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A tapper collecting latex from a rubber tree at a plantation in Kanjirappally, Kottayam. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) has urged the government to maintain status quo on the import duty on natural rubber as a section of the rubber user industry has sought reduction of the…
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S. Chandrabose, ward 34, Congress Councillor of Thoothukudi Corporation has announced that he will resign from all party posts with effect from Saturday (May 9), while continuing to serve as Corporation Councillor. In his resignation letter, he stated that he had been associated with the party since 1988. He noted that he had served as…
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Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd). Photo credit: PIB The Union government on Saturday (May 9, 2026) announced two major appointments, naming Lieutenant General N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd.) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. According to the Ministry of Defence,…
Heinrich Klaasen tops the run chart. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The race to the Orange Cap in IPL 2026 remains finely poised, with the leading run-scorers separated by slender margins as the league stage hurtles towards the decisive stretch. No batter has managed to establish outright dominance, underscoring the tournament’s unpredictable nature so far….
Blasters have bounced back under Westwood. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Mohammedan Sporting Club started ISL 2025-26 disastrously, losing seven consecutive matches. However, the Kolkata side halted the slide by remaining unbeaten in its last three encounters. Three draws in as many away matches for the visitor should make Kerala Blasters wary of its rival…
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Heavy flow witnessed in Pazhayar River Bridge Mini Waterfalls at Veeranarayana Mangalam Anicut in Kanniyakumari district on Saturday. | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh Moderate to heavy rainfall was experienced in the Western Ghats and catchment areas of Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari and Tenkasi districts from Friday night. Some parts of Thoothukudi districts also received heavy rainfall. According…
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Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: File GUWAHATI Assam Rifles personnel on Saturday (May 9, 2026) secured the release of a Manipur woman who was abducted by members of the Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) and Village Volunteers Eastern Zone during a pre-dawn attack on Tangkhul Naga villages in Kamjong district along…
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Rescue operation after Mount Dukono eruption. File | Photo Credit: AP Rescuers on Saturday (May 9, 2026) recovered a body of an Indonesian woman after Mount Dukonoerupted on on Indonesia Halmahera island a day earlier while authorities continued searching for two Singaporeans, officials said. The slain hikers were among 20 people who set out to…
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Saif Abukeshek (left) and Thiago Avila aboard the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise, which joined a Gaza-bound flotilla on April 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP , Israel will release two foreign activists taken off a Gaza-bound flotilla from detention on Saturday (May 9, 2026) before handing them to immigration authorities ahead of their deportation, the…
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In this conversation with The Hindu, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan discusses about LSG and KKR’s resurgence in the last few matches and also talks about CSK facing LSG on Sunday’s afternoon fixture and the side’s chances to make it to the Playoffs going forward in the tournament. Source link