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Why is Calcutta Stock Exchange closing down after 117 years? Explained

Trading at Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) was suspended by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in April 2013.

European companies face chip crisis after China’s export ban on Nexperia: Read how Trump’s diktat to Dutch govt threatens to shut down EU’s own...

China banned Nexperia from exporting chips after Dutch govt took over the company on US pressure, now EU carmakers say they can’t make vehicles without the chips

India Air Force successfully tests indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System: Read its main features and how it will enhance India’s defence capabilities

The MCPS has specifically been designed for difficult, high-altitude airborne operations to allow paratroopers to descend by evading enemy radars and air defence systems and cover large distances.

While CM Mamata Banerjee downplays crimes against women as ‘minor’ issue, NCRB report exposes grim reality: Over a decade of betrayal for Bengal’s women

In 2023, India recorded 207 cases of acid attacks with West Bengal alone accounting for 57 acid attack cases under Section 326A of IPC. The NCRB data showed that in 57 cases of acid attacks, there were 60 victims/survivors in West Bengal while in 207 cases nationwide, there were 220 victims.

Game of power: Why Donald Trump wants to take over Bagram air base in Afghanistan despite Taliban’s refusal and opposition from regional powers including...

Bargam air base will aid the United States in monitoring Beijing's nuclear activities and infrastructure.

Scam in candidate suggestion forms, dissatisfaction among leaders, clashes among workers: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj faces internal problems as Bihar Elections draw close

Prashant Kishor is yet to reveal the list of Jan Suraaj candidates despite his claims to announce them promptly for poll-bound Bihar.

As the US government shutdown comes into effect, here what it means and why it happened

The US federal government shutdown came after the Senate failed to pass a spending bill, pushing the country into a severe crisis. The Democrats voted down the Republican bill to keep funding the government.

Half of the reproductive-age women of Greenland were planted with IUDs ‘without their knowledge or consent’, Denmark PM apologises: Read about the vile scandal

Although preparatory discussions dated back to the early 1960s, the ‘Coil Campaign’ officially began in 1966. Under the directives from Copenhagen, Danish doctors and health officials targeted Inuit women and girls, as young as 12-year-old, to prevent ‘unplanned pregnancies’ and to lower childcare costs.

Singapore shipping firm behind toxic Colombo port leak rejects $1 billion damages court order: Read about a tragic environmental disaster and an international legal...

By 26th May, the nitric acid leak had triggered a fire, which burned uncontrollably for 11 days, despite efforts by the Sri Lankan Navy, Air Force, and international salvage teams.

Mumbai hoarding collapse: Probe panel indicts suspended IPS officer, BMC official & Ego Media — All you need to know

The cabinet of Maharashtra accepted the significant report along with its recommendations and conclusions.

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