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Mal Anderson of Australia, who beat Paul Gerken of U.S., during the men’s singles quarter-finals in the Grand Prix tennis championship at Gymkhana Club courts in New Delhi on October 18, 1973. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Mal Anderson, the first unseeded player to win the U.S. Open men’s singles title, has died aged 91,…
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Before he opened fire on the Florida State University campus last year, killing two people and wounding six others, Phoenix Ikner had a conversation. Not with a friend, a parent or anyone who might have talked him out of it, but with an AI chatbot. According to evidence gathered by Florida’s attorney general, the student…
A file image of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday (May 11, 2026) said there is nothing wrong in giving telecom powers to the lieutenant governor during public safety events, as he holds the charge of security and law and order….
Image used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee crashed 139 paise to 94.90 against the greenback in early trade on Monday (May 11, 2026) after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the U.S.’s peace proposal, following which crude oil prices surged rapidly. A strengthening U.S. dollar and steep FPI…
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A Spanish Civil Guard boat in the port of Granadilla de Abona, where the cruise ship MV Hondius is docked after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain. | Photo Credit: Reuters American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will not necessarily be quarantined, a top U.S….
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The story so far: Delhi and the NCR are facing longer and more intense heatwaves, with the city increasingly retaining heat even at night. Rapid urbanisation, concrete-heavy infrastructure, air conditioning, and shrinking green cover have turned the Urban Heat Island Effect into a deeper “heat re-trap”. Why is Delhi retaining heat? This transformation is rooted…
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Screengrab from a video footage taken after the accident. Photo: Special Arrangement Five people, including two children, were killed in a road accident on the Mahbubnagar bypass in the early hours of Monday (May 11, 2026). The accident occurred when a sports bike, a Suzuki Hayabusa (HR 26 BP 1491) rammed into a car trying…
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Australia has left fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood out of its limited overs squads for upcoming tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh later this month. | Photo Credit: AP/Getty Images Australia has left fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood out of its limited overs squads for upcoming tours of…
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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visiting the underground nuclear explosion test sites at Pokhran in Rajasthan on May 20, 1998. George Fernandes and Abdul Kalam are seen. Photo: PTI/The Hindu Archives Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 11, 2026) greeted people on the National Technology Day — which commemorates the momentous events of…
A file image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Monday (May 11, 2026). This will be…
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