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The seven-day cultural festival Vaazhiya Vayigham, revolving around the theme of protecting the Earth, nudges people to introspect while the performances pay tribute to the planet

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CALLOUS COMMENTS AND POLITICAL PROPAGANDA

Contrary to national population control campaigns of several decades, including ones that he supported, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently stated that couples should be encouraged to have more than two children, in order to stabilise population growth in the state.

A HEALTHCARE PAW-TNER

Whenever Vivek Srinivas P returned home after a long trip, he would find his dog, Bruno, sick.

Mission accomplished

WHERE the clear sky meets the deep blue sea, soft waves cradle us as sunlight dances across the ocean, inviting us to swim.

SECRETS OF SUCCESS

After a few heartbreaking losses, long-term planning and adapting to conditions led to TN U19 women’s triumph

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India looking to spin narrative

With Pune's bald black soil surface likely to aid spinners, hosts will be looking to adapt quickly and draw level in the series vs NZ

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Vinicius hat-trick as Real post stunning comeback win over Dortmund

Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trick as Champions League holders Real Madrid came back from two goals down to hammer Borussia Dortmund 5-2 on Tuesday.

Two days before schedule, IOA's SGM postponed

THE Indian Olympic Association's Special General Meeting that was supposed to happen on Friday (October 25) is postponed as the conflict between president PT Usha and executive council continues.

Athletes want more seats in proposed SRB

GREATER representation for athletes, better coordination between government and private stakeholders and the mandate for a proposed Sports Regulatory Board (SRB) were some key issues raised by country's elite athletes during a consultation with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on the Draft National Sports Governance Bill here.

Wasteful India lose to Germany

OLYMPIC bronze-medallists India wasted chances galore to lose 0-2 to world champions Germany in the first hockey Test of the two-match series here on Wednesday.

Rachin stakes his claim as New Zealand's lodestar

IT's a challenging little period for New Zealand cricket. Some of their greatest players have turned down central contracts in the recent past.

TVS Motor profit rises 41% to ₹588 crore

CHENNAI-based TVS Motor Company on Wednesday reported a 41.4% increase in consolidated net profit at ₹588.13 crore in the second quarter ending September 30, 2024, riding on record sales.

India will maintain investment curbs, can't invite FDI blindly: FM

INDIA will maintain investment restrictions on neighboring countries despite a recent agreement with China regarding patrolling along the disputed Himalayan border, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday.

Muthoot Fin raises $400 mn through ECB

THE country's largest pureplay gold loan NBFC Muthoot Finance has raised $400 million (about ₹3350 crore) through external commercial borrowings (ECB) route by issuing senior secured notes under its global medium term note programme of $2 billion.

Can't risk another bout of inflation, says RBI governor on rate cut call

THE country can't risk another bout of inflation and the best approach currently is to remain flexible and wait for prices to fall durably and align with the target, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said while voting for status quo on policy rates during the last MPC meeting.

GMR gets ₹6.3k cr from ADIA to refinance debt

GMR Group has secured ₹6,300 crore in debt funding from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the UAE's largest sovereign wealth fund and would use the proceeds for refinancing debt of its promoter group entity GMR Enterprises (GEPL).

Supreme Court sets aside Byju's, BCCI settlement

In a major setback to edtech giant Byju's, the Supreme Court on Wednesday in its verdict set aside the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)'s order that had approved the ₹158 crore settlement between Byju's (Think and Learn Pvt Ltd) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

FinMin to take call on scrapping windfall tax

Reduced prices of crude oil have made the levy irrelevant, says official

Hindustan Unilever to hive off ice cream biz, profit drops 2.4% in Q2

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has decided to separate the ice cream business as the board of the FMCG major feels that this segment requires separate attention.

Sri Lanka deploys troops around Jewish centre

SRI Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community center in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the US embassy warned its citizens of a possible attack there.

Protesters back on Dhaka streets, want president to resign

POLITICAL tension in Bangladesh was growing on Wednesday after a leading student group called for the country's figurehead president to resign over comments he made that appeared to call into question former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation in August.

Hezbollah confirms death of Nasrallah successor

Hashem Safieddine was killed in early October after a series of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut

Breakthrough: Great Indian Bustard hatches chick through IVF in Jaisalmer

In a groundbreaking feat, a baby Great Indian Bustard was born via artificial insemination (AI) at the Sudasari Great Indian Bustard Breeding Centre in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

Fear grips workers at Gagangir terror attack site

A palpable sense of fear lingers in the workers' camp near the under-construction site of APCO Infratech at Gagangir in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, where militants killed seven persons in a major attack on Sunday evening.

EC pauses Awas Yojana survey in 6 bypoll seats

The Election Commission has asked the Mamata Banerjee government to defer the house-to-house survey for the Bangla Awas Yojana (BAY) in the six Assembly constituencies where bypolls will be held on November 13.

BJP gets into damage control to stop exodus

TO prevent mass exodus of its leaders and joining Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), BJP has finally decided to take damage control measures and retain its workers in the party.

Hemant, wife Kalpana, brother on JMM lists of 56 J'khand candidates

AFTER the deadlock over seat sharing in the INDIA bloc ended, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) released the first list of its candidates for the Assembly elections in Jharkhand late Tuesday night, which included 35 MLAs.

SC pulls up son of ex-minister over bail norms

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday instructed Ashish Mishra, son of former MoS for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, to adhere strictly to the bail conditions set for him in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri case.

Candidates on all 9 seats to contest on SP symbol: Akhilesh

THE suspense over the seatsharing agreement between INDIA bloc partners - Samajwadi Party and Congress ended late on Wednesday night when Akhilesh Yadav, in a cryptic post on 'X', announced that the candidates on all the nine Assembly seats in the upcoming bypolls would contest on SP symbol.