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The Indira Gandhi Canal, which flows through a small stretch of northwestern Haryana before traversing Rajasthan and ending in the Thar Desert near Gadra Road in Jaisalmer district, is India’s longest canal, at 837 kilometres. It provides critical water supply to Jaisalmer and thousands of remote desert villages. The canal has also reduced dependence on…
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A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the northeastern United States on Saturday, NASA said, setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tonnes of TNT. The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at 2:06 p.m. (11:36 p.m. IST), the U.S. space agency’s deputy news…
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A Touch of Genius, a new anthology of the writings of “Indian Nobel laureates”, edited by historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee, is both nationalist and critical of nationalism — possibly by accident — and exists in an unresolved tension with itself. But first, Mukherjee’s introduction is absorbing. His use of Isaiah Berlin’s distinction between the hedgehog and…
The story so far: In a roadshow promoting surface coal gasification, Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy said the technology, which can also yield a range of downstream products, has the potential to substitute imports worth up to ₹3 lakh crore. To encourage coal gasification, the Union Cabinet approved a ₹37,500-crore incentive package….
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister accused Israel on Saturday (May 30, 2026) of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” in his country’s south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen locations. A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces had advanced deeper…
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A recent ruling of the Delhi High Court in a long-running trademark dispute initiated by Hindware Limited could shape how Google handles keyword advertising, especially when trademarks are used in sponsored search results. In a 163-page judgment delivered on May 22, Justice Mini Pushkarna examined whether a company can purchase another company’s registered trademark as…
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A recent ruling of the Delhi High Court in a long-running trademark dispute initiated by Hindware Limited could shape how Google handles keyword advertising, especially when trademarks are used in sponsored search results. In a 163-page judgment delivered on May 22, Justice Mini Pushkarna examined whether a company can purchase another company’s registered trademark as…
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This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. has clarified that not all immigrants seeking green cards will be required to return to their home country to make such applications. The statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday (May 29, 2026) appeared to be…
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Police watch as Paris Saint-Germain fans celebrate at the Champs-Élysées after winning the UEFA Champions League | Photo Credit: Reuters Paris police detained 45 people after violence disrupted celebrations late Saturday (May 30, 2026) of Paris Saint-Germain’s second Champions League title win and a group tried to storm a police station in the French capital….
A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday (May 30, 2026) said it has been informed by the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine that a drone today struck a turbine building at the site, reportedly causing a hole in its…