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Dr Samira Sheikh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Obaid Siddiqi Lectures, a series of annual lectures delivered by the Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS, will be held in the city this week. The lectures will be delivered by Dr. Samira Sheikh, a historian of…
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File photo of shoes piled up at Velusamypuram in Karur, the site of a stampede during a TVK campaign rally, on September 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party moved the Supreme Court on Friday (July 3, 2026) seeking a judicial direction to bar the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)…
We unpack India’s falling fertility rate and its far-reaching social and economic consequences, examine the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, and assess the impact of recent GST reforms on healthcare. Our Kerala correspondent reports on the challenges of covering cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis, and psychiatrist Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar highlights the urgent need for open conversations…
Saturday’s (July 4 2026) afternoon knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia could be this World Cup tournament’s hottest, posing dangers to the region as well as athletes and tens of thousands of fans in the open-air stadium. A heat wave is expected to continue across the eastern and central U.S. through the…
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File photo of Myanmar’s military chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing. | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar coup chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing landed in Laos on Friday (July 3 2026), officials said, in his first state visit to an ASEAN country since claiming the post of civilian leader. Mr. Min Aung Hlaing plunged Myanmar into civil…
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Venezuela’s U.S.-backed acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday (July 3, 2026) issued a fiery defence of her government’s response to last week’s devastating earthquakes. She lashed out at critics who say authorities reacted too slowly, pushing back on suggestions that the true death toll is far higher than the government has acknowledged and rejecting accusations…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Activity in India’s services sector eased to its lowest level in 17 months, according to a private sector survey, driven by the weakest growth in new order intakes in over two-and-a-half years. The HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index eased to 57.4 in June from…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Activity in India’s services sector eased to its lowest level in 17 months, according to a private sector survey, driven by the weakest growth in new order intakes in over two-and-a-half years. The HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index eased to 57.4 in June from…
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A 26-year-old woman was found dead at a hotel in Hyderabad’s Langar Houz area on Friday (July 3, 2026). The deceased was identified as Renuka, a dancer at Kings and Queens, Kukatpally and a resident of Bolaram. According to Langar Houz Police Inspector B. Venkat Ramulu, Renuka had checked into Hotel V Grand with a…
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There is nothing to write home about the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) performance in the first half of 2026, with just one launch in January, the PSLV-C62 mission/EOS-N1 mission that ended in a failure. However, on the positive side, the anomaly in the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) seems to have been resolved with…
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