Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is one of the most prestigious as well. The tournament has been held since 1877 and is still the only tennis major to be played on grass. The Open Era in Wimbledon began in April 1968 when the professional players were allowed to compete with the amateurs, and in the last 57 years, only three unseeded players have ended up becoming the champion across men and women.
In a shocking incident, 34 people, including 22 children were on Wednesday killed in Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting. Several people have been taken hostages, local media reported. A gunman was holding an unknown number of student and teachers hostage in a school in southern Thailand’s Songkhla, the provincial administration said on social media.
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In Peeragarhi car death case, Delhi Police on Wednesday got five-day police custody of Kamaruddin Baba. Earlier in the day, Delhi Police arrested the self-styled ‘baba’ in connection with the deaths of three people whose bodies were found inside a locked car near the Peeragarhi flyover. The accused, identified as Kamaruddin, described by police as a ‘maulana’ and an occult practitioner, has been booked for murder, an official told PTI.
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