Top 10 news: Putin warns about 'real' risk of nuclear war; 112 killed while seeking food aid in Gaza, & more
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Feb 29) delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address to Russia's elite as he updated them about the ongoing war against Ukraine. In other news, the death toll rose to 112 after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds of