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Indian players will wear their standard kit for the one-off T20I against Japan on September 22 before donning the official Asian Games jersey for the competition beginning on September 28. Photo: Cricket Australia via Getty Images. Members of the Indian men’s cricket team are awaiting the right-size kits ahead of their departure for the Asian…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion released on Friday (September 19, 2026). The opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal…
S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugam. File Prominent dissident AIADMK MLAs S.P. Velumani, C.Ve. Shanmugam and Natham R. Viswanathan have been left out of the party’s byelection campaign programmes in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies. Thirteen MLAs, including party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, are on the list of star campaigners. The purpose of providing the…
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A new research paper published in Scientific Reports in January 2026 uses the term ‘subclinical hearing damage’ to identify the effect on hearing due to high-level amplified music at recreational/celebratory events. Photo for representative purposes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: Noisy celebrations have now become a part and parcel of urban…
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The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Visakhapatnam Zonal Unit, has unearthed a massive Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion of roughly ₹5.69 crore by 13 prominent hotels and restaurants across Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: sreeyashlohiya The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Visakhapatnam Zonal Unit, has unearthed a massive Goods and Services…
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A view of Pneumocystis jiroveci fungi under a microscope. | Photo Credit: Pulmonary Pathology (CC BY-SA) A fungus that can cause severe pneumonia in people with weaker or weakened immune systems appears to have become resistant to a drug that never intended to kill it, according to the findings of a study by researchers from…
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Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than four-and-a half years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains. Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced the action as illegal, and a human rights activist described residents there…
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AI lab Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with Accenture for the independent evaluation of its frontier AI models, with the companies each committing at least $1 billion over the next five years to build capacity for the work. File | Photo Credit: Reuters AI lab Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with…
The story so far: The New Delhi Declaration that came out of the recent BRICS Summit in the national capital resolved to increase trade between member-countries and payments in national currencies. Days before the summit, a report by the news agency Reuters quoted sources as saying that at the event, India would push to link…
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The United States, Denmark, and Greenland have reached an agreement that will allow the U.S. to develop a significant military presence in Greenland, while preventing U.S. adversaries from establishing bases on the island, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (September 18, 2026). The agreement comes after months of Mr. Trump threatening to take control…