Month: July 2026

Aces end e-Champions’ winning run to enter final; Diamonds in Qualifier 2

July 9, 2026 admin

Jaiswal smashed four fours and seven sixes during his unbeaten knock. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For the first time this season, Hyderabad e-Champions blinked. And Khammam Aces seized the moment with both hands, riding on Mickil Jaiswal’s electrifying unbeaten 76 to snap e-Champions’ winning streak and enter the TG20 final with a 10-run victory…

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Clock tower collapse: Kozhikode MLAs demand accountability, question delays in station redevelopment

July 9, 2026 admin

Kozhikode MLAs have demanded immediate accountability from the Railways following the collapse of a clock tower during renovation work at Kozhikode railway station on Thursday (July 9, 2026). Speaking to the media, Kozhikode South MLA Fyzal Babu said, “The station master informed us that the clock tower was scheduled to be demolished at 10 a.m….

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Gambhir’s fumbling and bungling India – The Hindu

July 9, 2026 admin

It’s been a while since India had a disastrous overseas cricketing sojourn. A long, long while, come to think of it. There was a time even the most invested and committed supporter of the Indian team would take the worst for granted when their heroes embarked on an away Test tour, especially of Australia or…

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How a city’s working class is driven to the margins and made invisible

July 9, 2026 admin

‘A waste picker becomes visible only when their access to gated colonies is debated. Most residents encounter them every day’ | Photo Credit: The Hindu Before a story is to take shape through conversations with a part of the city’s population, which the city itself only passively interacts with, it is discussed in a Monday pitch meeting where…

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Dr. Reddy’s to delay semaglutide supplies due to quality issue, shares hit

July 9, 2026 admin

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said it has halted commercial supplies of its generic semaglutide after an issue associated with the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used in the drug, and fresh despatches were likely to resume only towards late October or early November….

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Two men arrested in Hyderabad for attempted murder over ₹2,100 wage dispute

July 9, 2026 admin

The Attapur police and the Hyderabad Task Force arrested two men within 48 hours for allegedly attempting to murder a 24-year-old man over a dispute involving unpaid wages of ₹2,100 in Chinthalmet. The accused were identified as Syed Aftab alias Affu, 24, a driver from Suleman Nagar, and Akbar Khan, 28, a ceiling worker from…

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Amnesty urges investigating Israeli attacks on Lebanon as ‘war crimes’

July 9, 2026 admin

Men on a motorcycle drive past as Mannequins are displayed inside a reopened clothing store with blast-damaged windows, as rubble from a building destroyed in an Israeli strike is seen across the street, after the Israel-Lebanon deal, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amnesty International on Thursday (July 9,…

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Panel to be formed soon to examine liquor retail models in other States, says the Minister for Prohibition and Excise

July 9, 2026 admin

Minister for Prohibition and Excise K. Vignesh has said that based on the findings of the committee, the government will take steps to address the demands of Tasmac employees. | Photo Credit: File Photo From shutting down liquor outlets near schools and places of worship to cracking down on overcharging at Tasmac counters and announcing a 25%…

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Landslip kills seven children, teacher at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

July 9, 2026 admin

Rescuers work at the site of a landslip at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP At least seven children and a teacher were killed in a landslip caused by monsoon rains at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar. Four of the…

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Foreign lawmakers join Taiwan Coast Guard trip

July 9, 2026 admin

People watch the sunset along the waterfront ahead of the approach of Typhoon Bavi in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan’s coast guard took a group of foreign lawmakers on a patrol on Thursday (July 9, 2026) around sensitive islands controlled by Taipei but located only a few…

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