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Serena Williams getting back on the court at the U.S. Open after a four-year absence and Carlos Alcaraz returning to competitive tennis after being out the past four months with injury brought cheers and nostalgia to the Grand Slam tournament. The celebration was short-lived. After winning their debut playing together, Williams and Alcaraz got knocked…
Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least three Indian oil refiners and a global energy major plan to stop using vessels on Iran’s new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship transfers, due to security concerns, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said this week. Tehran announced on Sunday (August 23,…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP With his trade war with Canada intensifying, U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. The suggestion mirrors his move last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Trump’s ‘Lake America’ post Mr. Trump…
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Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the ICC and the BCCI for their handling of recent disciplinary violations by young players Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, saying that the two bodies are “training” them to repeat such behaviour by letting them get away with it….
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President of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva waves after a meeting with Uruguay’s President Yamandu Orsi in Montevideo, Uruguay. File | Photo Credit: AP The global economy has weathered the oil shock caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz “better than feared” due to various factors, including an investment boom in artificial…
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Aerial view of the Madras High Court at Chennai. File | Photo Credit: V. Ganesan The Madras High Court has called for an explanation from Chengalpattu Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) following a complaint that the judicial officer was fixing exorbitant amount of money towards Advocate Commissioners’ fees in applications filed by banks to take possession…
India’s Saransh Jain celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka | Photo Credit: PTI Rising Sri Lankan all-rounder Sonal Dinusha struck a second successive century to anchor his team’s innings but…
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Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan in September last year. He has been holding the post for over 10 months now. Credit: rajasthan.nalsa.gov.in Three letters from Supreme Court Judge Justice Sandeep Mehta to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant in August questioned why his “fervent appeals” to transfer Rajasthan…
A massive flash flood in the Himalayan nation of Nepal washed away villages and project sites in a region bordering Tibet, authorities said on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), warning of heavy casualties as they urged those living on river banks to seek higher ground. The areas of Syapru Besi and Timure in the mountainous district…
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A recent report by NITI Aayog, about ‘Ease of Doing R&D in India’ revealed some uncomfortable truths about India’s R&D ecosystem. Together with a companion survey with inputs from more than 400 institutional leaders and 850 scientists, it reported that close to 80% of funding under the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) — the flagship…
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