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The other side of IITs: Student suicides...

The other side of IITs: Student suicides haunt Indias top tech schools

The other side of IITs: Student suicides haunt Indias top tech schools **Rising Tide of Student Suicides Casts Shadow Over India’s Premier Engineering Institutions** A stark reality is emerging from the hallowed halls of India’s Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the nation’s... read more »

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Ad...

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Adebayos historic 83-point game

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Adebayos historic 83-point game **NBA Stars Shower Praise on Adebayo’s Monumental Scoring Performance** The professional basketball world is abuzz following an extraordinary offensive display by Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo, who etched his name into the... read more »

WHO warns of health risks from black rai...

WHO warns of health risks from black rain in Iran

WHO warns of health risks from black rain in Iran ### **Environmental and Health Concerns Arise from Black Rain Following Iranian Oil Facility Incidents** **Geneva, Switzerland** – The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning regarding potential health risks associated with... read more »

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spa...

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spat at' British woman during hor...

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spat at' British woman during horror gang rape in Magaluf **Eight Men Plead Guilty in Brutal Gang Rape of British Teenager in Majorca** **PALMA DE MALLORCA** – Eight men have entered guilty pleas in connection with a horrific gang rape of an 18-year-old... read more »

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US defends Mehsud’s killing amidst admitting tensions with Pak

Mehsud killing seen as major victory by US media

Washington – The reported death of Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike has been described as a “victory” by the US media, but analysts also cautioned that... read more »

979 died in Iraqi violence in October

979 died in Iraqi violence in October

Baghdad – As many as 979 people were killed and about 1,900 injured following violent incidents in different parts of Iraq during October, a... read more »

18 killed in armed attack in Yemen

18 killed in armed attack in Yemen

Aden – At least 18 people were killed and over 50 injured Friday in an armed attack by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen’s northern province of Saada,... read more »

Turkey warns over WMDs being threat to world peace

Turkey warns over WMDs being threat to world peace

Istanbul – Turkish President Abdullah Gul warned here Friday that concerns about the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are mounting with each... read more »

China assumes UN security council’s rotating pres...

Man jailed 5 years in China for flight bomb hoaxes

United Nations – China Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for November. Liu Jieyi, China’s permanent... read more »

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US, Israel bomb Iran: A timeline of talks and threats leading up to attacks ### Regional Tensions Surge as US and Israel Conduct Operations in Iran **Washington D.C./Jerusalem –** The... read more »

Gulf flights from Calicut airport cancelled

Gulf flights from Calicut airport cancelled **Disruptions Mount as Calicut Airport Faces Widespread Gulf Flight Cancellations** **Calicut, India – [Date]** – Passengers intending to... read more »

Writers, education activists urge the govt. to publish SEP report for public debate

Writers, education activists urge the govt. to publish SEP report for public debate **Call for Transparency: Educators and Writers Demand Release of National Curriculum Framework Report** A... read more »

International seminar to mark Tagore's Nobel centenary

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