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EXPLAINED | Over 6,000 Italian Schools Received a Bomb Threat. Here’s What Happened
EXPLAINED | Over 6,000 Italian Schools Received a Bomb Threat. Here’s What Happened
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On November 11, a suspected bomb hoax emptied hundreds of classrooms across Italy. Similar threats reached schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Investigators are still tr ...
Spain’s First General Strike in 14 Years Disrupts Transport & Public Services
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Workers walked out across Spain on November 11, and tens of thousands marched in Madrid and Barcelona. An 87-year-old’s eviction helped turn a fight over rent into a national strike, a vote on tenant ...
US-Israeli Strikes Released 1.5 Million Tonnes of CO₂, Iran’s President Tells COP31
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Masoud Pezeshkian attributed the emissions to strikes on fuel facilities in southern Iran and storage tanks near Tehran. He called for international organisations to document wartime environmental dam ...
‘Living Bridge Between India and the World’: EAM Jaishankar Launches Website for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
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The 19th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in Kolkata from January 7 to 9, 2027, in collaboration with the West Bengal government. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also announced a ...
Sukhbir Badal Accuses Sonia Gandhi of Giving ‘Clean Chit’ to 1984 Anti-Sikh Massacre Perpetrators
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The Shiromani Akali Dal chief has questioned Sonia Gandhi’s account in her memoir of Rajiv Gandhi’s decision not to deploy Sikh Army personnel in Delhi during the 1984 violence. Badal has demanded tha ...
Cabinet Clears ₹3,230-Crore Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum at North and South Block
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The museum will be developed across the historic North and South Block buildings in New Delhi, with a proposed display area that the government says will be the largest in the world. Its first gallery ...
Terrorists Reportedly Attack CRPF Personnel in Kulgam: A Look at 10 Attacks on the Force
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The latest attack in Jammu and Kashmir comes amid a long history of militant strikes on CRPF personnel, from targeted firing on patrol parties to suicide bombings and attacks on convoys
“Gave Up PM Post, Became Super PM”: BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi Targets Sonia Gandhi
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BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi accuses Sonia Gandhi of exercising power from outside the Prime Minister’s Office during the UPA government
The Human Side of Titan’s ₹17,495-Crore Jewellery Business
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As Titan’s jewellery business grows 24 per cent in Q2, its Diwali campaign shifts the spotlight from the finished pieces to the 16,000-plus karigars whose skill and labour make them possible.