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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks during a session of the Raisina Dialogue’s Middle East edition, in Abu Dhabi. Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar Globalisation cannot be reversed, but it must be navigated with greater resilience, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday (October 15, 2026), underlining that India is building its own strengths and establishing trusted…
Telecom operators have been instructed to prepare their networks to be able to handle this feature without affecting call quality, or by compromising user privacy by retaining names displayed to end users in any way whatsoever. File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters All telecom operators are now required to display the…
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Mystikos, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the A.R. Subramanya Raj Urs Memorial Trophy (1,200m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday (Oct 16). False rails (width about 6.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. NYVELI PLATE (1,200m), rated 00 to…
Northeast monsoon set in over Keralam on Thursday, with easterly and northeasterly winds establishing over southern peninsular India, the specialty of the northeast monsoon. A weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday confirmed the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from the country and the simultaneous beginning of the northeast monsoon rainfall activity…
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Prasanna Kumar-trained Sassy Sarah (Aleemuddin up) won the K. Thammanna Gowda Memorial Trophy (1,400m), the main event of the races held here on Thursday (Oct 15). The winner is owned by Mr. K. Manoj Kumar, Mr. K. Harish Nayak & Mr. H.J. Balram. Jockey Antony won three races on the day. The results: 1. SEA…
Jammu and Kashmir pacer Umar Nazir. | Photo Credit: File photo: IMRAN NISSAR With a point to prove after being ‘rested’ for J&K’s Ranji Trophy opener, Umar Nazir found an unlikely mentor in BCCI president Mithun Manhas. During breaks in the game against Madhya Pradesh, Manhas watched the tall pacer bowl in the nets, even…
Delhi Ranji team’s bowling coach Sanjeev Sharma. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With a wide array of experience as a player and coach over nearly 40 years, Sanjeev Sharma has seen the transformation of fast bowling to be convinced that speed is not everything. Even as the current trend is to look for speedsters clocking…
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Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri with Essar Oil and Gas officials announcing five CBM blocks | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Privately owned Essar Oil & Gas Ltd has secured five coal bed methane (CBM) blocks under the government’s bidding rounds of 2025 and 2026, adding 1,281 sq km of acreage across West Bengal, Madhya…
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Vehicles plying on the old Cauvery bridge on the Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway after the repair work was completed, in Tiruchi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY The bridge across the Cauvery on the Chennai-Tiruchi–Madurai National Highway was reopened for traffic on Thursday evening, after completion of repair and maintenance work taken up by the…
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Bhairava and Beyond Stars pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Oct. 15) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Aries (Peter) 41. Easy. Queen Of Beauties (A. Gaikwad) 38. Moved well. 800m: Ashwa Gypsy (Gore) 52, 600/38. Moved well. Red Lightning (J. Chinoy) 53, 600/38. Moved fluently. Neutralist (A. Gaikwad) 51, 600/37. Moved nicely. Magical…