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West Bengal poll chaos: Villagers hold SIR officers ‘hostage’, EC asks NIA to probe case

Image: IANS The Election Commission on Thursday transferred the probe into the gherao of judicial officers dealing with cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal’s Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A spokesperson for the poll body said an NIA team is expected to arrive in the poll-bound state on Friday...

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Nato’s razor edge: What happens if Trump walks away?

US President Donald Trump has once again threatened to exit the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), a threat he has been making since 2016. The latest threat to pull out of the alliance was sparked after Nato allies refused to take part in an effort to open the critical Straits of Hormuz for shipping. The...

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$20 million Everest rescue scam clouds Nepal’s climbing season

Nepal’s spring Everest climbing season opened this week amid a police probe into an alleged insurance fraud worthe nearly $20 million in which guides, helicopter operators, hospital staff and agents are accused of staging or inflating medical emergencies to trigger costly helicopter evacuations and bogus insurance claims.Police said the methods included mixing baking soda into...

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No permit, no pass: Iran plans new navigation regime in Strait of Hormuz

Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Thursday said that Tehran has nearly completed its first draft to establish a new navigation regime in the Strait of Hormuz.In an interview with the Sputnik, Gharibabadi said that Tehran is planning to begin talks with Oman to develop a joint solution. Watch ‘New Fronts’: Iran’s Supreme Leaders...

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Does Iran have a path to the bomb?

Iran is expected to have around 500 kg of uranium enriched to 60%. U-235 is the isotope of uranium conventionally used in nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. Enrichment is the process of increasing the quantity of U-235 in the uranium mass. The rest will be U-238, which is not a good fissile material. Whereas a...

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Nuclear fusion cost models too optimistic to be viable, experts warn

Researchers and investors worldwide are currently pouring billions of dollars into nuclear fusion in the hopes that it will prove to be a reliable source of green power. These investments often bank on economic models that assume the cost of the underlying technologies will drop rapidly as the industry expands. However, researchers have published an...

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