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Rain played spoilsport on Sunday. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The start of the business end of TNPL-10 turned out to be a damp squib as rain played spoilsport in the Qualifier 1 clash between Madurai Panthers and Trichy Grand Cholas. The game was abandoned after two interruptions at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on…
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On August 20, a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgment on the correctness of the ruling in Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board vs A. Rajappa (BWSSB) (1978). In that judgment, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer had laid down what was called the “Triple Test” on what counts as an “industry”…
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The slowdown in the growth of India’s core industrial sectors in July was not surprising, with other indicators predicting easing demand conditions as well. Growth in the index of core industries (ICI) slowed to 5.4% in July from 6% in the previous month. This was in keeping with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, which in…
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Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue sliced through the mixed doubles field at the World championship. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The French are known for a lot of things but badminton isn’t one of them. Till Sunday, when the country that has never been considered among the top nations even in Europe created history…
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) Visakhapatnam Local Centre has announced the unanimous election of its new leadership committee for the 2026–2028 term. Ch. Raju and Dumpala Bhujanga Rao have been unanimously elected as Chairman and Honorary Secretary, respectively, following a smooth electoral process adhering to the institution’s guidelines. Corporate members participated in the…
Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V. V. Rajesh The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led administration in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has landed in a controversy after the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) alleged improprieties in the ‘Mayor Care’ initiative under which Onam kits were distributed to Corporation employees after collecting gifts and donations from commercial establishments. LDF Parliamentary Party leader…
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For three months, the households of Vedullavalasa—a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) Gadaba Adivasi hamlet under Kovvuru panchayat in Rolugunta mandal—have reportedly navigated their nights in pitch darkness. Frustrated by prolonged neglect, the villagers recently staged a unique and forceful protest, marching through the unlit lanes while holding candles to draw administrative attention to their…
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Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslipe struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026. Thirty people died, and six were seriously wounded, on August 23, 2026, on the outskirts of Conakry, Guinea’s capital, after a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed onto…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The fates of 22 crew members aboard a Panama-flagged bulk carrier that sank in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha remained unknown even after 24 hours of intensive search and rescue operations by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday (August…
Indonesianpolice on Sunday (August 23, 2026) arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged…
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