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Stray dog menace Stray dogs have been found roaming on Platform no. 1 at Tirunelveli junction railway station when Tirunelveli superfast express was scheduled to depart. Passengers having dinner seated on the platform floor find dogs waiting nearby for leftover food. The presence of stray dogs poses a serious threat to passengers. Vendors at the…
Tyche and Maana excelled when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (August 30). Inner sand: 600m: Hidden Dreams (Rajesh K) 40.5. Moved well. Queen Maxima (Laxman S) 40.5. Worked well. Badshaah (rb), Darrington (Anish) 39.5. They strode out well. 1000m: Yukan (Shreyas) 1-8, 600/39.5. Strode out well. Outer sand: 600m: Dasadyu (Reza) 43.5….
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has the final say on major state policies, also called on Iranian officials and citizens to put aside differences and come together against Israel and the United States. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Sunday (August 30, 2026) called on Muslim countries in the…
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A computer model of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. | Photo Credit: NASA NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory — one scientists plan to use to investigate some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and hunting for planets beyond…
The meeting under the youth outreach initiative was headed by BJP national president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s brainstorming session on Saturday (August 29, 2026) on the party’s engagement with the Gen Z included suggestions to abandon the term altogether and simply refer…
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Quantum physics has made numerous strange predictions, and scientists have checked and confirmed many of them. But one of the strangest ones persists unresolved. In the 1930s, the German physicists Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler proposed that empty space is not really empty. Instead, they predicted that in the presence of a magnetic field,…
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: ANI Imagine you decide to invest in equity via an index fund. But which market are you actually buying? The 50 biggest firms? The next 50 waiting in the wings? Or, a much broader basket of 500 firms? All three are called Nifty indices, but they can give your…
Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Tamil Nadu Minister for Higher Education P. Viswanathan (Congress) on Sunday (August 30, 2026), said the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will definitely complete its full term of five years. All the five…
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Long-term data shows gold behaves differently from equity and fixed income in most situations. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Most investors think of portfolio in terms of equity and fixed income. Gold is an afterthought. That approach misses the point. Gold deserves a deliberate, planned allocation of about 10% of every portfolio and here is…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the delegation-level talks with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. | Photo Credit: PTI India and Uzbekistan on Sunday (August 30, 2026) decided to elevate their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and agreed to establish a framework for long-term supply of Uranium following…
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