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Mike Brearley once told me about his father who had played first class cricket for both Yorkshire and Middlesex. Late in life, damaged by Alzheimer’s, he had no understanding of the state of the game or the players he watched on television. “But,” said Brearley, “he could still be moved by a well-played stroke.” I…
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Foreign Institutional Investor interest in Indian equities, measured by the net outflows, has been hitting new lows, crossing over ₹2 lakh crore as of May 12, 2026. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s equity investors sold stocks for the fourth consecutive trading day, pulling Nifty 50 and Sensex down by over 1.8% closing at 23,379.55…
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Students and parents at a NEET exam centre in Chennai | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The cancellation of the May 3, 2026, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) exam has caused distress among candidates in Tamil Nadu. Students pointed out that this is the second such instance in three years. Varsha R., a candidate who…
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At least 100 civilians were killed in a Nigerian military airstrike on a crowded market in northwest Zamfara state, Amnesty International said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) urging authorities to open an immediate investigation. The airstrike, which hit the remote Tumfa market in Zurmi district on Sunday (May 10, 2026) was the second to kill…
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says “We will not surrender and we will continue to defend Lebanon and its people, however long it takes and however great the sacrifices…” File | Photo Credit: Reuters Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) that his Iran-backed group’s weapons were not part of upcoming negotiations…
Kejriwal exhorts NEET aspirants to hit streets, alleges ‘political patronage’ in paper leak AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said students affected by the cancellation of the NEET exam will have to resort to mass protests as the government only understands the language of agitation. The National Testing Agency on May 12, 2026 cancelled the NEET…
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A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said, in the latest sign of escalating violence in the region bordering Afghanistan. The attack took place in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber…
Israel sending iron Iron Dome batteries to UAE at an event in Tel Aviv. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mr. Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) that Israel had sent an Iron Dome battery and personnel to operate the air defence system to the United Arab Emirates. “Israel just sent the UAE Iron Dome…
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The Supreme Court has directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ernakulam, to personally appear before it in a case concerning the alleged failure of the Kochi City police to register a First Information Report (FIR) on a complaint of outraging the modesty of a woman from a Scheduled category. A Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin…
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Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. File | Photo Credit: AP Negotiations between Denmark, Greenland and the United States on the Danish autonomous territory are making progress but a deal has yet to be reached, Greenland’s Prime Minister said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026). The mineral-rich Arctic island is coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump. “We…
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