforms, often turning into viral moments that generate memes, discussions and widespread online engagement, while also symbolising a perceived strengthening of India-Italy relations.

The viral ‘Melodi’ trend originally gained momentum after Meloni posted a selfie on X during the COP28 summit in Dubai, where she captioned it, “Good friends at COP28 #Melodi”. Till then, Melodi was just a meme hashtag used by Internet users. Since then the duo has frequently drawn attention for their warm greetings, handshakes and cordial interactions at multiple international events, including their widely shared selfie at the G20 Summit held in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifts a pack of toffees to his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni during a meeting in Rome, Italy. (PTI)

Meanwhile, the clip where Modi is seen gifting a “Melody” toffee packet on Wednesday morning first took social media by storm and has now created a record of sorts in terms of views and public engagement.

As per the latest social media metrics, the video of the duo sharing a lighter moment has crossed 100 million views within a few hours of the ‘melody toffee’ moment, when PM Modi handed over a pack of popular chocolates to the Italian PM.

The clip broke the internet as the netizens went gaga over it and couldn’t stop talking about it. As the video circulated online, it went viral, evoking global interest and dominating social media trends. In fact, names like ‘Parle’ and ‘Melody’ became the most searched terms on Google and X.

Interestingly, the melody moment also drove up the share price of Parle Industries, with its stock price hitting the upper circuit, though it has no connection with the company that makes Melody chocolates.

It’s the Parle Products, an unlisted company that manufactures confectionery and chocolates besides biscuits and poppins. (IANS)

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NEW DELHI, May 20: Indian-American golfer Manav Shah scripted a milestone moment for the IGPL after securing a place in the 2026 US Open, becoming the first player from the league to qualify for a major championship since the tour’s launch last year.

Shah sealed his spot through the demanding 36-hole final qualifying event at Dallas Athletic Club, where he produced rounds of 66 and 71 to finish at five-under-par and claim fourth place overall. The finish earned him one of the coveted berths for the season’s third major, which will be played at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

The 33-year-old has been one of the standout performers on the IGPL circuit this season, collecting three top-seven finishes and another tied-11 result in just four starts in 2026.

His consistency in IGPL has coincided with appearances on the Asian Development Tour and the Asian Tour, where he has continued to sharpen his game against international fields. (PTI)

(IANS) COLOMBO, May 20: The Indian men’s U19 team will tour Sri Lanka in July 2026 for a bilateral series comprising three one-day matches and two four-day games. The India U19 men’s squad will arrive in Sri Lanka on June 30, with the tour beginning on July 4 with the first 50-over game to be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium (MRICS) in Hambantota. It is followed by the second and third games at the same venue on July 6 and 9, respectively. The longer format contests will then take centre stage, with the first four-day game scheduled to be played from July 13-16 at the Galle. The second four-day match will be played from July 20-23 in Colombo.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20: India’s Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha emerged as the lone bright spots on an otherwise disappointing day for the country at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 here, advancing to the second round with contrasting wins in women’s singles.

Malvika, who is on a comeback trail after recovering from an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury that required surgery, fought back strongly to beat Germany’s world No. 52 Yvonne Li 21-17 16-21 MALAYSIA MASTERS 21-9, while Ashmita registered a comfortable 21-16 21-13 victory over Indonesia’s world No. 56 Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan.

Malvika will face Denmark’s eighth seed Line HÃ jmark Kjaersfeldt, while Ashmita takes on Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei next.

However, India also suffered a string of early exits across categories.

In men’s singles, eighth seed Lakshya Sen, the brightest Indian prospect, crashed out after a shock 17-21 11-21 defeat to Indonesia’s world No. 38 Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah.

HS Prannoy, the 2023 Asian games and World Championships bronze winner, too bowed out after a marathon battle against Japan’s sixth seed Kodai Naraoka, losing 17-21 22-20 22-24 in an 80-minute contest. Kiran George retired while trailing 15-21 1-6 against France’s seventh seed Alex Lanier.

India’s Tharun Mannepalli squandered a one-game advantage to lose 21-17 14-21 8-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Wang Po-Wei.

