Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Nayana S. Oasis and V.S. Varshini the women’s doubles winner of the Yonex-Sunrise all India senior ranking badminton tournament at the Nehru indoor stadium in Chennai on Thursday, July 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Winning their maiden women’s doubles title together at the Yonex-Sunrise all India senior ranking badminton tournament on Thursday…
Union Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar goes over the Amaravati project drawings with CPWD Chief Engineer C.N. Suresh and Superintending Engineer Srinivas at his camp office in Guntur on Friday. | Photo Credit: T. Vijaya Kumar Union Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar has…
Read More “Speed up Central government projects in Amaravati: Pemmasani” »
This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Commission on Friday (July 24, 2026) said it found TikTok had not adequately protected children’s privacy rights on its platform by allowing adults to view the accounts of minors. The action exposed children to cyberbullying, unwanted contact and predatory behaviour, the…
Read More “EU finds TikTok violates its digital rulebook by failing to protect privacy of minors” »
This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The rupee recovered 18 paise to close at 96.55 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (July 24, 2026), amid likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A combination of factors, including heightened tensions in West Asia, Foreign Institutional Investor…
Read More “Rupee recovers 18 paise to settle at 96.55 against U.S. dollar” »
A view of Abi Srinjamo Bao from below. | Photo Credit: Devers 2015 Who were the people who left their dead in a cave 4,000 m above a Ladakhi village — and why does almost nobody alive carry their particular mix of ancestries? A study published in Science Advances on Friday has reported genome-wide data…
Read More “Half Tibetan, half North Indian: a lost Himalayan people emerges from a Ladakh cave” »
The Indian women’s team will open its campaign in the Asian Games against Japan. The men’s cricket competition will start on September 24 and conclude on October 1. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Defending champions India and Pakistan have been given direct entry into quarterfinals of both the men’s and women’s cricket competition of…
Read More “India, Pakistan get direct quarterfinal entry in Asian Games cricket draw” »
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images A 55-year-old man was sentenced to triple life imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Thursday (July 23, 2026) evening. D. Sekar, a resident of Mangalapuram in Namakkal district, was a self-styled “godman”. A couple from Salem district approached him to remove…
Read More “Fake ‘godman’ gets triple life imprisonment under POCSO Act in Namakkal” »
From the Sensex pack, Eternal, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints and Infosys were among the major laggards. HCL Tech, ITC, Axis Bank and Tata Consultancy Services were among the winners. File Photo: Special arrangement Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday (July 24, 2026), extending the losing streak…
A view of the mission control centre at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Peenya campus, through a glass window. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K./The Hindu The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is being poisoned by politicisation. With each passing year of late, it is a darker shadow of its once-formidable self,…
Read More “The state is draining ISRO’s hard-won excellence” »
Three persons, including the driver of a car, were killed after the vehicle collided with a truck on GST Road near Madurantakam on Friday (July 24, 2026). The Chengalpattu district police said the car, with three persons, was proceeding from Tiruchi towards Chennai on GST Road on Friday. As the car approached Janakipuram near Madurantakam,…
Read More “Three killed as car crashes into truck near Madurantakam” »