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Climate crisis in India: Extreme weather forces millions from their homes
June 26, 2025
In recent years, India has witnessed a sharp increase in climate-induced disasters, with floods, droughts, cyclones and extreme heat events uprooting millions of people from their homes. Vulnerable regions such as low-lying coastal areas and drought-prone inland states are partic...
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FATF urges stronger action against illicit finance in virtual assets
June 26, 2025
In its latest assessment, published as part of the sixth targetted update, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has stated that existing efforts remain insufficient, calling for stronger global action to tackle illicit finance risks associated with virtual assets (VAs) and virt...
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Indian finance leaders shaping Wall Street and global markets
June 25, 2025
Top talent from all over the world has long been drawn to the United States, home to the world’s largest financial markets. Among them, several professionals of Indian origin, have attained the highest levels of corporate finance, wealth management and investment banking and to...
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Indian television news media sinks to new lows
June 25, 2025
“Indian Navy Destroys Karachi Port” “Islamabad Captured, (Pakistan Prime Minister) Shehbaz Sharif Surrenders” “Pak Military Coup, Pak Army Chief Detained” These dramatic words may read like scenes from a war movie, but in fact that they were headlines broadcast live o...
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Shubhanshu Shukla is 2nd Indian in space
June 25, 2025
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla made history on Wednesday, by becoming the second Indian to travel to space, over 40 years after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s pioneering journey aboard a Soviet mission in 1984. Shukla, mission pilot for the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, blasted off fro...
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FATF issues recommendations for financial inclusion
June 24, 2025
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, announced that it has updated its Guidance on Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures to support countries and the private sector in bringing ...
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NATO’s 1.5 pc civil preparedness target faces test of implementation: Bertelsmann Stiftung
June 24, 2025
German think-tank Bertelsmann Stiftung says that the recent decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) members to raise total spending on defence to 5 pc, with 1.5 pc on civil preparedness, faces challenges of implementation. At the recent summit in the Hague in th...
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Demand for microcredentials rises as traditional degrees fall short
June 24, 2025
In a world where technology evolves faster than textbooks can be printed, students and professionals alike are searching for ways to stay ahead. Enter microcredentials, short, targetted certificates that promise to bridge the gap between what traditional education offers and what...
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Beyond the lens: Cameras that explore the unknown
June 23, 2025
In 1816, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented a technology that did more than just document events, it captured them visually in real time. His creation preserved moments big and small, from personal milestones to world-changing events: the camera. From a dark room with a tiny hole...
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HGH India 2025 returns to Mumbai with over 100 new exhibitors
June 23, 2025
The 17th edition of HGH India, a bi-annual trade show for home textiles, furniture, décor, houseware, and gifts, organised by B2B solutions provider Texzone, will be held in Mumbai from July 1 to July 4. In a press statement the organisers say that this year, HGH will bring toge...
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Kashmiris call out Modi for his disconnect from people
June 23, 2025
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi curtailed his visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to India hours after the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, that killed 26 tourists, there were widespread expectations that he would immediately rush to Pahalgam in show of solidarity not only...
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Shreerupa Mitra and Achala Datar join Australia India Film Council
June 22, 2025
Australia India Film Council (AIFC), the only Australian film council dedicated to strengthening ties between the country’s screen industry and India’s vibrant cinema sector, has announced the appointment of Shreerupa Mitra and Achala Datar to its national board. In a press s...
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