In women’s singles, Anmol Kharb fought hard before going down 21-13 16-21 19-21 to Denmark’s eighth seed Line Christophersen Kjærsfeldt.India’s mixed doubles pair of Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh lost 13-21 18-21 to Indonesia’s Bobby Setiabudi and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in the opening round.In women’s doubles, sisters Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda were outclassed 7-21 6-21 by Japan’s second seeds adn world No. 7 Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi. (PTI)

PANZHIHUA (China), May 20: India’s Dhairya Gogia on Wednesday shocked Hong Kong’s 5/8 seed Tse Ka Chun in the first round of the boys’ U-13 section at the 33rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Panzhihua, China, on Wednesday.Gogia recorded a 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7 win over Chun in the boys’ singles.Gogia’s effort underlined Indians’ dominant performances across age-groups on the opening day of the four-day competition.

Results (Indians, 1st round):U-13: Boys: 3/4-Amarya Bajaj bt Chau Hyo Chon (Mac) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5; 3/4-Abhyuday Arora bt Danuja Jayasinghe (SL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1; Dhairya Gogia bt 5/8-Tse Ka Chun (HK) 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7.

Girls: Riyaa Dalal bt Dheerya Mithali Silva (SL) 11-0, 11-6, 11-7; 5/8-Alia Kankaria bt Eun Choi (Kor) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5. (PTI)

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PARIS, May 20: Coco Gauff has a new ap- proach for her second time around attempting to defend a Grand Slam title.

The American’s strategy heading into the French Open – the clay-court major that starts Sunday and which she won a year ago – goes something like this: Don’t think about it as defending something.

“I realize that the defending’ means nothing in a way,” Gauff said. “I don’t really look at it as defending anymore.” Gauff’s first Grand Slam title defense at the U.S. Open two years ago ended in the fourth round with 19 double faults.

“At the U.S. Open I was like, I need to defend, defend.’ When you’re playing a tournament that you didn’t win, what is it called?” Gauff said re- cently in Rome. “That’s why I just say now it’s just another tournament: I won it last year. I’ll try again to do it this year.’ I’m not going to be able to defend every year. I’m not Rafa.” Rafa, of course, would be Rafael Nadal, the record 14-time French Open champion.

Gauff’s first Roland Garros title came with a victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the final a year ago.

Just like last year, Gauff was the runner- up at the Italian Open – a major clay-court warmup for Roland Garros.

“There’s a lot of positives I can take from this tournament and a lot I can learn from,” Gauff said after losing the final in Rome to Elina Svitolina.

Gauff sees improvement in serve

Another big lesson that Gauff will take from Rome is a positive vibe on her serve after years of struggles.

In two of her wins at the Foro Italico, she committed only one double fault. She then had seven in the final, though.

Gauff also discussed what she’s doing better technically on her serve.

“I’m tossing a bit more consistent. My weight is a little bit better. Also just the trust, the confidence in it is a lot better,” she said. “Because my confidence in it is better, then I’m actually consistently tossing the ball in the right spot, having my technique be the same on each serve regardless where my target is. That’s that big- gest difference.”

Sabalenka struggling on clay

While Sabalenka remains un- beatable at times on hard courts â?” see her “Sunshine Double” this year with titles in Indian Wells, California and Miami ?” she is still perfecting her game on clay.

She was upset by American Hailey Bap- tiste in the Madrid Open quarterfinals and then the No. 1 player was beaten in the third round at the Italian Open by 36-year-old Cirstea.

Sabalenka appeared visibly bothered by lower back pain in Rome.

Elena Rybakina, ranked No. 2 and this year’s Australian Open champion, is another player who excels on hard courts and has achieved mixed results on clay.

Iga Swiatek, the four-time French Open champion, lost to Svitolina in the Rome semi- finals and is still reshaping her game under a new coach, Francisco Roig, who used to work with Nadal.

