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Boycotts Hurt Teslas Sales. Now, Activists Are Taking On Elon Musks SpaceX ...

Boycotts Hurt Teslas Sales. Now, Activists Are Taking On Elon Musks SpaceX IPO **Mounting Scrutiny Precedes Anticipated SpaceX Public Offering** **A coalition of activist investors, a prominent labor union, and a substantial pension fund are amplifying concerns and demanding greater transparency as... read more »

Work to construct permanent DPCs in Tiru...

Work to construct permanent DPCs in Tiruvallur nears completion

Work to construct permanent DPCs in Tiruvallur nears completion ## Tiruvallur District Poised for Enhanced Flood Resilience as Permanent DPC Construction Nears Culmination **Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu** – A significant stride towards bolstering flood preparedness in Tiruvallur district is on the... read more »

Assembly elections 2026 results LIVE: TV...

Assembly elections 2026 results LIVE: TVK chief Vijay meets T.N. Governor A...

Assembly elections 2026 results LIVE: TVK chief Vijay meets T.N. Governor Arlekar at Lok Bhavan, stakes claim to form government **Political Landscape Shifts as Tamil Nadu Leaders Convene Amidst Election Developments** **Chennai, India – [Insert Date]** – A significant day unfolded in Tamil... read more »

Kerala: SSLC results out, 95.98 per cent candidates eligible for higher studies
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Kerala food services shutdown: LPG price hike fuels 24-hour Statewide strik...

Kerala food services shutdown: LPG price hike fuels 24-hour Statewide strike, leaves thousands struggling **LPG Price Surge Triggers Widespread Food Service Disruption in Kerala** **Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala** – A significant disruption cascaded across Kerala’s vibrant food service sector... read more »

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Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘heartbroken’...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity headquarters. They made off with gold, silver and cash worth... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish figh...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid... read more »

Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US ai...

Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against... read more »

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, Internatio...

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing... read more »

Saudi sentences iconic Shia cleric to death

DUBAI: A well-known Shia cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the... read more »

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Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in an attack on a police station in Nile... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo... read more »

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madaga...

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madagascar

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon haswelcomed the peaceful holding of Madagascar presidential election and called on all parties in the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... read more »

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove... read more »

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45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul – Forty-five militants surrendered Sunday in Baghlan province, seeking to resume normal life, in Afghanistan, an official said. “A 45-member group of militants who were involved in... read more »

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is... read more »

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Male – Former president Mohammed Nasheed, the front-runner in the long-drawn-out presidential race in the Maldives, has asked incumbent President... read more »

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not... read more »

Maldives Supreme Court postpones run-off in presidentia...

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – Maldives Supreme Court early Sunday blocked a second round run-off to elect a new president and postponed the re-vote to Nov 16 amid deep... read more »

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Car-ramming incident kills at least two people in Germany

Car-ramming incident kills at least two people in Germany ## Fatal Collision Rocks Leipzig Streets; Driver Apprehended **Leipzig, Germany** – A devastating incident involving a vehicle... read more »

Car ploughs into pedestrians in central Leipzig, Germany

Car ploughs into pedestrians in central Leipzig, Germany ## **Tragedy in Leipzig: Vehicle Collision Claims Two Lives, Injures Multiple** **Leipzig, Germany** – A devastating incident... read more »

has commissioned a red mud powder producing unit at Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha, describing it as first of its kind in alumina industry tackling major environmental hazards. “The unique project of producing red mud powder has been commissioned in a fully mechanised and automatic plant. The system has been developed in-house after continuous research for more than three years,” a senior company official said in a statement on Tuesday. Giving details of the project, Mukesh Kumar, president and COO of VAL said the project which was commissioned last week is the first of its kind in the world and has been set up with a capital expenditure of around Rs. 50 crore. This will have advantages like savings in caustic consumption by 10-15 kg per tonne of alumina, minimising land requirement by 50 to 60 per cent, and doing away with wet red mud storage thereby eliminating environmental hazards, he said. The powdery red mud can easily be utilised in cement industry as well as in other Industries, Mr. Kumar said. Red mud is a waste from alumina industry and its disposal and utilisation has always been a matter of concern for environmentalists as well as alumina industry. Although, the alumina technology is more than 100 years old but no solution could be evolved by the industry to avoid storage of red mud slurry, sources said. As the slurry is alkaline in nature and its generation is nearly one and a half times of alumina, world over millions of tonnes of red mud is lying in various red mud ponds except in some countries where it is discharged into the sea. In any alumina refinery, a major portion of land is used for handling this waste. Although, red mud is rich in iron and titanium, no use could be made till now mainly due to presence of caustic soda. Looking into the serious nature of hazard such red mud ponds may have, MoEF has formed a special project only few months back as National Mission for Red Mud to sponsor and promote research in red mud utilisation, sources said.

Tackling methane emissions key for climate change and energy security: IEA

Tackling methane emissions key for climate change and energy security: IEA ## Methane Mitigation: A Dual Solution for Climate and Energy Stability **International Energy Agency Highlights... read more »

Second Brit needs 'urgent care' after 'hantavirus outbreak' on MV Hond...

Second Brit needs 'urgent care' after 'hantavirus outbreak' on MV Hondius cruise ship ## Cruise Ship Illness Raises Health Concerns: Three Fatalities, British Passenger... read more »

Travel company confirms 23 Brits on board MV Hondius cruise ship ...

Travel company confirms 23 Brits on board MV Hondius cruise ship amid hantavirus outbreak **British Nationals Among Those Affected by Hantavirus Outbreak on Expedition Vessel Near Cape Verde** A... read more »