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Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) signalled that Congress was open to talks with actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which made a stunning entrance into Tamil Nadu politics by winning 108 seats in the…
File photo of Rudy Giuliani outside Manhattan federal court in New York. | Photo Credit: AP Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalised with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said on Monday (May 4, 2026). Mr. Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition…
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China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China has expressed support for the election of a woman as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, saying it would be “very happy” to see a female leader at the helm of the global body. The U.N. has never seen a…
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Malayalam actor Santhosh Nair. Photo: Wikipedia Malayalam actor Santhosh Nair died in an early morning accident near Enathu in Pathanamthitta district on Tuesday (May 5, 2026). The car he was travelling in reportedly lost control and hit a lorry at around 6.30 a.m. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Adoor. His wife…
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This handout picture released by the Cundinamarca Fire Department shows firefighters inspecting the site of an explosion at a coal mine in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca department, Colombia on May 4, 2026. Photo: AFP/CUNDINAMARCA FIRE DEPARTMENT Nine miners died on Monday (May 4, 2026) in an explosion inside a coal mine in central Colombia caused by a…
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee slid to a record low on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) after U.S.-Iranian strikes in the Gulf rattled markets, dimming hopes for a resolution and deepening concerns over risks confronting the oil-importing economy. The currency weakened to 95.39 per dollar, down 0.3% on the day, eclipsing its…
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Manchester City’s players react after the Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Everton in Liverpool, on May 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Jérémy Doku scored a last-gasp equalizer for Manchester City to snatch a 3-3 draw at Everton and throw the Premier League title momentum back to leader Arsenal. The draw ended…
Adam Smith’s magnum opus, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, considered the foundation stone of modern economics, marked its 250th anniversary on March 9. While celebrating the epic work, it is also worth pondering the long-standing conflict between two of Smith’s books — The Wealth of Nations (1776) and The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)….
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In this image posted on May 5, 2026, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Jamaica Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith with others during the signing of an agreement, in Kingston. Photo: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI Photo External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held wide-ranging discussions with his Jamaican counterpart Kamina J. Smith and senior ministers, reviewing bilateral…
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A general view of the liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy at Prigorodnoye on the Pacific island of Sakhali. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan has taken delivery of its first stockpile of oil from Russia since global supplies were choked off by the closure of the Strait…
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