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Feat accompli
This is an era of athletes tearing through records. What's next, in a world where the word impossible is fast losing meaning?
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May 17, 2026
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HUMPBACK WHALE ‘TIMMY’ RELEASED AFTER MASSIVE RESCUE OP, DEAD
A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort, after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, authorities said Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
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Cockroaches remark directed at fake degree holders, CJI clarifies
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday maintained that his oral observations a day earlier, referring to some people as “cockroaches” and “parasites”, were not directed at the youth of the country but at individuals who had entered professions such as law and media using “fake and bogus degrees”.
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May 17, 2026
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Union minister's son surrenders, arrested in T'gana Pocso case
Bandi Sai Bhageerath, son of Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay, was arrested in Hyderabad on Saturday, a day after the Telangana high court declined to grant him immediate relief from arrest in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case.
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May 17, 2026
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Trump’s officials draw up plans for fresh Iran strikes
The US is weighing a return to military strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump's top aides have drafted plans for if the leader decides to try to break the impasse with more bombs.
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May 17, 2026
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Nation and its largest religious minority
Are we witnessing the steady marginalisation of Indian Muslims?
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May 17, 2026
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Govt imposes curbs on import of silver
The government on Saturday made its authorisation necessary to import silver by shifting the metal from the “free” to the “restricted” category after imports surged 157.16% on an annualised basis in April.
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May 17, 2026
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GOLD DROPS 2% AS US DOLLAR BULLS APPEAL
Gold dropped 2% on Friday as surging Treasury yields and a stronger U.S. dollar dulled its appeal, with higher oil prices and persistent tensions in the Middle East reinforcing expectations of higher interest rates.
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May 16, 2026
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Eww, that's TMI
The bots are on, listening and talking to each other. With AI in the mix, they know more about you than ever. Why are you not terrified yet?
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May 16, 2026
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Srinivasan’s plaint puts Tata Trusts board meet on hold
A surprise intervention by Tata Trust vice-chairman Venu Srinivasan, along with two other complainants, prompted the Maharashtra charity commissioner to cancel a crucial board meeting of the trust scheduled Saturday to decide his continuation on Tata Sons’ board.
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May 16, 2026
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Disputed Bhojshala site a temple: MP HC
The Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district is a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court held on Friday, delivering a victory to Hindu petitioners in a decades-long religious dispute.
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May 16, 2026
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UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to help bypass Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will accelerate construction of a new oil pipeline to double its export capacity through Fujairah by 2027, the government's Abu Dhabi Media Office (ADMO) said on Friday, vastly expanding its ability to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
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May 16, 2026
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US planning to indict Raul Castro over 1996 downing of two planes
The United States plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, a US Department of Justice official said late on Thursday.
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May 16, 2026
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Adani agrees to pay $18 million penalty in US corruption case
Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in a US civil court case linked to corruption without admitting guilt, his company said Friday.
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May 16, 2026
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Possibility of sexual assault: Bus gangrape victim's medical report
A medico-legal examination (MLC) examination of a 30-year-old woman who was allegedly gangraped inside a private bus in outer Delhi earlier this week said there was a “possibility of sexual assault”, hospital officials aware of the matter confirmed on Friday.
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May 16, 2026
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DELHI HC ISSUES NOTICE IN BAIL PLEA BY AL-FALAH UNIVERSITY CHAIR
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in a petition filed by Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of Al-Falah University, seeking bail in a money-laundering case linked to the Red Fort attack of November 2025.
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May 16, 2026
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‘Tibetans refer to lakes, rivers as mothers, fathers’
On her novel set in colonial times that features Indian spies in Tibet, and an Englishwomen intent on reaching Lhasa
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May 16, 2026
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OLA ELECTRIC TO INVEST $208 MN IN EV, CELL TECH UNIT
Ola Electric will invest $208.5 million in its core vehicle and cell units as the EV bike and scooter maker aims to step up cost cuts and localize manufacturing to achieve profitability amid rising competition.
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May 16, 2026
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CBI names chem prof on NTA duty as leak kingpin
A Chemistry professor who was part of the National Testing Agency' examination process has been arrested as the alleged mastermind behind the NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday, pointing to a breach that originated inside the agency responsible for conducting India's most critical medical entrance test.
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May 16, 2026
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Xi gives Trump rare tour of garden at the heart of Chinese govt
After talks on trade, Taiwan and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping showed off the centuries-old trees in Beijing's walled-off Zhongnanhai compound, where he strolled with US President Donald Trump in the concluding hours of their summit.
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May 16, 2026
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Fuel hike to squeeze logistics, quick commerce margins
The 3-per-litre rise in petrol and diesel prices is expected to increase supply chain costs across India, with logistics, quick commerce and consumer goods companies preparing for higher transport and delivery expenses amid weak demand and rising input costs.
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May 16, 2026
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Final exam: Stay alive
These fictional schools totally didn’t care about student safety. The real horror? Not one parent pulled their kid out
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May 16, 2026
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UK LABOUR PARTY SAYS IT WILL LET BURNHAM RUN FOR PARL SEAT
Britain’s governing Labour Party said on Friday it had agreed to let Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham seek a return to parliament, a step towards a possible challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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May 16, 2026
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A zest for life
An Accidental Lawyer, the autobiography of former Attorney General KK Venugopal, provides insights into an array of events that shaped contemporary India
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May 16, 2026
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The creator of a shared visual imagination
On April 1, 2026, a Raja Ravi Varma painting made national headlines when it sold for a staggering ₹167 crore after an intense bidding war at auction.
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May 16, 2026
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Unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in April
India’s headline unemployment rate was 5.2% in April, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Friday. This is 10 basis points — one basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point - higher than the unemployment rate in April 2025, the first month when PLFS started releasing monthly employment numbers.
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May 16, 2026
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PM SLAMS REPORT CLAIMING GOVT PLANNING TAX ON FOREIGN TRAVEL
In a rare move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly rejected a media report that the government is considering levying a tax or a cess or a surcharge on foreign travel and termed the news “totally false”.
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May 16, 2026
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Satwik and Chirag march into semis
Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarter-finals but the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the semi-final of the $500,000 Thailand Open here on Friday.
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May 16, 2026
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Rupee weakens to record low past 96
The Indian rupee weakened to an all-time low on Friday, as oil prices neared $110 per barrel, intensifying economic challenges for the world’s third-biggest crude importer, with strains emerging in key indicators.
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May 16, 2026
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CEASEFIRE WITH IRAN A ‘FAVOUR’ TO PAK: TRUMP
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he agreed to a ceasefire with Iran as a “favour” to Pakistan.
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