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China On “High Alert” After Japan Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait
China’s military was on “high alert” Thursday and Beijing said it had lodged a complaint with Tokyo after a Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time. Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshimasa…
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Elon Musk Plans to Send Five Uncrewed Star ships to Mars in Two Years
SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Star ship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X. Earlier this month, Musk had said…
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Google To Nvidia: PM Modi’s Roundtable Meet With 15 Tech CEOs at MIT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today convened a high-profile roundtable with top American technology CEOs, focusing on innovation, collaboration, and India’s growing tech space. The meeting, held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, was part…
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Passengers stranded after strike at main Kenya airport
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport after workers went on strike in protest at a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…
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Queen Elizabeth’s new statue, unveiled beside Prince Philip’s, blasted as ‘offensive’: ‘Looks utterly ridiculous’’
A new bronze statue that was unveiled to honour the late Queen Elizabeth II has drawn criticism as many believe it looks nothing like the monarch. The statue was unveiled on September 6in Antrim Castle Gardens…
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Bajaj Housing Finance IPO breaks Tata Tech’s IPO record with bids worth over Rs 3.2 lakh crore
The highly anticipated Bajaj Housing Finance IPO has shattered historical records, drawing bids worth over Rs 3.2 lakh crore. The company aimed to raise approximately Rs 6,560 crore through a mix of fresh equity sale…
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Historic Mission Featuring First-Ever Private Spacewalk Postponed by SpaceX
SpaceX postponed once more its attempt at launching a daring orbital expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. The Polaris Dawn mission, organized by billionaire…
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Bangladesh jailbreaks a worry for India
On August 6, an armed mob attacked the high-security prison in Sherpur, freeing more than 500 inmates. A similar jailbreak in Gazipur saw 209 prisoner’s escapes. These and a few other incidents in the troubled…
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“Cosmic Ballet”: 2 Galaxies Merge in Space, Webb Telescope Sends in Pics
Washington: NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies – one nicknamed the Penguin and the other the Egg – in the process of merging…
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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash, body retrieved
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, Iranian state media confirmed. “No survivors” were found at the crash site of the chopper that was carrying Raisi, his Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollhian and other senior…
