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“Amid an acute shortage of raw material and spiralling prices, jute millers in West Bengal are seeking the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s intervention to avert large-scale mill closures and job losses,” industry sources said. At least 14 mills across the Hooghly industrial belt have either suspended operations or are facing severe production disruptions…
Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa. File photo: YoavNis/FIDE Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with Dutchman Jorden Van Foreest even as Germany’s Vincent Keymer surged ahead following a facile victory in the fourth round of Super Chess Classic in Bucharest. With a sole win over Alireza Firouzja of France and three draws, Praggnanandhaa inched…
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Finance Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan. File photo: Special Arrangement Former senior AIADMK leader and incumbent State Finance Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said on Sunday (May 17, 2026) that the actions of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami indicated that the party had now weakened. He was speaking to reporters in Coimbatore. Responding to a question on the…
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Preparations are underway prior to the arrival of the MV Hondius cruise ship at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on May 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is scheduled to arrive in the port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday morning (May 18, 2026)….
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Aaron Rai drained a series of increasingly long putts to write himself into the history books and win his first major title Sunday (May 17, 2026) at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. Rai made a 40-foot eagle putt at the par-5 ninth hole to cap an uneven first nine, then pulled away with…
A vendor holds an umbrella while selling black plums on a hot summer day in Hyderabad on Friday (May 15, 2026.) | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Maximum temperatures continued to soar across Telangana with three districts recording temperatures above 45℃ on Saturday, (May 17, 2026), according to data released by the Telangana Development Planning Society…
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Lakshya Sen. File. | Photo Credit: AP A fresh India-versus-France battle awaits in the men’s singles competition and the Indian shuttlers will look to avenge their recent Thomas Cup semifinal defeat when the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament begins in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (May 19, 2026). India had won a bronze medal after suffering…
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Asserting that India’s “reform express” is going at full speed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 17, 2026) asked Swedish companies to enhance their presence in manufacturing, green hydrogen mission, clean energy and other sectors. Wooing European companies, Mr. Modi highlighted the potential in five broad areas, including telecom and digital infrastructure, and said…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oslo on May 18-19 for the third India-Nordic Summit comes as the logic of India’s engagement with Northern Europe has fundamentally changed. When India first met the Nordics — Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland — in Stockholm in 2018, and again in Copenhagen in 2022, the relationship was…
Northern Minerals is vying to challenge China’s dominance of dysprosium production, a rare earth mineral used to make high-performance magnets used in electric vehicles. | Photo Credit: AP Australia ordered a string of China-linked shareholders to sell their stakes in a rare earths firm on Monday (May 18, 2026), citing the need to protect the…
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