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Madras High Court | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court has appointed noted industrialist P. Vijayakumar Reddy as the interim administrator of Kumara Rajah Muthiah School of Traditional Arts and Crafts, which runs the Chettinad Vidyashram school in Chennai. The appointment has been made pursuant to the demise of the registered society’s secretary…
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will have to treat every remaining game as a “final” after their defeat to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) left their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign hanging by a thread, said batting coach Michael Hussey. The five-time champions now staring at a virtual must-win situation in their final two league matches. CSK…
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Firefighters try to extinguish flames from a large fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, on Friday, May 15, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AP “A massive fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine’s midcoast region killed a firefighter and injured at least 11 other people on Friday (May 17, 2026),” authorities said….
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Three of the chargesheeted accused, Abhay Nath Dubey and Rohit Yadav from Uttar Pradesh; and Abhiranjan Kumar from Bihar, were arrested in February on their arrival in Delhi from Cambodia. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against five persons, including absconding “mastermind” Anand Kumar Singh, in a case…
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The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting that concluded here on Friday (May 15, 2026), reaffirmed the grouping’s call for the creation of an ‘independent and viable State of Palestine’ within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Published – May 16, 2026 11:41 am IST Source link
File photo of an awareness rally in Chennai. | Photo Credit: RAGU R With Greater Chennai Corporation authorising private conservancy operators, Ramky and Urbaser Sumeet, to collect waste from bulk generators at no fee, has the city’s push for in-situ composting taken a backseat? The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 that came into effect on…
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“Mr. Venu Srinivasan had previously acknowledged the notice of the Board meeting originally scheduled to be held on May 8, 2026, and the notice of the meeting rescheduled to May 16, 2026,” the Tata Trusts statement said. Photo: Special Arrangement Tata Trusts has expressed surprise at the move by Venu Srinivasan, a long-time Trustee of…
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“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield,” U.S. President Donald Trump said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (May 15, 2026) that…
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The FIFA World Cup trophy. Image for representation | Photo Credit: AP FIFA finally sealed a World Cup broadcast rights deal for China on Friday (May 15, 2026), just 27 days before the opening game and at a much lower reported price than the football body wanted. The overall agreement with China Media Group covered…
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The centre has been set up in the campus of IIT-Dharwad. | Photo Credit: File photo Aequs Group and the Indian Institute of Technology-Dharwad (IIT-D) have set up an advanced research and development ecosystem for materials science and manufacturing innovation in the IIT-D campus. The facility is equipped to support advanced material characterisation, failure analysis,…