World number two Carlos Alcaraz has confirmed that he will miss this year’s Wimbledon Championships as he continues to recover from a wrist injury. Alcaraz was already Withdrew from the French Open earlier this monthHe also missed the clay-court majors due to injury.

The Spanish star injured his right wrist during the Barcelona Open in April. Since then, Alcaraz has also withdrawn from the Madrid Open and Italian Open to focus on recovery.

In a post on social media, Alcaraz said that the decision to skip Wimbledon was made to avoid further aggravating the injury and to ensure that he returned fully fit for the remainder of the season.

“My recovery is going well and I’m feeling much better, but unfortunately I’m still not ready to play, and that’s why I’ve had to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen’s and Wimbledon. They’re two really special tournaments for me and I’ll miss them a lot. We’ll keep working to get back as soon as possible!”

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Alcaraz was injured during the Barcelona OpenWhere he was forced to retire from the match against Otto Virtanen. Since then, the Spaniard has been sidelined, missing the opportunity to defend his title at the Madrid Open, Italian Open and now the French Open.

Alcaraz’s withdrawal from Wimbledon also means fans will have to wait longer for another chapter in the much-anticipated Sincaraz rivalry. The two last met in a Grand Slam in the US Open final last year, where Alcaraz emerged victorious at Flushing Meadows.

Alcaraz’s rivalry with Sinner has become one of the biggest attractions in men’s tennis, making his absence from the next two Grand Slams a major shock for fans and broadcasters. The pair produced a memorable French Open final last year, with Alcaraz recording a comeback victory, in response to which Sinner defeated her in the Wimbledon final.

Earlier this year, Alcaraz became the youngest person to complete a career Grand Slam by defeating Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. However, he lost the world No. 1 ranking to Sinner after his defeat in the recent Monte Carlo Masters final. After Alcaraz missed Wimbledon, Sinner now has a golden opportunity to strengthen his hold on the top spot in the ATP rankings.

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The US State Department has issued a Level 4 alert for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan or Uganda, urging Americans not to travel to any of these countries for any reason. Ebola outbreak. For Rwanda, the department issued a Level 3 alert asking Americans to reconsider travel. The travel alerts are in response to the CDC and WHO announcement on the recent Ebola outbreak.“Medical services in South Sudan are extremely limited. Access to adequate medical treatment, as well as routine emergency procedures, is often unavailable, and even minor health problems may require medical evacuation. All medical services, including medical evacuation, are at your expense. If you purchase additional medical insurance, be sure to keep records of all medical services paid for and provided,” the U.S. Department of Health wrote in the advisory for South Sudan.Ebola is a rare, serious and often fatal hemorrhagic fever disease spread by direct contact with infected individuals or their bodily fluids.Dr. Peter Stafford, an American doctor, has been infected with Ebola as he and his wife Dr. Rebekah Stafford were treating patients during the outbreak in the DRC. The couple’s four children are also being monitored for symptoms. The couple moved to Africa in 2019.As of Tuesday, there have been 131 deaths linked to the current outbreak.The American doctor is being treated in a hospital in Germany at the request of the US government. Germany’s Federal Health Ministry said, “At present, arrangements are being made for the admission and treatment of the patient in Germany.” “Germany has a nationwide network of specialists for the management and care of patients with diseases caused by highly pathogenic pathogens,” the ministry said.The CDC issued a new order on Monday barring foreign travelers from entering the US if they have visited a country affected by the outbreak, including DR Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, in the past 21 days.The agency enforced Title 42, a law that temporarily bans non-citizens from coming to the US for public health reasons.President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “concerned” by the outbreak in DR Congo, but also said he believed it had not spread to the US.

