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Table Tennis NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Wednesday suspended the recognition of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), citing governance issues within the national body.The ministry also asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to set up an ad-hoc committee to oversee the administration of table tennis in the country until a proper governance...

Image source: Linkedin/Bevan Slattery Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) is investigating after two undersea communication cables owned by Subco reported faults within minutes of each other. The fault has prompted the company’s founder and CEO Bevan Slattery to urge authorities to launch an urgent probe. Slattery said the two cables developed “shunt faults” in close proximity...

The panel found Justice Varma’s explanation over the discovery of unaccounted cash at his official residence “evasive” and “unsatisfactory”. NEW DELHI: A Lok Sabha inquiry committee on Wednesday indicted former Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma in the cash-at-home case, Live Law reported.The panel found Justice Varma’s explanation over the discovery of unaccounted cash at...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leaders interacted at a wedding reception. NEW DELHI: Political rivalries gave way to warmth at a Delhi wedding reception on Monday night, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a light-hearted exchange with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge.A video from the reception, held for NCP...

Chandrasekaran assumed leadership of Tata Sons in 2017 during one of the most turbulent periods in the group’s history. (Reuters photo) N Chandrasekaran on Wednesday stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, ending a tenure of nearly a decade during which he transformed the salt-to-software-to-SUV conglomerate by expanding its presence into emerging sectors such as...

Representative Image ​Facebook-parent Meta has been able to do something that Kevin O’Leary has failed to do: win over the local community around its Utah data center. Meta secured approval and support from residents in Eagle Mountain, while O’Leary’s Project Stratos in Box Elder County, which is just miles away from the Mark Zuckerberg-led social...

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and asked him to allocate time for a discussion over the student protest on NEET paper leak.In the letter, Shah said that the Lower House already discussed the Public Examination (prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026,...

Oracle layoffs 2026: Company plans fresh job cuts this month after shedding 21,000 roles in a year, as AI data centre spending mounts. Oracle employees have been told, in effect, to keep an eye on their inboxes. The company has drawn up plans for a fresh round of job cuts this month, Business Insider reported,...

Dam removal on the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Washington (American Rivers photos) The United States removed 100 dams across 30 states in 2025, reconnecting more than 4,893 miles of rivers, according to a report by the organisation American Rivers. The organisation said it was the largest number of upstream river miles reconnected through dam removal...

The incident took place around 1pm when the siblings were returning home from school during recess (AI Image) BHOPAL: A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped in front of her 11-year-old brother, who was assaulted when he tried to intervene, in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district on Tuesday afternoon.The incident took place around 1pm when the siblings...