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China’s QUAD unease tied to South China Sea insecurities
China’s QUAD unease tied to South China Sea insecurities
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A commentary in Chinese mouthpiece Global Times warns of meddling in the South China Sea ahead of a QUAD leaders meeting taking place after a two-year gap reflect a strategic vulnerability. China’s Co ...
Delhi’s Post-Diwali Air Pollution Is a ‘Public Health Emergency': Environmentalists
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Environmentalists warn that firecracker emissions have compounded Delhi’s already severe air pollution, with unfavourable weather conditions likely to keep pollutants trapped over the capital for the ...
Small Carts, Big Business: How India Shopped This Diwali
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Forget the big-ticket splurge. India's festive shopping boom is being powered by sub-₹1,000 orders, quick commerce and smaller cities. Is the next big e-commerce opportunity hiding in India's smallest ...
Honda Is Still Karnataka’s Hero. Where’s Its ₹600-Crore EV Factory?
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Honda has made two-wheelers in Kolar since 2013. Karnataka says the company is keen to expand electric production there. The fate of a dedicated factory that was supposed to make electric two-wheelers ...
Ukrainian Drones Strike Russia’s Second-Largest Oil Refinery; Moscow Says 81 UAVs Downed
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A drone attack has hit the Kirishi refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region, triggering explosions and fires at the facility, according to Ukrainian media reports. Moscow says its air defences intercepte ...
EXPLAINED | Can Congress Impeach Pete Hegseth Over Trump’s Iran War?
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Donald Trump credits his Pentagon chief with the Iran campaign. A Republican’s eight articles of impeachment ask who gave Hegseth the authority to wage it and what he did with that power
‘Swayamsevak Is the Sangh’s Identity’: Mohan Bhagwat Recalls RSS’s Early Years
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation’s identity continues to rest on its volunteers, a century after its founding. Recalling an episode from the 1930s, he said a man named Ibrahim had def ...
Punjab Records 1,152 Farm Fires on Diwali, Its Biggest Daily Spike This Season
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The November 8 surge pushed Punjab’s season tally to 4,459, about 34% higher than at the same point last year. Authorities have levied ₹62.55 lakh in environmental compensation and recovered just over ...
Deepinder Goyal's Temple and Gaurav Gupta's Gabit: The Zomato Connection in Health-Tech
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Deepinder Goyal backed former Zomato colleague Gaurav Gupta's health-tech venture Gabit before launching Temple, his own bet on wearable technology. As both companies look to make the human body more ...