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Israel elections: Understanding how Knesset polls work vs India’s system

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Israel elections: Understanding how Knesset polls work vs India’s system

Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrate at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem following the release of the first exit poll results in Israel’s general election on October 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israel faces a high-stakes political standoff after the October 27 national election, the country’s first vote since the 2023 Hamas…

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Rupee falls 21 paise to close at 95.28 against U.S. dollar

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Rupee falls 21 paise to close at 95.28 against U.S. dollar

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee depreciated 21 paise to close at 95.28 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday (October 28, 2026), weighed down by a stronger U.S. dollar and surging crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee is expected to trade with a slight negative…

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HCLTech launches AI-powered nano GCC offering on AWS

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HCLTech launches AI-powered nano GCC offering on AWS

For existing GCCs, the model envisages a hub-and-spoke structure anchored at HCLTech’s Lucknow campus. | Photo Credit: Reuters HCLTech has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch an AI-powered nano Global Capability Centre (GCC) offering, aimed at helping enterprises transition from AI experimentation to business deployment through smaller, focused operations. The offering, part of…

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Abhishek Sharma becomes world No.1 T20I batter, overtaking Ishan Kishan

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Abhishek Sharma becomes world No.1 T20I batter, overtaking Ishan Kishan

Abhishek Sharma has a total of 897 rating points and by powering India to a six-wicket win, he has dislodged Ishan Kishan from the top of the world rankings. Photo: Special Arrangement India opener Abhishek Sharma on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) reclaimed the world No. 1 spot in the ICC men’s T20 International batting rankings…

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Are humans still evolving? – The Hindu

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Are humans still evolving? – The Hindu

Evolution is too slow to detect within a single human lifetime | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto — Anand Songara, Indore Humans are still evolving — through new mutations, natural selection, migration, and random chance. Modern medicine and technologies have also changed the pressures acting on us. Put one way, evolution can be discerned from changes…

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Israel polls: Golan urges Eisenkot’s bloc to form government with Arab parties to oust Netanyahu

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Israel polls: Golan urges Eisenkot’s bloc to form government with Arab parties to oust Netanyahu

Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following national election exit polls on Octobe 28, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Yair Golan, leader of Israel’s Democratic Party, on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) urged the Opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to form a government in…

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Theni jailbreak: Two more prisoners secured; two still at large

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Theni jailbreak: Two more prisoners secured; two still at large

The police team searching for prisoners who escaped from the district jail in Thekkampatti, Theni district, on Tuesday | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan Two more escaped prisoners from the Theni district jail have been arrested, taking the total number of persons secured to 15. Two more prisoners are still at large, and the police continued…

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INDIA bloc’s ‘public impeachment’ of CEC to be held at Kharge’s residence on October 30

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INDIA bloc’s ‘public impeachment’ of CEC to be held at Kharge’s residence on October 30

File picture of the INDIA bloc leaders addressing the media | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The INDIA bloc will hold its proposed “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s official residence, 10, Rajaji Marg, in New Delhi, at 3.30 p.m. on Friday (October 30, 2026), Congress general secretary…

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Gene therapy offers to beat hepatitis B virus by muting its DNA

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Gene therapy offers to beat hepatitis B virus by muting its DNA

In 1904, two scientists, Henry Wheeler and Treat Johnson, synthesised a variant of cytosine, one of the building blocks of DNA, in the laboratory. The variant they synthesised contained a chemical tag called a methyl group (-CH3) attached to cytosine, so they called it 5-methylcytosine. Their motivation for doing so was based on the observation…

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A new ore-der: Can India’s Mineral Exchanges fix the price game?

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A new ore-der: Can India’s Mineral Exchanges fix the price game?

In less than 14 months, an idea to bring India’s fragmented market onto a common electronic platform germinated from legislative intent to a formal regulatory framework and, finally, setting the stage for establishing mineral exchanges. The proposed exchanges cobbled an ambitious plan, ensuring a transparent marketplace where representative prices reflect demand and supply rather than…

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