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Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi A young girl was found dead in a village in Aigali police station limits in Belagavi district of Karnataka on May 6. Her parents found her body in her house. They complained to the police that she was being harassed by Phiraj Kale, a local youth….
Minister N. Samsudheen | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah Kerala Minister for Education N. Samsudheen has said that the mandatory Aadhaar card-based headcount of students on the sixth working day of every academic year, which has led to denial of admission especially for migrant children, will be revisited and alternative measures explored. He was responding…
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Players of the Iranian national football team, set to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Members of Iran’s World Cup soccer team have been granted visas to the United States, two U.S. officials said, clearing them to enter the United States from…
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Captain Shubman Gill and Afghanistan’s skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi pose for photographs with the trophy before the one-off Test in Mullanpur on June 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI India skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Mullanpur on Saturday (June 6, 2026). India handed debut…
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This edition of The Hindu Huddle, themed ‘A World in Transition’, was curated by The Hindu’s Opinion Editor, Narayan Lakshman, and brought together heads of government, diplomats, policymakers, thought leaders, experts from diverse fields, and members of the arts and entertainment industry to discuss major geopolitical, economic, technological, and social changes shaping the world today….
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows its destroyer Kang Kon during the sea trials at an undisclosed location in North Korea on June 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: KCNA via AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed sea trials of a new warship repaired after a failed launch last year and…
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The story so far: In May, a number of Instagram users were locked out of their accounts by hackers. Many of the affected users took to other social media platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) to post their complaints. Screen recordings later circulated online suggested that their Instagram accounts were hacked with the help…
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Fishermen rinsing a fresh catch of sardines at Shangumugham beach in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Representational Photo The Indian oil sardine has long sustained the livelihoods of coastal communities along the west coast. Thriving in the nutrient-rich waters driven by seasonal upwelling, these small but economically vital fish are now behaving strangely, washing ashore in…
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Irrigation tanks and lakes like the Ramappa Lake helped blunt the impact of the 1876 El Nino in Telangana. | Photo Credit: File Photo The year was 1876. Monsoon failed, crops withered and one of the deadliest famines in Indian history began to unfold. Over the next two years, the Great Famine linked to a…
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Demonstrators face off with federal law enforcement during ongoing protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Delaney Hall detention centre in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., on June 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A federal judge on Friday (June 5, 2026) struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two…