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EXPLAINED | What Is COP31, and Who Pays to Protect India From Climate Change?
EXPLAINED | What Is COP31, and Who Pays to Protect India From Climate Change?
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The UN climate summit opens in Antalya, Türkiye, on November 9. India wants richer countries to help pay for protection from floods, cyclones and heat. A village on the Andhra Pradesh coast shows what ...
Delhi AQI Touches 400 After Diwali, Burari Hits 441
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Thick smog reduced visibility in parts of the capital on Monday morning. At least 11 locations reported ‘severe’ air quality, with GRAP Stage III restrictions already in force across Delhi-NCR
Trump Widens Pressure on Iran as Tehran Demands an End to the War
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The US has set up Task Force Iron Gate to target supply routes across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea. Iraq says Washington wants most of its crossings with Iran closed. Trump says fresh strik ...
How Do Spy Honeytraps Work, and How Do You Prove One?
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Nvidia’s inquiry into a reported intelligence operation targeting Jensen Huang revives a Cold War question. From KGB blackmail to the Stasi’s “Romeo” agents, what separates a spy operation from a rela ...
EXPLAINED | Why Is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Under the Scanner?
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Huang has admitted being unfaithful. Nvidia is examining reports that Chinese intelligence targeted him through an executive at a major chip customer. The case also raises a separate question about wh ...
Dreamers and Doers
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Anant Ambani | Ananya Birla | Shashvat Nakrani | Jeet Adani | Kaviya Kalanithi Maran | Aravind Srinivas | Tanay Kothari | Ashwin Sreenivas | Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra | Hardik Kothiya and Chira ...
Liam Livingstone Scored 15 Runs Last IPL. Why Did CSK Trade for Him?
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Sunrisers Hyderabad signed Liam Livingstone for ₹13 crore and gave him two games. Chennai Super Kings are taking him at ₹6 crore. His best Punjab seasons tell us where to look for the player Chennai m ...
Godfather Beer Has a Name Sanjay Dutt’s Glenwalk Can’t Keep
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Cartel Bros got its Godfather whisky as far as retailers in Mumbai and Thane. A November 6 Delhi High Court decree permanently bars the company from using the name on alcohol. The trouble with the lab ...
Houthis Claim Six Strikes on Saudi Oil Sites, Riyadh Airport
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The group says the attacks answer Saudi air raids that, by its account, have killed dozens of civilians; none of the claims has been independently verified