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EXPLAINED | WPL Auction: Who Gets Picked When 146 Players Chase 27 Places?
EXPLAINED | WPL Auction: Who Gets Picked When 146 Players Chase 27 Places?
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Indian wicketkeepers, overseas all-rounders and sharply unequal budgets could shape the bidding in Kochi. Here’s how teams decide which player is worth their remaining money
RFK Jr under fire for saying Arabs Muslims don’t produce science or win Nobel Prizes
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US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been condemned after claiming Arabs no longer produce major science or literature. Nobel laureates and the Michigan Senate race have put his remarks under ...
‘DK, It’s Done, Bro!’: BJP Taunts Shivakumar After NDA Sweeps Karnataka MLC Polls 4-0
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The BJP retained three seats and ally JD(S) wrested Bengaluru Teachers’ from Congress, giving the Opposition fresh ammunition ahead of the 2028 Assembly elections
Trump Claims Credit on India-Pakistan, Netanyahu as Iran Dispute Deepens
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At Texas campaign stops, the US president renewed his claim that tariff threats halted India-Pakistan hostilities and said his endorsement helped Netanyahu. Tehran accused Washington of breaking diplo ...
Anthropic’s $80.7-billion Loss: Why Its IPO Accounts Tell Several Different Stories
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Claude’s maker has disclosed soaring sales, a much smaller operating loss and positive operating cash flow. Here is how those numbers fit together, and what they reveal about the business behind the c ...
UAE Honors Captain Smit Machchhar for Bravery During flydubai Cockpit Attack
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Dubai Crown Prince presents the honour; Sheikh Hamdan calls the Indian pilot ‘part of the story of our nation’
India Invites All 10 SCO Members, Including Pakistan, to First Civilisational Dialogue Forum
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Rajnath Singh used the SCO heads of government meeting in Dushanbe to announce the forum, and told members there should be ‘no double standards’ on terrorism
EXPLAINED | How Do You Ban a Filmmaker Who Keeps Making Films? The Jafar Panahi Story
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A new prison sentence threatens the Iranian director who turned an apartment, a taxi and his experiences behind bars into cinema. His story explains how censorship reaches far beyond cutting scenes
Cyclone Arnab Batters Andhra, Uproots Trees as Landfall Drags On
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Heavy rain and winds gusting to 140 kmph batter coastal Andhra Pradesh, uprooting trees and snapping power lines as low-lying areas face flooding