Month: May 2026

China tells U.S. to ‘stop brandishing judicial stick’ against Cuba

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China tells U.S. to ‘stop brandishing judicial stick’ against Cuba

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, “The U.S. side should stop brandishing the sanctions stick and the judicial stick against Cuba and stop threatening force at every turn.” | Photo Credit: Reuters China said it supported Cuba and urged the United States to “stop brandishing the judicial stick” against the country, after Washington indicted…

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Higher Education Minister to inaugurate Mphasis AI and Robotics Laboratory at Sahyadri Engineering College on May 22

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Higher Education Minister to inaugurate Mphasis AI and Robotics Laboratory at Sahyadri Engineering College on May 22

Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management at Adyar in Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Higher Education Minister M. C. Sudhakar will inaugurate the Mphasis AI and Robotics Laboratory at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru on Friday. S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Sumit Chauhan, Head CSR, Mphasis Foundation will also be…

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Nation

SC declines to interfere with forest clearances for Adani’s Madhya Pradesh coal block project

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SC declines to interfere with forest clearances for Adani’s Madhya Pradesh coal block project

The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) declined to interfere with the environmental clearances granted to the Adani Group’s coal block project in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, pointing to the delay in challenging the approvals. A Bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe was hearing a plea filed by environmental activist Ajay Dubey…

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Business

Cashew scam: HC permits Industries Secretary to file plea to dispense with his personal appearance

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Cashew scam: HC permits Industries Secretary to file plea to dispense with his personal appearance

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Industries Department Principal Secretary (Cashew) A. P. M Mohammed Hanish to file an application seeking to dispense with his personal appearance before the Single Bench on Friday, in the ₹600 crore cashew import scam. On Wednesday, he had filed an appeal challenging a…

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Last chance for Commonwealth Games hopefuls to make the grade for Glasgow

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Last chance for Commonwealth Games hopefuls to make the grade for Glasgow

Sprinter Animesh Kujur and decathlete Tejaswin Shankar share a light moment on the eve of the Federation athletics meet at Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Notwithstanding some major withdrawals, a clutch of big names — including Tejaswin Shankar, Animesh Kujur, M. Sreeshankar, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sachin Yadav…

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Sports

Let the rupee depreciate past ₹100 to a dollar, 16th Finance Commission chairman advises RBI

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Let the rupee depreciate past ₹100 to a dollar, 16th Finance Commission chairman advises RBI

This comes at a time when the rupee nearly touched ₹97 to a dollar in the intraday trade on Thursday (May 21, 2026), with traders saying the RBI intervened to prevent it from crossing that limit. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Motortion The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should not let the “psychology of ₹100 per…

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Business

War impact: MSMEs in Coimbatore face rise in input costs

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Cashew scam: HC permits Industries Secretary to file plea to dispense with his personal appearance

With the west Asia war continuing and fuel prices increasing across India, cost of several inputs has increased for the engineering sector and the Micro, Small, and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in Coimbatore. According to M. Karthikeyan, president of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (CODISSIA), the MSMEs are currently operating at just 50% capacity and…

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TENNIS | Gray fights past troublesome back and Sasikumar for semifinal berth

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TENNIS | Gray fights past troublesome back and Sasikumar for semifinal berth

Alastair Gray in action against Mukund Sasikumar during the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger tennis quarterfinal match at S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium, Bengaluru, on May 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Mukund Sasikumar was handed a great chance to seal a semifinal berth at the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open here on Thursday,…

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