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People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 24 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti’s capital, killing around 40, some of them execution-style, the…
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U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalise the world’s second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods, according to three people familiar with the matter. Two of the people who spoke…
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N. Sriram Balaji and Anirud Chandrasekar pair produced a solid performance, but Reyes-Varela and Liutarevich matched them closely for much of the opening set. Photo: Special Arrangement. N. Sriram Balaji and Anirud Chandrasekar were crowned champions of the second edition of the Cancun Country Open after defeating the Mexican-Belarusian pairing of Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela and…
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India’s Dhruv Jurel celebrates his century on day two of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Time seemingly paused as Dhruv Jurel batted on 99. With Mohammed Siraj for company, and an anxious Indian camp watching from the dressing…
Pat Cummins. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Skipper Pat Cummins said he “can’t wait” to play in Australia’s first Test series in South Africa since the infamous “Sandpapergate” affair, and he intends to use one-day games beforehand to prepare. The next assignment for Australia after drawing a two-Test series against Bangladesh is three ODIs in…
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Holding simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies in 2029 under the Modi government’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative is possible if the Constitution is amended and state governments support the move, according to P.P. Chaudhary, the chairman of the joint parliamentary panel examining the related bills. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024,…
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Heavy showers in many parts of north India on Monday (August 24, 2026) triggered flight diversions, waterlogging and massive traffic disruption, especially in the the Delhi-NCR region, which received the bulk of the rainfall. Parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh received rains during the day as well. Traffic snarls were the worst in…
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI The disbursement of cash to women under the West Bengal government’s Annapurna Bhandar scheme has given a handle to the Opposition parties to target the Suvendu Adhikari government. Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee took the opportunity on Monday (August 24, 2026) to target the Bharatiya Janata…
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Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. | Photo Credit: Arun Kulkarni The Congress on Monday (August 24, 2026) targeted the Narendra Modi government over unemployment and price rise, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the government of “completely ravaging” young India’s entire pathway from education to employment. Mr. Kharge…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. File. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday (August 24, 2026) said that 23,000 certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 have been distributed out of the 2.30 lakh applications that have been made. “Through the district magistrates, we will complete the hearings…
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