Swiatek’s 26-match winning streak at Roland Garros ended in the semifinals last year with a loss to Sabalenka. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, May 20: Baldev Singh, who turned the quaint town of Shahabad Markanda on NH44 into a convey-or belt for elite hockey talent, will be conferred the country’s prestigious civilian honour — Padma Shri — by President Droupadi Murmu on May 25, officials said on Wednesday. The 75-year-old Singh arrived in Shahabad Markanda in 1982 as a coach with the Haryana Sports Department and served there for four years. He returned to the town in 1993, turning the hockey nursery into one of “the most productive centres for hockey talent”, they said.Beginning his professional career with the Namdhari Hockey team, Bhaini Sahib, and armed with a diploma in hockey coaching from the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Bengaluru, in the early eighties, Singh used his experience in mentoring over 80 international players and eight Indian captains in the sport.With the academy becoming a provincial engine for the sport, Singh occupied pivotal roles within hockey’s competitive apparatus, serving as chief coach and selector of the junior men’s team in 1993, assistant coach of the Indian side that won the Champions Trophy in Madras in 1996, and later chief coach of the senior national team.From 2001 to 2004, he served as coach of the Indian men’s team, including at the Champions Trophy held at Amstelveen, Netherlands, and guided the team to a gold medal at the Asia Cup in 2004, they said.For more than four decades, Singh has operated far from the glare typically reserved for star athletes, shaping the institutional scaffolding of Indian hockey contributing as hockey coach at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Khalsa College, Amritsar, core member of the Olympic Task Force constituted by the Centre to prepare a road map for 2020 Tokyo, 2024, Paris and 2028 Los Angles Olympic Games. (PTI)

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BUCHAREST (Romania), May 20: Second-placed Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa will take on Romania’s Deac Bogdan-Daniel in the sixth round of the Super Chess Classic, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, seeking to break his run of draws, here.

After five rounds, Germany’s Vincent Keymer (3.5 points) is in sole lead by half a point over a chasing pack that includes Dutch duo of Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest, top seeded American Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa.

Caruana joined the shared second spot by defeating Alireza Firouzja of France in his fourth round game that was pushed back to the rest day as the latter suffered an ankle injury.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and Wesley share the sixth spot on 2.5 points each while World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan are right behind on two points.

Romanian Bogdan-Daniel is in ninth spot on 1.5 points, half point ahead of Firouzja.

After a lone victory over Sindarov in the second round beside four draws, the pressure is now on Praggnanandhaa as he has a few tough matches left in the second half of the tournament.

The Indian will have black in the next round against Bogdan-Daniel, but thereafter, he has to take on Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave in succession before Anish Giri in the finale.

Keymer has been clearly the pick of the players thus far and his world ranking has now gone to number four in live ratings.

The German has white against Firouzja in the sixth round and a victory could pretty much secure the title for him.

Caruana is one player who has increased his chances considerably in the tournament thanks to a victory over Firouzja, and the American faces Sindarov in his next game. It will come down to Caruana’s deep preparation against Sindarov’s sharp, concrete play wherein error could decide the contest.

The 10-player nine-rounds event carries a total prize pool of USD 375000 with USD 100000 reserved for the winner.

This is the second event of the GCT this year after the Warsaw rapid and the top four finishers will also qualify for the Grand finale slated later this year.

PAIRINGS ROUND 6

Deac Bogdan-Daniel (Rou, 1.5) vs R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 3); Vincent Keymer (Ger, 3.5) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fra, 1); Caruana Fabiano (Usa, 3) vs Javokhir Sindarov (Uzb, 2); Jorden Van Foreest (Ned, 3) vs Anish Giri (Ned, 3).

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183 ULB8 Private Horticulture 0.0557 Wadstar Ryntathiang

