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COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas

Within moments, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres took to the stage to say that doubling down on fossil fuels was an absurd strategy




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25 venues in Thiruvananthapuram for State School Arts Festival

Nearly 15,000 students will participate in 249 competitive events at fete that will be held from January 4 to 8




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NHM left over ₹324 crore unspent of the funds it got to fight COVID-19: D’Cunha commission report




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Development lenders set $120 billion climate finance goal for poorer countries

The new figure is a more than 60% increase on what the group of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) had funnelled to poorer nations last year




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India, Bangladesh consider making some land ports operational 24/7

In a meeting on land port infrastructure, the two countries discussed ways to facilitate the movement of Bangladeshi trucks carrying export cargo to Nepal, Bhutan through India




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23rd Visalandhra Visakha Book Festival to begin on November 14




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As UPPSC aspirants protest for 2nd day, U.P. govt. faces flak

Thousands of youth are protesting outside the UPPSC headquarters in Prayagraj against the conduct of Civil Services (preliminary), Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer examination in multiple shifts and against normalisation of score. UPPSC argues when exams are held on multiple days or shifts for a single recruitment notification, the score normalisation process is essential in evaluating the results as the difficulty level of the paper in each shift/day varies.




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Admission process for nursery to begin from Nov. 28

The first list will be displayed on January 17, and the second list on February 3. The age limit prescribed by the DoE is the same as previous years




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Booker Prize 2024: British writer Samantha Harvey wins for space-station novel 'Orbital'

She called the book a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns




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Non-bailable warrant issued against former BJD MP in connection with 2010 murder case

BJD leader N. Bhaskar Rao and five others are linked to the murder of a tribal leader in 2010




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Global carbon dioxide emissions set to rise 0.8% over 2023, India’s contribution to go up 4.6%

In 2023, the largest absolute contributions to global fossil CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions were from China (31%), followed by the United States with 13% and India taking up 8%




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Goods train derails in Telangana's Peddapalli; 20 trains cancelled, 10 diverted

Eleven wagons of the goods train carrying iron ore derailed between Raghavapuram and Ramagundam




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Interested in stocks? Watch Scam 1992!

The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart.And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal.





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The WORST FILMS of 2021

Every year, with the good, there are bad movies too.




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Thallumaala: One Of The Films Of 2022

Friendships are not merely severed, but built over scuffles.And just about anything can stir things up -- a long-standing feud, a pointless stare, a disrupted moral stance, a fist that ricochets off a face and smacks another face in the near vicinity, observes Sreehari Nair.




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PS:2: So Who Killed Aditha Karikalan?

The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.




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Why 2018 Is The 'Real' Kerala Story

Kindness and compassion is all you need to survive and build your life. And that is what makes 2018's Kerala story so relevant, notes Divya Nair.




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Does Rocky Aur Rani Bring Out KJo 2.0?

Rocky Aur Rani is definitely Karan's most subversive project, discovers Aseem Chhabra.




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Gadar 2: A Love Letter To Sunny Deol

When the movie started, the crowd went wild.They cheered for Sunny Deol and booed the villains.They laughed at the jokes, cried at the emotional scenes and whistled and cheered at all the action.Rajesh Karkera records the audience reactions at a screening of Gadar 2.




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My 5 Top OTT Films of 2023

There's been so much interesting content on OTT. Subhash K Jha picks his Best Original Feature Films on digital platforms.





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Digital ethology [electronic resource] : human behavior in geospatial context / edited by Tomáš Paus and Hye-Chung Kum.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]




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Environmental innovation [electronic resource] : an action plan for saving the economy and the planet by 2050 / Jack Buffington.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]




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Thiruvananthapuram observatory captures stunning images of rare comet C/2023 A3

Although the comet was closest to Earth on October 12, the inclement weather in Thiruvananthapuram hindered observations on that day




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The mystery of Déjà vu

It’s a normal day, a random moment, but suddenly something clicks. You think, “Wait, have I been in this exact situation before?” You start to wonder if you can see the future. But what you’re experiencing is something called déjà vu.




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Watch: Nobel prize science winners 2024 | All you need to know




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Chinese startup to sell tickets for 2027 space tourism flights

Deep Blue Aerospace will put the tickets up for sale on October 24 for a suborbital flight




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ISRO satellites tracking cyclone Dana since October 20

ISRO says satellite inputs help in better monitoring and mitigation of cyclone threat




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COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

The acronym dominating this year's summit is NCQG - which stands for the New Collective Quantified Goal.




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India will fail to meet 2025 TB ‘elimination’ target




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A guide to COP29 climate jargon




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Uncertainty as 2nd round of CET counselling begins

There is still no clarity on 450 govt. quota seats in minority, deemed medical colleges




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COMEDK: 14,512 apply for 1,400 seats

This is a sixfold increase compared to the demand seen last year




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Want number of Indian students in France to climb to 20,000 by 2025: French Minister

French Minister Catherine Colonna stressed that gender balance was a necessity in the field of education




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Elon Musk-Led Space X Aims For First Uncrewed Starship Mission To Mars Within 2 Years

Elon Musk-led SpaceX recently launched the third test flight of its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket, along with the Heavy booster. 




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Explained: Why Earth Vibrated For 9 Days Continuously In 2023? Know About Greenland Landslide Mega Tsunami

Due to climate change and rising global temperatures, the glaciers had been gradually thinning. When the glacier finally gave way, it sent a colossal amount of debris tumbling into the fjord, displacing enough material to fill around 10,000 Olympic-sized pools.




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Amaravati Poetic Prism 2016 : Poetry sans barriers

Amaravati Poetic Prism 2016 makes its entry into Indian Book of Records as the largest poetic anthology comprising 527 poems.




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Rupee recovers from all-time low level, opens 25 paise higher at 83.84 against US dollar

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points




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Rupee falls 2 paise to close at 83.97 against US dollar




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Rupee rises 2 paise to close at 83.95 against US dollar

Forex traders say a mixed-to-positive tone in the domestic market also supported rupee




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Rupee falls 5 paise to close at 83.92 against US dollar

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 100.79




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Rupee rises 7 paise to 83.82 against US dollar in early trade

Meanwhile, the dollar index was up 0.03 per cent to 101.37 points




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Rupee rises 2 paise to 83.96 against US dollar

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 83.96, higher by 2 paise from its previous close and stayed put




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Rupee closes up 2 paise at 83.95 against US dollar

Rupee gains capped by negative domestic markets, higher crude oil prices, and foreign capital outflows




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Rupee falls 2 paise to close at 83.97 against US dollar

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.95 against the American currency and finally settled at 83.97 (provisional) against the US dollar, down 2 paise from its previous close




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Rupee gains 2 paise to 83.84 against US dollar in early trade

Meanwhile, the dollar index declined 0.05 per cent to 100.38




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Rupee rises 2 paise to 83.64 against US dollar

Meanwhile the dollar index was up 0.15 per cent to 100.39




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Rupee falls 2 paise to 83.81 against US dollar in early trade

Meanwhile, the dollar index rose 0.02 per cent to 100.54




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India’s forex reserves to surge beyond $750 billion by March 2025

 In the week ending September 27, 2024, the reserves reached an all-time high of $704.885 billion.