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Small daily habits, no quick fixes

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:50:54+00:00

Diary of daily fitness

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Trump and Iran step up threats over energy targets as war escalates

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:47:36+00:00

Trump threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, suggesting a escalation a day after he talked about "winding down" the war

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Slower pace of reduction in child mortality

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:43:59+00:00

Since 2015, the pace of reduction in child mortality has slowed by more than 60 per cent

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TB endgame: Yes, we can

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:42:44+00:00

World TB Day — March 24

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‘Special 301’ report, in a time of strife

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:40:21+00:00

Indian pharma cautions against IP trade-offs that may hurt country’s health security

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Mind-reading tech

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:38:09+00:00

The emerging field of brain-computer interfaces is buzzing with a new development

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No exam is too hard for AI?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:33:50+00:00

The challenges in measuring AI capabilities

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Editorial. Demographic fixation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:31:50+00:00

AP set to repeat failed pronatalist projects in China, Japan

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Defence research stays underfunded

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:27:57+00:00

With establishment costs eating into research funding, where does that leave innovation of national importance?

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Micro attacks on sewer lines

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:24:48+00:00

How microbial activity, rather than chemical action, causes corrosion in sewer lines

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Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:24:12+00:00

Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured Middle East crisis live – latest updatesIsraeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities.The violence, reported across at least half a dozen locations overnight from Saturday into Sunday, comes amid a wider surge in tensions in the territory. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited local sources as saying

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Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:23:33+00:00

The group’s director general said 13 children were killed in the latest violence in the Darfur region, and he decried the targeting of health care facilities in the civil war.

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Turning the ubiquitous optical fibre into a sensor

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:19:06+00:00

Folium Sensing devises instrument to convert existing fibre cables into distributed sensors

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Lupin: The company that DBG built

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:18:55+00:00

Desh Bandhu Gupta’s life story and entrepreneurial journey apart, the book outlines the early stories of other pharma titans

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Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston home, officials say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:18:02+00:00

Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visibleA suspected meteorite crashed into a home in suburban Houston on Saturday night, according to local residents and officials.Speaking to the local news outlet KHOU11 over the weekend, Spring area resident Sherrie James recalled the incident, saying: “My grandson went to check and said there was a hole in the ceiling … then I saw the rock, and I thought, ‘That looks like a meteor.’” Continue reading...

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже с 16 по 20 марта

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-22T15:15:57+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка за неделю с 16 по 20 марта уменьшился на 0,24% до 2864,89 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС потерял 4,72% и составил 1074,43 пункта.

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A multi-fuel path to securing cooking energy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:15:49+00:00

Adopting a diversified fuel strategy involving compressed bio gas, ethanol and green hydrogen, among others, can reduce our dependence on LPG imports

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James Cleverly disagrees with Nick Timothy about Islamic public prayer ceremony

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:13:45+00:00

Shadow justice secretary had called Trafalgar Square event an ‘act of domination’James Cleverly has said he disagrees with his Conservative frontbench colleague Nick Timothy that public Muslim prayers are an act of domination, as another senior Tory called for the party to respect the right to worship.Kemi Badenoch has defended Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, after he posted images of mass prayer at a Ramadan event on Monday evening in Trafalgar Square, calling it “an act of domination” and “straight from the Islamist playbook”. Continue reading...

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James Cleverly says he disagrees with Nick Timothy about Islamic public prayer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:13:45+00:00

Shadow justice secretary had called Trafalgar Square event an ‘act of domination’James Cleverly has said he disagrees with his Conservative frontbench colleague Nick Timothy that public Muslim prayers are an act of domination, as another senior Tory called for the party to respect the right to worship.Kemi Badenoch has defended Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, after he posted images of mass prayer at a Ramadan event on Monday evening in Trafalgar Square, calling it “an act of domination” and “straight from the Islamist playbook”. Continue reading...

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The PRAGYA tokamak

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:13:09+00:00

How and why Bengaluru start-up Pranos Fusion has shrunk a vital component of nuclear fusion reactors

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Kochi to repeat water metro feat in Mumbai

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:07:56+00:00

Detailed project report readied for the creation of a water transport system in Mumbai

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The overlooked gaps in war-risk cargo coverage

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:05:41+00:00

Not all risks are automatically included in standard marine cargo insurance policies

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Demographic fixation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T15:03:14+00:00

AP set to repeat failed pronatalist projects in China, Japan

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ICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:01:33+00:00

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoffDonald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.Homan will lead the effort, Trump said on Sunday. Continue reading...

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Firefighting departments close in some US states amid lack of volunteers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T15:00:24+00:00

About 65% of US firefighters are volunteers, as New York state says number has fallen to lowest level in 40 yearsOfficials have warned of serious consequences after the number of volunteer firefighters, the bedrock of firefighting in the US, plunged, leading to entire departments to close in some states.About 65% of American firefighters are volunteers, serving in their free-time alongside regular jobs. In 2008 there were 827,000 volunteers nationwide, but that figure dropped to 635,000 in 2023, the last year data is available. Continue reading...

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ICE agents will be deployed to US airports to ease long lines on Monday

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-22T14:54:46+00:00

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoffDonald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.Homan will lead the effort, Trump said on Sunday. Continue reading...

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Realising solar power’s potential for energy security

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-22T14:53:13+00:00

Decentralised solar’s potential can be best realised by pushing localised consumption in the form of EV charging stations

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Bruxelles commémore, avec toute la Belgique, les dix ans des attentats djihadistes de mars 2016

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-22T14:47:40+00:00

« Les responsables de notre sécurité ont le devoir de tirer les leçons du passé », a écrit le premier ministre Bart De Wever. La menace terroriste est maintenue au niveau 3 sur 4 dans le pays et jugée « grave » depuis un attentat perpétré en octobre 2023 à Bruxelles.

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Bruxelles commémore, avec toute la Belgique, les attentats djihadistes de mars 2016

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-22T14:47:38+00:00

« Les responsables de notre sécurité ont le devoir de tirer les leçons du passé », a écrit le premier ministre Bart De Wever. La menace terroriste est maintenue au niveau 3 sur 4 dans le pays et est jugée « grave » depuis un attentat perpétré en octobre 2023 à Bruxelles.

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