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Masters of Europe: In PSG's first, a benchmark for class

Hindustan Times Gurugram

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June 02, 2025

The 5-0 defeat of Inter in Champions League final makes Luis Enrique's young, skilful and fearless team the one to watch out for

- Dhiman Sarkar

KOLKATA: The Champions League trophy has a new home. One where it could now be a frequent visitor if what a young and skilful Paris St-Germain (PSG) did this summer is any indication.

Till Saturday, the Champions League had meant heartbreak for PSG. It was against them that Barcelona showed impossible was nothing, Marcus Rashford helped Manchester United escape to victory and Karim Benzema scored a hattrick as Real Madrid pulled off a heist. Borussia Dortmund stunned them last term and the only time they had played the final before this, PSG had come up short.

PSG compensated for all that hurt, for 12 successive knockout round qualifications ending in disappointment, with so much style and substance that the 5-0 dismantling of Inter Milan can now be a benchmark for excellence. Their energy made Inter look inert and, suddenly, very old. And PSG's finesse threw into sharp relief the heavy touches and misplaced passes from the three-time former champions who were in search of a treble not so long ago.

"The image that remains cancels a bit the great season that we have had," midfielder Nicolo Barella said after Inter's second Champions league final in three seasons.

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5 mins

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World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan game called off

The ICC Women's World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was called off due to rain here on Friday.

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1 min

October 25, 2025

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The man who chased the Indian monsoon

Jagadish Shukla, who was part of the team that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for work on human-induced climate change, chronicles his work, in A Billion Butterflies

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4 mins

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Hindustan Times Gurugram

In the monsoon bounty, signs of a looming crisis

The interconnected degradation of land and water, accentuated by the climate crisis, poses an existential threat to India’s food security. It needs urgent redress

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4 mins

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Hindustan Times Gurugram

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Rashtriya Ekta Diwas: Celebrating Sardar Patel's Legacy of Unity and Integrity

Every year on October 31, India observes National Unity Day, or 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas', to honour the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The day serves as a reminder of the values that Sardar Patel embodied: Unity, Integrity, and Inclusiveness.

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1 min

October 25, 2025

Hindustan Times Gurugram

Hindustan Times Gurugram

Blackstone to pick up 9.99% in Federal Bank for ₹6,197 cr

Global investor Blackstone is set to buy nearly 10% stake in Keralabased Federal Bank, becoming the latest foreign entity to covet a slice of a domestic bank.

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1 mins

October 25, 2025

Hindustan Times Gurugram

U.S. STARTS PROBE INTO CHINA’S COMPLIANCE WITH 2020 TRADE PACT

The United States on Friday started an investigation into China's compliance with a 2020 deal that marked a truce in their trade war, days before President Donald Trump is due to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

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1 min

October 25, 2025

Hindustan Times Gurugram

MP bans carbide guns, seizes stock; 14 booked

THE CARBIDE GUN, MADE OF PVC PIPE, IS OFTEN USED BY FARMERS TO KEEP ANIMALS, BIRDS AT BAY

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1 min

October 25, 2025

Hindustan Times Gurugram

Viksit Bharat vision needs to have room for animals

When you navigate the distance between wood-panelled conference rooms in New Delhi to dusty tehsil offices, one lesson keeps returning to your desk, like a live file: India’s policies are at their best when they reflect our Constitution’s moral imagination, and not merely our administrative convenience.

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4 mins

October 25, 2025

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