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Three weeks ago, the Indian men’s badminton team had left for Denmark with barely any national conversation around them. When they returned home with a Thomas Cup bronze medal — only India’s second medal in the tournament’s 78-year history — that had hardly changed. No crowds waited at the airport. No frenzy surrounded the team…
Following the recent import duty hike, the sharp jump in domestic prices triggered investor selling and delayed fresh purchases, further weakening already soft physical demand, he added. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gold price rose by ₹650 to ₹1.66 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday (May 14, 2026) after…
A barrier is set in front of the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities have ordered 1,700 passengers and crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, southwestern France. | Photo Credit: AP Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the…
Latvia’s Prime Minister Evika Silina. | Photo Credit: AP Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday (May 14, 2026), after the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner, pulled support from the government and left her without a majority. Her resignation came after Latvia’s Defense Minister Andris Spruds, from the Progressives Party,…
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Stock markets rose for the second consecutive day on Thursday (May 14, 2026) with the benchmark Sensex jumping by nearly 790 points in a volatile session, driven by value buying in telecom, pharma and private banking shares. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex jumped 789.74 points, or 1.06%, to close at 75,398.72. The index…
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The senior-most leader of the Congress party, A.K. Antony, has made a general appeal to people that Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan be given some time off before he can get down to fulfilling his promises to the public. While addressing the media at his residence when Mr. Satheesan called on him on Thursday evening, Mr….
Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa reacts as he talks to the media before the start of a plenary session at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila. Dela Rosa, the chief enforcer of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war, has fled the senate, where he had sought refuge days earlier to…
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Rupee weakened further and fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee weakened further and fell to a record low of 95.73 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (May 14, 2026), amid a strong dollar and worries over inflation amid elevated energy prices. Forex traders said…
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A 52-year-old BEST conductor died following an accident involving four buses in Mumbai’s Andheri West area on Thursday (May 14, 2026), an official said. The accident occurred near the Rajkumar bus stop on J.P. Road, below Azad Nagar Metro Station, they said. According to the traffic police, congestion had built up on the road after…
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British Health Secretary Wes Streeting walks out of No. 10 Downing Street after attending a Cabinet meeting, in London, on May 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters British Health Minister Wes Streeting resigned from government on Thursday (May 14, 2026), saying he had lost confidence in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership. “It is now clear…