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SC takes a welcome step back, restores a judicious balance
SC takes welcome step back, restores balance
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MbS gets red carpet in DC, he will ask for more
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RIL stops importing Russian oil to comply with EU ban on Russian-origin fuel
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RIL, India's largest private sector company, has ceased importing Russian crude into its export-oriented refinery to meet the EU's ban on Russian oil products. This decision, made before the January 2026 deadline, also avoids potential US sanctions. As a result, RIL's Russian oil imports are expected to decrease significantly.

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Eric Trump has publicly claimed that New York City’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, “hates the Indian population.”
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New artificial neuron uses electrical pulses to process information in a brain-like manner
The scientists evaluated the transneuron by delivering electrical signals and comparing its output to recordings from real macaque neurons, achieving up to 100 per cent accuracy in replicating pulse patterns across three brain areas. (Image: Loughborough University)

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