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Delhi: Centre Issues Draft Notification Declaring 57,000 Sq Km Of Western Ghats As Ecologically Sensitive Area After Wayanad Tragedy

The area includes 13 villages in Wayanad and around 10,000 sq km in the state of Kerala. The other states to be impacted by the order would be Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Gujarat. Clearly shocked at the scale of the Wayanad tragedy, the Centre has issued a draft notification to declare around 57,000 sq km…
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Olympics should reintroduce gender testing in wake of Imane Khelif boxing row, UN adviser says

“We know that there are simple, efficient, dignified ways of testing sex,” says Reem Alsalem, the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Olympic chiefs should reintroduce gender testing for female athletes to protect them from injuries amid concerns about eligibility, a United Nations adviser told Sky News. The intervention from Reem Alsalem, the UN’s…
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Exchanged prisoner Yashin condemns his ‘illegal expulsion’ from Russia

Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition activist freed from jail in Thursday’s prisoner swap, pledged to carry on his political fight against President Vladimir Putin from abroad, but expressed fury at having been deported against his will. The prisoner swap, the largest since the Cold War, saw eight Russians, including a convicted murderer, exchanged for 16 prisoners in…
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5 killed, 50 missing in Himachal, breach at Malana 1 dam as cloudbursts wreak havoc

Five people were killed and around 50 went missing following multiple incidents of cloudburst in Himachal, with the heavy rain-induced flooding also resulting in a breach at Malana hydel project. Five people were killed and around 50 went missing following multiple incidents of cloudburst in Himachal, with the heavy rain-induced flooding also resulting in a breach at…
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Paris 2024: Boxer ‘never felt punch like this’ as she quits fight against opponent who failed gender eligibility test

Angela Carini said she “preferred to stop for my health” after receiving a heavy blow to the face from a competitor who was banned from last year’s world championships. An Italian boxer has said she “never felt a punch like this” after her fight against an opponent who previously failed a gender eligibility test was abandoned early…
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Biden hails Russia prisoner swap – but jailed teacher’s family rage at ‘glaring injustice’

In the biggest such exchange since the Cold War, a number of high-profile individuals have been freed including dual UK-Russian citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza and US reporter Evan Gershkovich. The family of a teacher not included in a landmark prisoner swap between Russia and the West have demanded “immediate action” from US President Joe Biden. Some two dozen…
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Waterlogging, Traffic Chaos, Flight Cancellations: Heavy Rainfall Wreaks Havoc Across Delhi-NCR

Heavy rainfall brought the national capital to a screeching halt on Wednesday evening amid a ‘red’ weather warning, inundating large parts of the city, choking key stretches with unending traffic, and leaving people stranded as roads resembled rivers. Delhi rain fury New Delhi: Continuous heavy rainfall in Delhi-NCR brought life to a standstill, causing severe waterlogging and…
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Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war. The Palestinian Islamist militant group and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh’s death. The Guards said it…
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Earth’s inner core rotation slows down and reverses direction. What does this mean for the planet?

Earth’s inner core, a solid iron sphere nestled deep within our planet, has slowed its rotation, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Southern California say their discovering challenges previous notions about the inner core’s behavior and raises intriguing questions about its influence on Earth’s dynamics. The inner core, a mysterious realm located nearly 3,000…
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