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Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Reuters Indicating further loss of jobs for Indian workers in West Asian countries, an international study on the migrant workers in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia has found that while the potential for substitution of migrants with the natives may currently exist in middle-skilled jobs, high-skilled jobs may…
Baku, Azerbaijan: Countries at the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits. Here’s what you should know: WHAT ARE CARBON OFFSETS? Some governments and companies may struggle to reduce their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to meet their climate targets. Supporters of…
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Siddique also sought to bring to the attention of the court that he is not a “powerful personality”. New Delhi: Malayalam actor Siddique, whose interim anticipatory bail granted by the Supreme Court on alleged charges of raping a young actress is ending soon, has accused the Kerala Police of “cooking up baseless stories” about him…
Tejashwi Yadav also criticised the BJP leadership, accusing them of provoking communal divisions Patna: Bihar Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav on Monday criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for being responsible for the rise of communal forces in the state. Speaking to the media in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav criticised Nitish Kumar for being inconsistent…
Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following his presidential election victory. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defence, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. Some are in contention for a range of posts. SUSIE WILES,…
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The revised EC rates are designed to deter farmers from engaging in stubble burning (Representational) Kaithal: In a stricter move to curb air pollution, the Haryana government has doubled the fine for stubble burning, now for two acres of land the farmers will have to pay an environmental compensation fee of Rs 5,000 up from…
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Washington: Right up to Election Day, Donald Trump and his backers were issuing warnings of voter fraud. But once his decisive victory took shape, the flood of misinformation slowed to a trickle. Experts said the shift points to what opponents have long argued was Trump’s preemptive deployment of fraud claims in case he lost, setting…
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The snowfall and rain lowered the day temperature significantly (Representational) Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir on Monday received the season’s first snowfall while plains were lashed by rains, ending a month-long dry spell in the valley, officials said. Affarwat in Gulmarg area of Baramulla district and Sadhna Top in Kupwara district received light snowfall, they…
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Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has devised a way to break down ‘biofilm barriers’ to aid entry of drugs. The IISc said that most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as…
Baku: The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned. According to a report released on the opening day of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) here, the January-September global mean surface temperature was 1.54 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial…
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