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Bobby Whitlock, the soulful, raspy-voiced keyboard player who helped form Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, has died at 77. His longtime manager, Carol Kaye, told Variety he passed away early Sunday morning at his Texas home, after suffering from cancer. His family was there with him. Bobby Whitlock passes away at 77.(X/@BooksBeatles) Whitlock’s early life and beginnings in musicWhitlock was born on March 18, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee, and did not exactly have an easy start in life. Money was tight, and the neighborhood was rough. But music is what saved him. As a teenager, he got deep…

“Active investors scooped up SoftBank Group shares to beat the Topix’s gain,” said Seiichi Suzuki, chief equity market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Institute [File] | Photo Credit: AP Shares in SoftBank Group jumped more than 13% to a record high on Friday morning in a show of investor support for the Japanese technology investor’s AI push after first quarter profits beat expectations.SoftBank’s share price hit 14,205 yen at the close of morning trading.SoftBank has announced a series of mammoth investments this year, including committing $30 billion to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, as well as leading the financing for Stargate: a…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to media prior to talks at Villa Borsig on July 23 in Berlin. Christian Mang/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Mang/Getty Images As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine must be included in any talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. Leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said they welcome…

First MS Swaminathan annual award for food and peace winner, Nigerian scientist Prof. Ademola A Adenle poses for a photograph in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Eminent agriculture scientist and policymaker based in Nigeria, Ademola Adenle, who won the first M.S. Swaminathan Annual Award for Food and Peace last week, told The Hindu in an interview that every government should engage all the key stakeholders and come up with appropriate policy to mitigate the crisis from unnecessary tariffs being imposed on developing countries. “If you don’t have a policy in place that can mitigate this crisis, then…

The United States brokered the agreement, giving it leverage and business opportunities.There is a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, after nearly four decades of conflict.The final stage was brokered by US President Donald Trump in the White House.Crucial to the deal is a corridor to connect the main part of Azerbaijan with another part of its territory, which is cut off because it is on the other side of Armenia.But how long will it take before the corridor becomes a reality?And what will Washington’s growing presence in the South Caucasus mean for the region?Presenter: James BaysGuests:Vasif Huseynov – Head…

For patients living with rare diseases in India, access to treatment often feels like a brief window of light in an otherwise dark tunnel. Lifesaving drugs exist, and for a while, they offer stability, dignity, and hope. But when public funding runs out, treatment abruptly stops, and hope disappears just as quickly. This is the everyday reality for rare disease patients like P.A. Abhinand, 37, an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research in Chennai. He lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) — a rare, progressive neuromuscular condition that causes the deterioration of motor neurons…

ThiruvananthapuramAug 10, 2025 19:00 IST First published on: Aug 10, 2025 at 19:00 IST Share Following the row sparked by the arrest of two nuns from Kerala in Chhattisgarh late last month, an episode that is said to have put some strain on the ties between the BJP and the community, the Kerala unit of the party has adopted a multipronged strategy to make amends. Admitting that the issue had “slowed down” the party’s interaction with the Church leadership, a BJP leader said the “setback was temporary”. “We are telling the churches that only the BJP made sincere efforts to…

Kolkata: It might be too early to discuss, but there can never be a right time to debate what India’s cross-format leadership should look like. Suryakumar Yadav leads the T20 side and Shubman Gill the Test team but there remains some doubt over whether Rohit Sharma would continue being the ODI captain. Sharma is 38 and keeping in mind India’s white-ball leadership discussions are more or less event-oriented, he should be pushing 40 by the time the ODI World Cup arrives in India in 2027. One captain for T20Is and another for ODIs has never been the approach of BCCI.…

Will he? Won’t he? The next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is still seven months away, but the one question lingering on everyone’s minds is whether MS Dhoni will turn up one more season for his franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK)? The long-time talisman has been battling knee pain season after season, but still, he has kept the five-time champions at the top of his priority list. CSK finished at the bottom of the points table in IPL 2025. Hence, it remains to be seen whether Dhoni turns up one more season as a player. Will MS Dhoni…

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here’s this week’s question from a reader, condensed and edited for clarity:I typically eat vegetarian, and have considered going fully vegan out of concern for animal welfare. But lately my on-again, off-again gastrointestinal problems have been acting up, and I’ve had to go back on a…