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In an era where opening the batting in Test cricket revolved around giving the first hour, if not the first session, to the bowlers, K. Srikkanth was a glorious exception to the accepted rule. High on risk and therefore a little short on consistency, the maverick from Tamil Nadu was unstoppable when in the mood,…
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends the Fdl youth festival at Fenix in Rome on September 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing…
It is not for the first time that the State government has appointed Advisers. File image of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief C. Joseph Vijay signing documents as he takes charges as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, at the Secretariat, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led regime’s experiment of co-habitation in administration…
Just before the Asian Games, Dilip Tirkey asserted that India will revert to the iconic blue jersey at the continental extravaganza as their primary kit, along with white. Photo: X/@TheHockeyIndia The Indian hockey teams, both men and women, turned up in saffron kits for their respective opening matches of the Asian Games on Sunday (September…
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The hundreds of aggrieved depositors of the Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund Nidhi Limited have planned to go on a peaceful protest near the Rajarathinam stadium in Egmore on Monday (September 21, 2026) to seek the intervention of the State government to take speedy action to recover the funds and distribute it to the depositors. More…
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Vehicles drive past along the Memorial Bridge near Memorial Circle in Arlington, Virginia, the proposed site for U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Triumphal Arch”, seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) the triumphal arch he plans to build near Arlington…
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Crucial result: Praggnanandhaa held his own against the Netherlands’ Anish. | Photo Credit: FIDE History repeated itself at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Poland defeated the top-seeded India in the women’s event 2.5-1.5 at Samarkand; it was the exact scoreline in Budapest two years ago. That loss had come in the eighth round. India, however, bounced strongly back…
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As Israel gears up for its parliamentary elections on October 27, a one-year-old party has emerged as a significant contender. The Yashar (Hebrew for ‘straight’) party has garnered widespread support as per the opinion polls reported by Israeli media outlets, some of which place the party ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. In…
Police personnel stand guard outside the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Main Gate in Mumbai on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Mumbai Police late on Saturday (September 19, 2026) transferred the probe into the death of a second-year student at IIT-Bombay to the Crime Branch, saying an officer of the rank of…
Taiwan’s labour minister travelled to China for an APEC ministerial meeting on Sunday (September 20, 2026), the first such trip by a senior Taiwanese government official since President Lai Ching-te took office two years ago. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to take the self-ruled island by force if necessary….
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