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Topic: Australia Open

Tennis ace Sumit Nagal’s Australian Open dream at risk after China denies visa

Nagal, India’s best performer in recent Grand Slam men’s singles, has approached the Chinese Embassy in Delhi after his visa was rejected ahead of 2026 AO Asia-Pacific Playoff in Chengdu.

Russian flags banned at Australian Open tennis after complaint from Ukraine ambassador

Vasyl Myroshnychenko, the Ukranian ambassador, posted a picture showing a Russian flag seen during Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Baindl's first round match, at the Australian Open on Monday.

Ukranian tennis player Marta Kostyuk will snub handshakes with Russian, Belarusian players

Kostyuk said she would snub handshakes with any Russian or Belarusian opponent who had not openly condemned the invasion.

Covid-19 pandemic: Hundreds of cops died from virus in US, Russia reports record daily deaths

ThePrint brings you some of the important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.