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Bhutan sets Guinness record by raising 108 stupas in 9 hours

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Bhutan sets Guinness record by raising 108 stupas in 9 hours

A Guinness World Records representative hands Lotay Tshering, the Governor of Gelephu Mindfulness City, a certificate acknowledging as a new record the erection of 108 stupas in nine hours. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GELEPHU (BHUTAN): Bhutan has set a Guinness World Record by erecting 108 Buddhist stupas in nine hours, Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC)…

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Why are Tasmac staff opposing the liquor bottle ‘buyback’ scheme in Tamil Nadu? | Explained

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Why are Tasmac staff opposing the liquor bottle ‘buyback’ scheme in Tamil Nadu? | Explained

Tipplers can take the empty bottles to the retail shops and get the ₹10 refund. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The story so far: Charging an extra ₹10 over the maximum retail price (MRP) of liquor bottles has long been a contentious practice at the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) outlets. Successive governments…

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Spoiled by design: How supermarkets became targets of cyberattacks 

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Spoiled by design: How supermarkets became targets of cyberattacks 

A notice informing customers that refrigerators are temporarily out of service is displayed on an empty refrigerated case at the Delhaize Shop & Go store | Photo Credit: REUTERS When 150 Intermarche stores in France found their refrigeration systems running at 50 degrees Celsius in October, the first question was the usual one: who wants…

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What is the debate on NavIC vs GPS | Explained

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What is the debate on NavIC vs GPS | Explained

File photo of ISRO Chairman V Narayanan addresses a press conference in Sriharikota. File | Photo Credit: PTI For India’s regional satellite-based navigation, the big news towards the end of October 2026 was that NavIC — short for ‘Navigation with Indian Constellation’ — was back in the reckoning with the successful addition of the NVS-03…

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Haryana power discoms seek review of licence

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Haryana power discoms seek review of licence

File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu State-owned power distribution companies — Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam — have filed a review petition before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), alleging that the parallel distribution licence granted to a private company was in violation of…

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In huge blow to Republicans, Democrat Talarico flips U.S. Senate seat in Texas

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In huge blow to Republicans, Democrat Talarico flips U.S. Senate seat in Texas

Supporters celebrate after a media outlet projected win for Democratic US Senate candidate and Texas State Representative James Talarico during the US midterm elections in Austin, Texas on November 3, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Democrat James Talarico on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) won the U.S. Senate race in Texas, flipping yet another seat for…

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Guwahati hotel shooting case: Prime accused killed in police ‘encounter’

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Guwahati hotel shooting case: Prime accused killed in police ‘encounter’

Ghanakanta Gogoi | Photo Credit: Special arrangement GUWAHATI The prime accused in the October 26 Guwahati hotel shooting, which killed five, was shot dead in an alleged police encounter in Sivasagar on Wednesday 9November 4, 2026). The encounter took place around 3.10 a.m. at Phulpanichiga under the Gaurisagar police station limits, when police were taking…

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black woman Governor in U.S.

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first Black woman Governor in U.S.

Democratic candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms arrives for a news conference on Election Day, in Smyrna, Georgia on November 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, won the race for Governor in the southern state of Georgia on Tuesday (November 3, 2026), making her the first Black woman elected…

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Democratic gains mount in U.S. midterms as Donald Trump faces bruising verdict

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Democratic gains mount in U.S. midterms as Donald Trump faces bruising verdict

Democrats notched a string of early victories in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced the prospect of a bruising election setback. The Opposition party also retained key Senate seats, while victory in Georgia’s Governor race added to mounting signs that…

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US midterm election results 2026: Full list of winners

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US midterm election results 2026: Full list of winners

Represenational Image | Photo Credit: Shannon Stapleton Americans voted on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) in midterm elections that will largely determine how much power U.S. President Donald Trump retains for the rest of his term. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 Senate seats, and governorships in 36 States went…

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