2026

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played Wimbledon’s longest match, lasting 11 hours across three days/ Image: Olympics.com A tennis match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes, stretched across three days, produced 183 games, and eventually broke the electronic scoreboard sounds more like a story written for television than something that actually happened at Wimbledon….

Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday set aside a single judge order that prohibited any new acquisition of elephants by temples and private individuals in Tamil Nadu. The court also set aside another direction of the single judge that a call should be taken on shifting all captive elephants, temple-owned and privately owned, to govt…

Chennai: In a major push to meet the growing water demand in north Chennai and the city’s suburbs, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will set up a 400mld desalination plant at Minjur.Now, infrastructure for a 100mld desalination plant exists in the area but has remained non-operational amid court litigation. As a result,…