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Hindustan Times Amritsar
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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New Delhi to Oslo, building a new strategic partnership
We live in an unpredictable world. But unpredictability is not the same as powerlessness.
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May 16, 2026
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'Either be clear and honest upfront, or be quiet and let me play in peace'
It’s been a year and three days since Virat Kohli posted Frank Sinatra’s ‘I Did It My Way’ on his Instagram post to abruptly call time on his Test career — leaving him as an international cricketer who plays only the ODI format.
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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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LSG’s Marsh, Akash dent CSK’s hopes for playoffs
Chennai Super Kings’ playoff hopes were dented after Lucknow Super Giants scripted a facile seven-wicket win on Friday.
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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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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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SCHEFFLER STUMBLES FROM SHARE OF LEAD AT WINDY PGA C’SHIP
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler made a slow start to the PGA Championship second round at Aronimink Golf Club on Friday and quickly relinquished his share of the overnight lead while Hideki Matsuyama moved into contention on a bunched leaderboard.
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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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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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The untold story & unsung heroes of Indian liberalism
Nineteenth century intellectuals such as Narayan Mahadev Parmanand point to a forgotten tradition of liberalism in India, which measured progress by the well-being of individuals rather than groups
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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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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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NEET retest set for Jun 21; exam to go digital in 2027
The Union government will transition the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) to a computer-based test (CBT) next year, replacing the traditional pen-and-paper format to curb paper leaks, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday, as he also announced June 21 as the date for the re-examination for those who took the NEET-UG this year.
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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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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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Right call? Why Indian coaches lose out to the foreign experts
PR Sreejesh believes homegrown talent is getting a raw deal but it isn’t that simple
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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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MI’s talent pool not keeping up with times, needs reset
After unearthing a host of India’s finest T20 players, Mumbai Indians scouts are struggling to deliver uncapped gems
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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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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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Despite praise for Xi, Trump leaves China with little to show
US President Donald Trump left China on Friday with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end the Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping.
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May 16, 2026
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UAE tried to get Saudi, Qatar aboard before striking Iran
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) tried to persuade neighbouring states including Saudi Arabia and Qatar to take part in a coordinated military response to Iran's strikes and was left frustrated when they refused, according to people familiar with the matter.
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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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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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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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SC urges Centre to take steps for airfare rationalisation
The Supreme Court on Friday urged the Centre to take steps to “rationalise” airfares, pointing to the glaring disparity in ticket prices charged by different airlines for the same route on the same day, with economy class fares ranging from ₹8,000 to ₹18,000.
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May 16, 2026
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Trump traded hundreds of millions in securities in Q1: Govt docs
US President Donald Trump was involved in buying and selling securities linked to American companies in transactions that totaled hundreds of millions of dollars in the first quarter of 2026, according to government documents released on Thursday.
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May 16, 2026
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Petrol, diesel retail prices hiked by ₹3/l as war bites
State-run oil companies raised pump prices of petrol and diesel by ₹3 per litre each across the country on Friday, while Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) increased compressed natural gas (CNG) rates by ₹2 per kg in and around Delhi — the first retail fuel price revision since the West Asia conflict drove international crude to multi-year highs.
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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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