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The lubricant industry has seen it’s cost of production rising by 50% since the outbreak of the West Asia conflict making it imperative to pass on part of the extra burden on consumers. The industry done it in two phases and already 30% of the higher cost has been passed on to consumers from this month…
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Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday revealed that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will be allotting sites to land losers for the Shivaram Karanth Layout and selling flats built in Whitefield. He said that as many as 3,052 landowners had given their land for the Shivaram Karanth Layout (S.K. Layout) and that there were…
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Punjab Kings’ pacer Marco Jansen’s bowling has lacked bite this season. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Punjab Kings, a team that looked like an unstoppable force about three weeks ago, is now struggling to get a ‘W’ next to its name. In a matter of a few matches, PBKS, which made a rousing start to IPL 2026, has…
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State-owned explorer Oil India’s net profits in the March-end quarter increased 12.5% on a year-over-year basis fuelled by a 5% improvement in average crude price realisation and 6% increase in crude oil production. OIL’s standalone profit after tax in the reported quarter stood at ₹1,790 crore, against ₹1,591 crore in the comparable period last year….
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Eleven persons were taken seriously ill after consuming fritters allegedly prepared using contaminated all-purpose flour (maida) at Pippara village in Ganapavaram mandal in West Godavari district on Wednesday. According to preliminary reports, the maida used for preparing the food had reportedly been stored for nearly a year in workers’ sheds at aqua farms and is…
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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addresses the Cabinet press conference and briefs the media on Coal Gasification Scheme worth ₹37,500 crore at the National Media Centre (NMC), in New Delhi on May 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Providing a fillip to the country’s pursuit of coal gasification, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a ₹37,500 crore…
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A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish, “Adorni should resign, not my teachers,” during a protest called by university students and workers against the Javier Milei government’s policies at the Retiro train station in Buenos Aires on May 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of…
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Palestinian health officials said a teenager was killed by Israeli fire in a West Bank village on Wednesday (May 13, 2026), the latest in a series of violent incidents shaking the Israeli-occupied territory. The Health Ministry in Ramallah identified the victim as 16-year-old Yusef Ali Kaabnah, saying he was “killed by occupation bullets” near the…
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Alka Tomar. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Alka Tomar, the first Indian woman to land a World championships medal, feels the country needs to focus on winning more wrestling medals at the 2032 Olympics and increase it further in 2036, as India is keen to host the mega event after 10 years. The year 2032…
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Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) struck seven vehicles in Lebanon. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) struck seven vehicles in Lebanon — three of them on the main highway just south of Beirut — killing 12 people including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry…
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