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World’s biggest banks increased fossil fuel financing by $162 billion in 2024: Report
The world’s largest 65 banks committed $869 billion in 2024 to companies in the fossil fuels sector, up from $707 billion in ...
‘Future attacks will be far greater’: Trump’s warning to Iran after US strikes on nuclear facilities
Trump, in his address to the nation, lauded the US military for the spectacular strikes and warned Tehran against carrying ...
Which are the 3 nuclear sites hit by US air strikes in Iran?
US and Israeli officials said American stealth bombers and the GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb — capable of penetrating fortified ...
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Pune Bridge Collapse Highlights: NDRF ends Kundamala rescue operations after 4 deaths; bridge declared ‘dangerous’
Pune Indrayani River Bridge Collapse News Highlights: The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) on Monday said that rescue operations at the Kundamala bridge collapse site have ended, as all missing ...
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Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad: Centre sets up high-level probe panel; report expected within 3 months
The Centre has set up a high-level multi-disciplinary committee to look into Thursday’s crash of the Air India London-bound flight (AI 171) in Ahmedabad, which killed 241 people on board and many on ...
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Influence waning, Maoists told cadres before crackdown: ‘Weak, need to retreat’
Months before security forces moved in to flush out Maoists from their forest strongholds, the politburo of the banned CPI (Maoist), its highest decision-making body, informed the cadres “we are ...
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‘We cannot seek justice for the past’: Ram temple’s officer-architect-in-chief Nripendra Misra
OBSERVING THAT there are “limits” to correcting historical wrongs, Nripendra Misra, Ayodhya Ram temple’s officer-architect-in-chief, has said that once people “realise that the time has gone by and ...
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‘Pain of chess’: Magnus Carlsen wins Norway Chess after heartbreak for Gukesh, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura
“That’s honestly the pain of chess, especially classical chess,” shrugged Magnus Carlsen with a wistful smile in an interview with the official broadcast of Norway Chess just minutes after winning his ...
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India expresses ‘deep concern’, issues advisories to citizens in Israel, Iran: ‘Stay vigilant, avoid unnecessary movements’
Expressing “deep concern” at the recent developments involving Iran and Israel, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said that India is closely monitoring the evolving situation, including ...
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Thought to be extinct, a rare sighting in Kashmir revives hopes of the Eurasian otter’s comeback
For three decades, the Eurasian otter, once an integral part of Kashmir’s aquatic ecosystem, was thought to be extinct in the Valley. However, a rare sighting of the semi-aquatic mammal has now been ...
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ExplainSpeaking: The critical importance of the next Census for India’s economy
The Government of India has announced that the next Census will be conducted in two phases over 2026 and 2027. The effective date for which it will provide all the data will be March 1, 2027. India ...
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WTC Final: Will Messrs Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon, who have never won ICC Test silverware together, blow South Africa away?
When the 22 players line up at Lord’s for the third ICC World Test Championship final, the statistical lopsidedness hanging over the Australian and South African contingents will be hard to neglect.