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Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, will address the 149th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva on Monday under the subject ‘Harnessing science, technology, and innovation for a more peaceful and sustainable future’. Birla is leading an Indian parliamentary team to the five-day assembly, where he will discuss global governance, democracy, and … Read more
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been given to James A. Robinson, Simon Johnson, and Daron Acemoglu “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” “The laureates’ model for explaining the circumstances under which political institutions are formed and changed has three components. The first is a conflict over how resources are … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that military operations in northern Gaza’s Jabalia are intensifying. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is asking people to evacuate and relocate south. According to new sources, this could be the start of a disputed plot to cut off humanitarian aid to the region, intended at starving Hamas … Read more
China deployed planes and ships to encircle Taiwan on Monday, in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island. Beijing has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control and Monday’s drills represent its fourth round of large-scale war games in the past … Read more
Hezbollah clashed fiercely with Israeli forces attempting to penetrate the village of Ramya in southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to the Iran-backed militia. According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), an Israeli airstrike early Sunday morning demolished a mosque in the southern village of Kfar Tibnit. “At around 3:45 am (1245 GMT) enemy aircraft … Read more
Israel issued eviction orders for 23 communities in southern Lebanon on Saturday, October 12, 2024, amid a continuing armed battle with Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon. These villages are located north of the Awali River. In a message addressed to the villagers, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X: “Urgent statement to the … Read more
According to a Wall Street Journal opinion survey of seven battleground states, former Republican President Donald Trump has an advantage over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in terms of who would best lead the nation through the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. The poll, which was released on Friday, tied Trump and Harris … Read more
Renowned music composer A R Rahman has produced a 30-minute performance video endorsing Vice President Kamal Harris. This is anticipated to significantly strengthen her bid for president in the run-up to the general elections on November 5. Rahman,57, is the first well-known international performer from Southeast Asia to support Harris, who is of mixed African … Read more
A extraordinary shower of rainfall created turquoise lagoons of water amid the Sahara desert’s palm trees and sand dunes, providing more water than some of its driest sections had seen in decades. The desert in southeastern Morocco is one of the world’s driest, with little rain in late summer. The Moroccan government said that two … Read more
US forces have conducted air strikes against multiple Islamic State group sites in Syria, the military said Saturday. US forces “conducted a series of airstrikes against multiple known ISIS camps in Syria in the early morning of Oct. 11,” the US Central Command said in a statement on X, using an acronym for the Islamist … Read more
According to a new UNICEF research, one in every eight women and girls worldwide have suffered sexual violence, such as rape and assault, before the age of 18. The numbers were revealed ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, and represent the first comprehensive global and regional data on childhood … Read more
India has risen to become Russia’s second-largest supplier of prohibited essential technologies, according to US and European officials, demonstrating the difficulty of cutting off exports that feed President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Indian exports of banned commodities like as microchips, circuits, and machine tools reached $60 million in April and May, more than doubling from … Read more
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) said on Friday that despite recent storms, the majority of southern and northeastern Spain is experiencing a historic drought that is now in its fourth year. The average reservoir capacity in the country is 48%, although the average capacities in the northeastern Catalonia and the southern province of Andalusia are … Read more
The much anticipated Tesla Cybercab was the main attraction at Friday night’s We, Robot event. Elon Musk, however, also took use of the event to present Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, which he audaciously asserts is now capable of “doing anything.” “The Optimus will walk among you,” Musk said. He continued, “You’ll be able to walk … Read more
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization that supports people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The award was made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The group received recognition for its efforts to promote a world free of nuclear weapons and for its compelling eyewitness … Read more