Excerpts from the interview:Why: : How Did this book pass through? A: : Most of my books begin with a character…, not a specific person, but someone in a village in the 1920s. This is what I was imagining in my mind: living in a village, growing up there and then moving out of the village during a period that coincides with the beginning of India’s struggle for independence. And I wondered what would happen to the young man who heard about it… but it was all very vague in my mind. That’s why I first started building that village. And that’s how I thought about parents, and then Devrai came into existence. Making Kesarugattu, meaning mud village, was a very interesting experience… The initial chapters go very deep into the social fabric of rural life and the complexities, frictions and companionship… Why: : wCap Were creative sets you free took?Is it possible gang up universal blueprint of a Villagee or Caste structures? A: : I think they’re particular to each location… A hundred years ago people assumed that this hierarchy was necessary. And when anyone tried to break that hierarchy and do anything outside it, there would be consequences… When people respected the boundaries, castes co-existed peacefully, it was important for the upper castes. And the upper castes have no objection to other castes entering, but they do not want others to move forward...Devaraya himself is a Brahmin, but there is another Brahmin character who is a priest in the temple. And his beliefs are very rigid and he cannot tolerate any intrusion. There is an example in the book where a girl of about nine years old and her dog inadvertently violate something that is sacred to the religion. But its effect is very serious on both. I imagined these stories. But because I work closely with the village people, I have seen the kind of exploitation, injustice that happens. And people think that this is all right, that is not considered injustice. It is like showing a person his proper place. Why: : htoo much Research did you to do? A: : I did very little research. If you know something deeply, you sit back and let your imagination do the work. That means you let yourself go into those houses and sit with your characters. You know, you’re hearing what they think, what they would do. When this whole tragic incident about Devrai came to my mind, it kind of came to me… This is not a historical book, but history is always in the foreground and background and so is caste. We cannot forget these two things in that period of Indian history. And it amazes me that we don’t pay enough attention to this… After I’ve written everything, I’ll usually go back if I’ve mentioned dates or talked about a certain thing in history, just to make sure it’s correct… I felt like the South was overlooked in fiction. Most of our leaders that we know come from the northern and western states. I read about him to some extent, like about Periyar Ramaswami Iyer. There were a lot of ordinary people in the South who dropped out of college, who left their jobs, who joined the freedom movement. Many people were killed, many had to suffer, many had to go to jail. Why: : Iit was fantastic that you managed to take away memories across. A: : My father was in politics and he joined the freedom movement at a very young age. He went to jail. So even though I wasn’t born at that time,…sometimes you would hear him talk about how they were punished, what was done, how the food was. And I have heard how big leaders like Rajagopalachari or Kamaraj and Nehru, when they were in jail, used to take classes for young people. He taught them economics, history, science. They took it upon themselves because they knew that these young people had dropped out of college or left their jobs to join the struggle. And I’ve heard my father say that it was the best education he ever had. So these were the realities that I have used in a different way in the book. Why: : Fiction lends Self to become Great treasury of these historical Description, Use to live Memories, testimony A: : There were a lot of old people at one of my readings in Bengaluru. And many of them came up to me later and said how much of it they remembered. They were telling me things I’d heard about, but they’d lived it, and they loved the book because it brought back memories. Why: : how did you switch like this beautifully between Male and this Female voices? A: : I spend a lot of time with the characters… I really try to place them and I become a fly on the wall… Only then do I understand the natural thing that ‘What will this person do in such a situation?’ I don’t, because otherwise I would impose my views and ideologies on them. That’s why when certain characters do something and I don’t want them to do it, I’ll say, ‘Oh no, please don’t do that.’ But you know that person is meant to do this...I think it’s very important for a writer to be able to deal with gender, not just identify your side of your gender… And when you understand the opposite, then you understand yourself better because both are very closely linked to each other throughout life. I think there’s probably a certain level of asexuality that you have to bring to writing as well as being aware of gender and its implications. Why: what were Topic You districtsis discussed How else did it Get selected? A: : I did not discuss any other titles. A lot of people asked me, ‘Why Rising Sons?’ It seemed as if some people thought the whole story was about men. But I guess I didn’t have any particular reason for anything. Like, I have books that feature male protagonists and I also have books that feature female protagonists. But I feel the story demands something and I do it. And ‘Rising Sons’, for me, was generational because there are so many people in it. It is Devaraya himself who has to rise. He has two sons, he has friends. Getting up and doing something was the domain of men during those years. Women held the fort, many of them stepped into other types of work, but generally it was the men. And I think if you can understand men, you can understand what women go through.

