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Serena Williams (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Tennis great Serena Williams is set to make a surprise return to professional tennis nearly four years after her last competitive match. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wild card entry for the women’s doubles event at Queen’s Club, set to be hosted between June 6...

India should recast its growth strategy to cope with unanticipated economic shocks and cover India’s strategic vulnerabilities. (AI image) Led by a growing domestic demand and a favourable demographic dividend, the Indian economy and its growth story have been called fundamentally strong by economists. But short-term global economic shocks, like the ongoing Middle East conflict,...

Billionaire San Francisco 49ers investor Vinod Khosla prepares blockbuster bid for Microsoft cofounder’s NFL team Seattle Seahawks (Image via Getty: Vinod Khosla, Seattle Seahawks logo) Vinod Khosla is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park, California. As of June 1, 2026, Vinod Khosla’s real-time net worth is $15.4...

NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar has been long known for his firefighting skills. The Congress turned to him everytime things fell apart. But now, as he prepares to take up the top job in Karnataka, the test will not just be of his firefighting skills (in his own backyard) but also of his...

The accused, Mohammad Shaikh arrested following a sustained intelligence-led operation involving electronic surveillance, digital analysis and field verification. LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a 22-year-old Class 10 pass-out from Azamgarh for allegedly working for a Pakistan-backed terror network that was grooming Indian youths through social media and assigning them targeted missions,...

Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu Indian badminton star PV Sindhu joined the celebrations after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retained their IPL title, sharing a message for the franchise and its supporters on social media.Sindhu, who has been living in Bengaluru in recent years, began her Instagram post with a joke linking her move to the city...

(Photo credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: India has formally begun the process of acquiring 114 Rafale fighter jets from France in a deal estimated to be worth around Rs 3.25 lakh crore, marking a major step in one of the country’s largest-ever military procurement programmes.According to defence ministry sources cited by ANI, the Acquisition Wing of...

Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke NEW DELHI: Nearly two weeks after launching the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which quickly gained traction on social media, founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Monday that he fears he could be arrested when he returns to India later this week, according to news agency PTI.Despite the apprehension, Dipke said...

Virat Kohli (on the left) after RCB’s second IPL title (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles used Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2026 title win as an example of the strong relationship between India and Australia.Speaking a day after RCB defeated Gujarat Titans to win their second consecutive IPL trophy, Marles pointed...

Sources indicate former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai is set to quit the party, after a meeting with top BJP leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai will quit the party “in a couple of days” after meeting party national president Nitin Nabin and Union home minister Amit Shah in...