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Liz Truss Spent Her Finals Days As UK PM Preparing For Russian Nuclear Strike: Book

November 12, 2024 admin

Vladimir Putin came alarmingly close to using nuclear weapons in October 2022, prompting then-UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to prepare for potential consequences during her final days in office, according to an updated version of her biography. Reports indicate that Ms Truss spent her last days as prime minister examining weather maps and preparing for…

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Air India-Vistara merger complete; integrated entity to operate over 5,600 weekly flights

November 12, 2024 admin

An Air Vistara flight landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on November 11, 2023. Air India on November 12, 2024 said the merger of full service carrier Vistara with itself has been completed. | Photo Credit: The HIndu Marking a major consolidating in the Indian aviation space, Air India on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) said the merger…

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Companies’ appetite for cheap carbon offsets stokes fears of greenwashing

November 12, 2024 admin

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its behalf – by planting trees, for example, or generating renewable energy. The idea is…

Science

Mohammad Nabi to retire from ODIs after 2025 Champions Trophy

November 12, 2024 admin

Afghanistan player Mohammad Nabi announced that he will be retiring from ODIs after the Champions Trophy 2025 which will be held in Pakistan. FIle | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has announced that he will retire from One-Day Internationals after next year’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan. After Afghanistan’s 2-1 series win over…

Sports

Karnataka Minister Clarifies Amid ‘Kaalia’ Row

November 12, 2024 admin

A row has erupted over Zameer Ahmed Khan’s ‘Kaalia’ remark for HD Kumaraswamy Bengaluru: Amid the massive row over his alleged racist remark against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, Karnataka minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has said he called the JDS leader “Kaalia” out of affection and that he was ready to apologise if the comment…

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Tim Paine, Former Australian captain backs Dhruv Jurel to shine in upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy

November 12, 2024 admin

Australia’s Tim Paine expects Dhruv Jurel to be in the playing XI for India during the Border-Gavaskar series. The first Test will start on November 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Impressed by Dhruv Jurel’s technique and the ease with which he navigated through the bouncy MCG pitch recently, former Australia captain Tim Paine…

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4 Dead, 2 Critically Injured After Car Falls Off Bridge in Assam

November 12, 2024 admin

The car, traveling from Dibrugarh to Tinsukia, plunged into an under-construction culvert. Four people, including a five-year-old child, were killed and two were seriously injured when a car fell off an under-construction culvert in Assam’s Tinsukia on Tuesday. Six members of a family were travelling from Bihar to Tinsukia for a wedding when the accident…

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Thanks to two special genes, a single atom can change the colour of a bird

November 12, 2024 admin

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce their colours. | Photo Credit: Shutterstock Across the animal kingdom, birds are some of the most colourful creatures of all. But how did all the amazingly coloured different bird species arise? Nearly all birds…

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Mohammed Shami to return to competitive cricket; to play for Bengal against M.P. in Ranji Trophy

November 12, 2024 admin

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami will be returning to competitive cricket in the Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh after a hiatus of nearly a year. | Photo Credit: Reuters Premier India pacer Mohammed Shami will make his much-anticipated return to competitive cricket after a hiatus of nearly a year through Bengal’s Ranji Trophy match against…

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India Not Attending World Leaders Climate Action Summit

November 12, 2024 admin

Baku: India is not attending the two-day World Leaders Climate Action Summit (WLCAS) beginning Tuesday with country statements at the 2024 UN climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan that is focussed heavily on securing a new climate finance target for countries most vulnerable to climate impacts. Ilham Aliyev, President of host Azerbaijan, has invited heads…

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