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At just 18 years old, Gukesh's triumph marks a historic milestone in chess, making him the youngest player to ever claim the World Chess Championship title.

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The new system will introduce dedicated PF withdrawal cards, functioning like regular bank ATM cards

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The case weighed heavily on the future of some of the highest-profile media properties in the world

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday said Americans are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive" and said he will retaliate if Donald Trump goes ahead with them.
Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau also said dealing with Trump will be a little more challenging than the last time because Trump's team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.
The US president-elect has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tax on all products entering the US from Canada and Mexico unless they stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
Trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for Americans, and I think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive," Trudeau said.
On the

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Over the years, as AI has improved, much of the simpler stuff is now automated. Demand has shifted to recruiting specialists and paying higher salaries and rates

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Highlighting the historical presence of Hindus in Bangladesh, stating, "We are vanished from Afghanistan. We are vanished from Pakistan. This is the high time. If we are not saved now, we will be

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Despite the growth slowdown, a rate cut-cycle is unlikely to start anytime soon

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The suicide of a Bengaluru techie brings intense scrutiny on India's family courts, raising questions about their ability to protect vulnerable individuals in disputes

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SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city.
Billionaire Elon Musk's company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase  the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets  into an incorporated city. Residents of the area known as Starbase submitted the petition, according to the company.
The area is on the southern tip of Texas at Boca Chica Beach, near the Mexican border. Earlier this year, Musk announced he was moving the headquarters of SpaceX and his social media company X from California to Texas.
To continue growing the workforce necessary to rapidly develop and manufacture Starship, we need the ability to grow Starbase as a community. That is why we are requesting that Cameron County call an election to enable the incorporation of Starbase as the newest city in the Rio Grande Valley, Kathryn Lueders, the general manager of Starbase, wrote in a letter to th

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The Ministry of Culture has planned to set up and run a cultural village -- 'Kalagram' -- in Prayagraj to showcase the rich, spiritual and cultural heritage of the country during the upcoming Maha Kumbh in the holy city, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Thursday.
The Maha Kumbh will be held in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26.
Interacting with mediapersons at his residence here, Shekhawat, who holds the culture and tourism portfolios, said the Ministry of Culture aims to set up and run a cultural village -- 'Kalagram' -- in Prayagraj for which an area measuring 10.24 acres has been allocated at Nagvasuki.
"A Ganga Pandal with a capacity of 10,000 people will be set up by the Mela authority where celebrity performances would be held," the ministry said in a statement.
Three stage pandals with a 4,000 audience capacity each at Jhunsi, Nagvasuki and Areil as well as a 1,000 capacity amphitheatre at Kalagram will showcase the emerging Sangeet Natak Akademi awarde

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It seems that the negotiations are going on and all the leaders may unite, said Shrisat

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The rating agency's arm said that India's recent consumer price inflation at around 5 per cent was without clear evidence of a trend towards slowing price pressures

Most GCCs in India support critical business goals by using AI, data analytics, robotic process automation, and cloud services

India ranked third globally in terms of funding raised by fintech companies, behind the US and China, the report said

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