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Climate change intensified rain that caused Wayanad landslides: study

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A damaged car at the landslide site in Wayanad following torrential downpours. | Photo Credit: National Disaster Response Force/AFP Heavy rain made about 10% stronger by human-caused climate change triggered the landslides that killed more than 200 people in India’s southern state of Kerala last month, a team of international scientists has concluded. The landslides…

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“Maal Ikatha Karna Hai”: Arshad Nadeem’s Answer To Reporter Stumps Internet

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Arshad Nadeem won the men’s javelin gold at Paris Olympics 2024© X (Twitter) Arshad Nadeem scripted history by becoming the first athlete from Pakistan to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Nadeem came up with a monster throw of 92.97m to break the Olympic record and clinch the gold medal in the men’s…

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“Tarikh Pe Tarikh”: Internet Explodes As Vinesh Phogat’s CAS Verdict Gets Delayed

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Suspense continued on the fate of Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her Olympic disqualification with the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport extending the time limit to deliver its decision till August 16 without specifying the reasons for continuing to defer the matter. The 29-year-old was disqualified from the women’s 50kg freestyle final…

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Ukraine offers to stop incursion if Russia agrees to ‘just peace’

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Ukrainian servicemen operate an armoured military vehicle in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk on August 6, 2024, capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant cross-border attack…

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“Every Symbol Of India’s Ties With Bangladesh Is Being Attacked”: Shashi Tharoor

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Shashi Tharoor said that India must stand with the people of Bangladesh. New Delhi: Amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is difficult for people in India to be indifferent when every symbol of the country’s friendship with Bangladesh is being attacked there. Pointing to the turmoil in Bangladesh,…

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Melting polar ice due to climate change is making earth’s days longer

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The coastline of a small island off the coast of Antarctica, seen from a window on a commercial flight, February 8, 2017. After the previous ice age, a lot of ice melted from the northernmost and the southernmost parts of the earth, causing the planet to spin faster. | Photo Credit: Matt Palmer/Unsplash In yet…

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Volodymyr Zelensky Says Ukraine Controls 74 Russian Settlements

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There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,” Zelensky said. Kyiv: Ukraine now controls 74 settlements in Russia’s Kursk border region, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday. The governor of the Kursk region, where Ukraine is mounting a week-long incursion, previously said Monday that Ukraine controls 28 settlements. “There are 74 settlements under…

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Nirmala Sitharaman: Wish I could bring taxes to almost nil but India needs to fund research

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the officers of the Income Tax department from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh region, in Bhopal. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that she wished she could bring down the taxes in the country to “almost nil” but India’s challenges are severe and they…

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Wayanad Landsline Linked To 10% Heavier Rainfall Due To Climate Change: Study

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The study said about 59 per cent of total landslides in Kerala have occurred in plantation areas. New Delhi: The deadly landslides in Kerala’s ecologically fragile Wayanad district were triggered by a heavy burst of rainfall, made 10 per cent heavier by climate change, according to a new rapid attribution study by a global team…

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