Bengaluru: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) officials have identified several technical and design challenges in adopting full solar traction for the upcoming Blue Line.Responding to a study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) that has proposed running the corridor entirely on solar power, BMRCL officials, addressing a seminar on the study, on Tuesday said solar traction is not a part of the detailed project report (DPR) on which the Blue Line is being implemented. “Of course, the study has revealed half the information and it gives us … an opportunity to really think about how we can best implement this. But there are some challenges that need to be resolved before we draw conclusions,” said Dodde Gowda, chief engineer (traction), BMRCL.Namma MetroThe Blue Line corridor, when completed, will be 55 km long and will stretch from Central Silk Board to Kempegowda International Airport in North Bengaluru. It will also serve the Outer Ring Road (ORR), which is home to a large number of technology parks in the city.Gowda said rooftop solar capacity estimates will need to be reevaluated based on feasibility and installation best practices, citing prior experience where vendor assessments led to “heavily undercuts” of initial expectations. He said lack of space for expansion between KR Pura and Central Silk Board was another limiting factor.“Only at four stations do we have this extra space for installation of solar equipment and instruments. For the remaining stations, the layout has already been done; it is at a very advanced stage and now the equipment is being moved to these substations for installation as we are working on a very tight target,” Gowda informed.He said BMRCL is already implementing solar initiatives on other corridors including the Yellow Line and Green Line extension along Kanakapura Road.On financing, Gowda said solar traction has not been included in the DPR cost and would require alternative models such as public-private partnership. He said private parties currently install and operate solar systems and are paid for production, but would need to raise additional funds to scale it up for traction.He also highlighted the need for a dedicated technical study on injecting solar power into the 33kV network of the Metro. Beyond solar panels, components such as cables, transformers and switchgear will be needed, officials said.

Komalpreet Kaur, a 19-year-old Indian student, died after being hit by a car and trapped under it in Perth, Australia. The accident happened at the Bentley Plaza car park on the Albany Highway near John Street at around 11.30pm last Saturday. When Komalpreet was taken to Royal Perth Hospital she was alive with serious injuries. He later died in the hospital. The 19-year-old driver of the blue Hyundai i30 hatchback has not yet been charged and is part of the investigation. Witnesses told 9News the driver was known to the women and was pleading with people to call an ambulance.Nathan Burge, who was present when Kaur was hit by the car, said he heard a loud bang. “I just started yelling, ‘Any man, any man’, I’m pointing at people, blocking them, ‘Any man, any man’, I wanted to turn that car over,” he said. “We got 10 to 12 good people on it…we got [the car] Up and someone pulled him out.A woman from the crowd came in and began giving CPR before taking Kaur to hospital, where she later died.A fundraiser was set up with the goal of raising $50K (Australian), but has now surpassed the goal as over $82k has been raised. “It is with great sadness that we share the heartbreaking loss of Komalpreet Kaur, a beautiful young woman, 19, who tragically died in a car accident in Perth, Australia,” wrote fundraiser organizer Harpinder Singh Kaler.It said, “Komalpreet was full of life, kindness and dreams for the future. Her sudden passing has left her family and friends devastated and struggling to cope with this unimaginable tragedy.”“We are raising funds to support Komalpreet’s family during this incredibly difficult time. Donations will help cover funeral expenses, memorial arrangements and the significant costs involved in bringing her body back to India so she can be laid to rest with her loved ones in her homeland. This has been a heavy burden for the family emotionally and financially. Any contribution, no matter how small, will provide much-needed support and help return Komalpreet to her family. Will do.”Komalpreet is a resident of Ludhiana who was studying nursing in Perth and was also working part time. His father Amrik Singh is a retired Subedar from the Indian Army.

