Month: June 2026

Sports Ministry plans to set up National Coach Accreditation Board

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Sports Ministry plans to set up National Coach Accreditation Board

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PIB The Sports Ministry is planning to create a dedicated National Coach Accreditation Board (NCAB) to improve the standards of coaching in the country and bridge the gap between demand and supply of resources. The decision follows recommendations from the P. Gopichand-led Task…

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Sports

As milestone beckons, onus on Pant to show more game awareness

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As milestone beckons, onus on Pant to show more game awareness

Pant will have to rediscover the level that yielded centuries in Australia, England and South Africa. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI For Rishabh Pant, the switch from the slam-bang madness of the Indian Premier League to the slow grind of Test cricket is a welcome change of scenery.For Rishabh Pant, the switch from the slam-bang…

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Sports

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi dies at 56

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Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi dies at 56

Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women’s rights, has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday (June 4, 2026). “Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim,”…

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World

‘India was much more corrupt, less able to react 20 years ago’: Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun

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‘India was much more corrupt, less able to react 20 years ago’: Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun

Sebastian Thrun, co-founder of Google X | Photo Credit: Mario Soho Twenty years ago, India was much more corrupt and less able to react as a global marketplace and that’s changing right now, Google X Co-Founder Sebastian Thrun told The Hindu. However, he also added that India was “not anywhere near” either the U.S. or…

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Business

Wrestling | Mansi makes the u-20 squad for the Asian championships

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Wrestling | Mansi makes the u-20 squad for the Asian championships

Mansi Lather, the recently crowned Under-23 Asian champion who narrowly missed out on the Asian Games squad losing the selection trials in the final, dominated the proceedings at the Under-20 Asian Championships trials here on Wednesday. Mansi beat Kirti in the 68kg at the selection trials for the upcoming event in Thailand from June 26. Sisters Samruddhi Satish and Gauri Satish also won their respective trials…

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Sports

Malayali content creator Harikrishnan US on finding an audience through wordplay

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Malayali content creator Harikrishnan US on finding an audience through wordplay

Harikrishnan US aka Iyyer Cook | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “Even though my name is Harikrishnan US, I am currently working in Australia,” jokes the Melbourne-based content creator, popularly known as Iyyer Cook as he sits down for a chat with me. Still reeling from the high of being recognised by someone at a cafe…

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Nation

Govt. rolling out 100 ethanol fuel stations in Delhi-NCR, Maharashtra: Hardeep Singh Puri

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Govt. rolling out 100 ethanol fuel stations in Delhi-NCR, Maharashtra: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri addresses during the launch of India’s first flex-fuel car by Maruti Suzuki, in New Delhi on Thursday, June 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The government is rolling out 50-100 ethanol fuel stations in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur, with an aim to reduce imports…

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Business

Zuccaro, Starzella and Amazing Stride impress

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Zuccaro, Starzella and Amazing Stride impress

Zuccaro, Starzella and Amazing Stride impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (June 4). Outer sand: 600m: Knotty Girl (Chetan) 44. In fine trim. Sprezzatura (Neeraj) 44. Moved on the bit. Yourmanorborne (Pranil) 46. Easy. Stud Poker (Antony) 46. Moved freely. Gachchahatu (Neeraj) 44.5. Shaped well. 1000m: My Visionary (Jagadeesh), My Solitaire…

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Sports

Stock markets end flat ahead of RBI’s monetary policy decision

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Stock markets end flat ahead of RBI’s monetary policy decision

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended almost flat in a choppy trade on Thursday (June 4, 2026), as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines amid continuing uncertainty in West Asia and relentless foreign fund outflows. Caution also prevailed in the market ahead of the…

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Business