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NSUI president Vinod Jakhar during a protest at the CBSE headquarters in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Monday (July 6, 2026) accused the Modi government of putting India’s education system into the “ICU” and pressed for its demands that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan should resign, a probe be conducted into his…
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Lionel Messi has never walked down College Street. Cristiano Ronaldo has never stood beneath the floodlights of the Maidan. Neymar has never argued over tea at a North Kolkata adda. Yet all three have lived in Kolkata for years. They have travelled on the backs of buses, appeared on school notebooks, stared down from posters…
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On a weekday evening at Hyderabad Paddle Park, courts are rarely empty. By 5pm, a steady rhythm of play sets in. A plastic ball snaps across the net, paddles rise and fall, and players rotate in tight cycles of waiting and action. Pickleball, which began as a casual social sport, has found several takers in…
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Mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran’s capital Monday (July 6, 2026) for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump. Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin, and those of members of his family killed February 28 in…
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Actors Madhavan and Dushara ride a Benz 1 during the trailer launch of G.D.N in Coimbatore’s Kari Motor Speedway | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Kari Motor Speedway, a permanent motorsports circuit in the outskirts of Coimbatore, wore a different kind of vibe last weekend. The Formula 3-standard race track that usually reverberates with the high-octane…
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A view of firefighting trucks during a wildfire in Ille-sur-Tet near Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales department, France, on July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A wildfire burning out of control in southwestern France has forced the evacuation of over 10,000 people from two dozen small towns and villages near the Spanish border and officials said strong…
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Coexistence Collective has written to the All India Congress Committee and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee | Photo Credit: special arrangement Coexistence Collective, a broad coalition of environmental organisations, wildlife conservationists, researchers, scientists and civil society groups, has written to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) against “anti-environmental” actions and…
Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas’ government media office, addresses a press conference at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on July 6, 2026. Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced on July 6 the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, clearing the way for a technocratic…
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Vikram-1 will carry two payloads celebrating creativity and India’s scientific heritage. These include Cosmic Bloom, developed by Cosmos Diamonds, featuring a diamond jewellery creation mounted on an aluminium base plate, and Microart by Ajay Kumar Mattewada, an 18K gold rocket holding micro-sculptures of Sir C.V. Raman, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam —…
Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, is expected to be launched some time between July 12 and August 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation A diamond jewellery creation mounted on an aluminium base plate and a miniaturised artwork cast in the shape of a rocket using 18K gold are among the payloads…
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