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James Mckeown trained Miracle Star (Suraj up) won the Chettinad Stud Plate (1,600m), the feature event of the races held here on Saturday (May 30). The winner is owned by Radiant Blood Stock Pvt Ltd rep. by Mrs. Sharmila Padmanabhan. Trainer Prasanna Kumar won three races on the day. The results 1. UDHAGAMANDALAM PLATE (1,200m):…
Suspended senior Buddhist monk Pallegama Hemarathana. File | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday (May 30, 2026) a senior monk accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in a high-profile case that has shocked the religiously conservative nation. In a rare disciplinary move, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities…
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Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh interacts with Australia Defence Secretary Meghan Quinn on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue 2026, in Singapore on May 30, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Saturday (May 30, 2026) held separate talks with senior officials from Australia, the European Union and the Netherlands on the…
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Jacqueline Fernandez. File | Photo Credit: PTI A Delhi court on Saturday (May 30, 2026) ordered framing of charges against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar and 15 others in a ₹200-crore money laundering case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Prashant Sharma said that “prima facie, there is sufficient material on record based upon which…
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as efforts intensified to contain a growing Ebola outbreak. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Head and Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday (May 30, 2026) arrived in eastern Congo’s…
TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee speaks to the media on May 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday (May 30, 2026), allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of post-poll violence victims, police said. Stones, shoes…
With forecasts pointing to a below-normal monsoon and a likely moderation in economic activity, overall consumption demand may face headwinds in the coming months, and the near-term outlook for the Indian economy is one of cautious resilience, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Saturday (May 30, 2026). However, domestic fundamentals remain broadly intact,…
The story so far: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) recently said that the exercise to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centre-backed Genome India Project is about two-thirds complete. About 7,000 Indian genomes have already been sequenced of which, 3,000 are available for public access by researchers. The proponents of…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: ANI The government on Saturday (May 30, 2026) exempted all customs duties on cotton imports for five months till October 30, 2026. In a notification, the Finance Ministry said the import duty exemption will be effective from June 1, 2026. The duty exemption will help increase…
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The Tamil Nadu Government College Teachers Association (TNGCTA) has condemned the State government’s ongoing practice of appointing Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to the post of Director of Collegiate Education, traditionally reserved for senior academicians. For over three decades, the established norm in Tamil Nadu was to appoint one of the most senior government college…