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People queue to enter the Royal Palace Chapel to pay their respects to late King Harald, during his lying in state at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Norway’s new King Haakon VIII on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) declared a period of mourning for the royal court…
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Skipper Tilak Varma’s unbeaten half-century helped South Zone beat North Zone in the semifinal of the Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR An omnipresent Tilak Varma fashioned South Zone’s entry into the 2026-27 Duleep Trophy final with a thumping seven-wicket triumph over North Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here….
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Agenda: Agarkar’s extension as chief selector will be discussed. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will convene a critical stock-taking meeting of key stakeholders of India’s men’s cricket teams at its headquarters here on Thursday (September 3, 2026). It is understood that the meeting will seek to…
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As many as 5,183 primary schools have been selected for the Digital Square initiative of the State government as part of its 100-day programme, Minister for General Education N. Samsudheen has said. Digital Square is implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) to promote the use of digital technology in primary education. It…
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A view of the wreckage of a passenger bus that overturned on the Dahab-Nuweiba road, in Egypt’s South Sinai province on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP “At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, were killed on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) in a passenger bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,” authorities in both…
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Actor Sonu Sood in flood-hit Nepal with relief supplies. Photo: X/@SonuSood. Actor Sonu Sood, who is in Kathmandu with relief supplies for people affected by the devastating floods in Nepal, says his foundation will continue its assistance in the coming months. Mr. Sood, accompanied by the team of his Sood Charity Foundation, landed in the Nepalese…
With the arrest of three persons including a young woman, the Salem City Police has cracked the mystery behind the murder of a 52-year-old woman, Thangamani, whose chopped body parts were found in three gunny bags dumped insides overhead water tanks in a residential locality recently. The crime had come to light when Ramesh, a…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a tight range and settled for the day at 94.97 (provisional) on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), recording a marginal loss of 2 paise as the support from foreign capital inflows was negated by weak local equities and a strong U.S. dollar. Forex…
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Stock markets declined for the third consecutive day on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), with the benchmark Sensex closing nearly 374 points lower amid a bearish trend in global equities and higher oil prices due to escalating conflict in West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 373.93 points, or 0.49%, to settle at 76,570.35, dragged by…
The Cochin University of Science and Technology plans to roll out the industry-flexible curriculum in the next academic year. The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has decided to introduce an industry-flexible curriculum to enable timely and continuous reforms in university curriculum in tune with the rapid changes in the industrial and technological sectors….