184 ULB9 Private Horticulture 0.0547 Starlywell Mawthoh

185 ULB9 Private Horticulture 0.0031 Wadstar Ryntathiang

Village: Unsawriang

186 USR1 Private Homestead 0.0329 Silian Marbaniang

187 USR2 Private Homestead 0.0067 Norila Jana

188 USR3 Private Homestead 0.0167 Diyan Lyngdoh

189 USR4 Private Homestead 0.0136 Nosilian Marbaniang

Village: Nonglakhiat

190 NLK1 Private Agriculture 0.8138 Melinda K Dympep

191 NLK10 Private Horticulture 0.1287 Synshar Dhar

192 NLK11 Private Horticulture 0.0102 Jonashwa Thangkhiew

193 NLK12 Private Kacchha Road (Community) 0.0217 Dorbar Shnong Madan Nonglakhiat

194 NLK13 Private Agriculture 2.1732 Ridalin Thangkhiew

195 NLK14 Private Agriculture 0.2085 Diangty Sun

196 NLK15 Private Agriculture 0.7045 Kmenlang Pasi

197 NLK16 Private Agriculture 0.3645 Iohkynti Nongspung

198 NLK17A Private Agriculture 0.0596 Early Kharkongor

199 NLK17B Private Agriculture 0.2302 Semion Kharkongor

200 NLK17C Private Agriculture 0.0115 Early Kharkongor

201 NLK17D Private Agriculture 0.2752 Bittoria Mynsong

202 NLK17E Private Agriculture 0.0005 Merily Kharkongor

203 NLK17F Private Agriculture 0.0497 Richard Kharkongor

204 NLK17G Private Agriculture 0.342 Merily Kharkongor

205 NLK18 Private Kacchha Road (Community) 0.0295 Dorbar Shnong Madan Nonglakhiat

206 NLK19 Private Horticulture 0.2544 Master Jana

207 NLK2 Private Agriculture 0.1222 Genevieve Dympep

208 NLK20 Private Horticulture 0.1109 Iohkynti Nongspung

209 NLK21 Private Horticulture 0.2127 Bonisan Rynjah

210 NLK22 Private Kacchha Road (Community) 0.0216 Dorbar Shnong Madan Nonglakhiat

211 NLK23 Private Horticulture 0.1075 Barinisha Thangkhiew

212 NLK24 Private Agriculture 0.5098 Yesbiolin Thangkhiew

213 NLK24 Private Agriculture 0.008 Prissilinda Thangkhiew

214 NLK25 Private Agriculture 0.9175 Prissilinda Thangkhiew

215 NLK26 Private Agriculture with Stream (Community) 0.0076 Dorbar Shnong Madan Nonglakhiat

216 NLK3 Private Agriculture 0.1859 Prissila Syiemlieh

217 NLK4 Private Agriculture 0.1478 Ailinda Mukhim

218 NLK5 Private Horticulture 0.8344 Don Bosco Aspirantate

219 NLK6 Government Black Top Road 0.1071 Public Work Department(Roads),Govt of Meghalaya

220 NLK7 Private Horticulture 0.0096 Phiancy Thangkhiew

221 NLK7 Private Horticulture 0.6345 Alwis Thangkhiew

222 NLK8 Private Horticulture 0.1397 Daplin Khongsit

223 NLK9 Private Horticulture 0.1792 Dmisiorial Diamai

Village: Lumsohphoh

224 LSP1 Private Horticulture 1.8902 1.Merila Jana 2.Dorbar Shnong Umsarang

225 LSP10 Private Horticulture 0.1336 Banshngainlang Pyngrope

226 LSP11 Private Horticulture 1.0039 Epawda Thangkhiew

227 LSP12 Private Horticulture with stream 0.021 Dorbar Shnong Lumsohphoh

228 LSP13 Private Horticulture 0.0071 Dorbar Shnong Lumsohphoh

229 LSP2 Private Horticulture 1.3321 Merila Jana

230 LSP3 Private Kacchha Road 0.0839 Dorbar Shnong Lumsohphoh

231 LSP4 Private Horticulture 0.3169 Rsom Pyngrope

232 LSP5 Private Horticulture 0.173 Bloming Pyngrope

233 LSP6 Private Horticulture 0.3507 Kwaip Kurbah

234 LSP7 Private Horticulture 0.1604 Elingston Pyngrope

235 LSP8 Private Horticulture 0.1805 Iashemiang Pyngrope

236 LSP9 Private Horticulture 0.1408 Edwardson Pyngrope

Total 65.5216

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SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director, [F. No. NHIDCL/PMU-Khliehriat/2025/LA/New NH-6 Greenfield/J/3D1]