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing investigation over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced a series of institutional, technical and administrative reforms, while Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a high-level review meeting to assess the preparations for the upcoming NEET (UG) re-exam and tighten security arrangements in states.These reforms come weeks after the NEET-UG exam was canceled on May 3 following allegations that parts of the question paper were leaked ahead of the exam. The controversy revived concerns over exam security after earlier irregularities involving NEET 2024, including allegations of paper leaks, grace marks controversy, questionable perfect scores and claims of organized malpractice networks operating in several states.The NTA said it has initiated measures to strengthen its “leadership team, institutional capacity and oversight mechanisms” in line with the recommendations of the high-level expert committee headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan.As part of the restructuring, four senior officers, including two Joint Secretary level officers designated as Additional Directors General, have been deployed to the agency to improve administrative oversight and operational monitoring. NTA has also advertised three specialist leadership positions – Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and General Manager (Human Resources) – aimed at modernizing the examination system, institutional governance and internal accountability structures.According to the agency, the proposed CTO will oversee the complete digital examination ecosystem, including confidential question paper management, AI-powered integrity controls, biometric and facial authentication systems, cyber security safeguards and anomaly analysis designed to detect suspicious patterns during examinations.The agency said the comprehensive reforms will include technology-enabled security measures at each stage as well as structural changes in question paper preparation, translation, printing and logistics. It also proposed a continuous monitoring system, stronger audit framework, professional training, better stakeholder coordination and better grievance redressal mechanism for students and parents.During Tuesday’s review meeting, Pradhan stressed that all the shortcomings identified in the previous examination process should be comprehensively addressed and eliminated. He directed officials to ensure that the re-examination is conducted in a “safe, seamless and fool-proof manner” under stringent protocols. The Minister also directed officials to strengthen surveillance, maintain vigil at the centers and hold coordination meetings with District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of the states to ensure adequate arrangements, transport assistance, medical aid and student facilitation system for the candidates appearing in the examination across the country in the coming weeks. Officials were also asked to ensure uninterrupted power supply, secure storage facilities for examination material and quick response teams for emergencies.

RR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2026: A high-pressure encounter awaits on Tuesday when Rajasthan Royals take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, which could play a decisive role in shaping the IPL playoff race. With the league stage entering its final stages, every result now holds great importance and both teams approach with contrasting momentum.

Lucknow Super Giants are coming into the contest against Chennai Super Kings on the back of an emphatic win, which has resulted in new confidence in the team. Their performance reflected poise and authority, starting with Akash Singh’s brilliant spell of 3/26, which dismantled the CSK top order and changed the momentum early in the contest. Chasing the target, Mitchell Marsh produced a breathtaking display of power-hitting, scoring 90 off just 38 balls to lead LSG to a comfortable seven-wicket win.

The win not only revived Lucknow’s campaign but also highlighted their ability to perform under pressure during the business end of the tournament. Under the leadership of Rishabh Pant, LSG will now aim to maintain that momentum by avenging their previous defeat to Rajasthan this season.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals have returned to Jaipur looking for an immediate turnaround after their poor form. Their recent defeat in Delhi, a high-scoring thriller, was their third consecutive defeat and added to the pressure on the team. With their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, the Royals will be desperate to value home conditions and gain confidence heading into the crucial stage of the competition.

With both teams chasing crucial points and momentum becoming increasingly valuable, fans can expect an intense and fierce contest under the lights in Jaipur.

RR vs LSG Squad:

Lucknow Super Giants Team: Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (WK/Captain), Mukul Chaudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav, Josh Inglis, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Britzke, Mohsin. Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Arshin. Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari

Rajasthan Royals Team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ryan Parag (captain), Ravi Singh, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Joffra Archer, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Yashraj Punja, Dasun Shanaka, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravindra Jadeja, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron. Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Nandre Berger, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhavendra Singh. Singh Charak, Kwena Mafaka, Vignesh Puthur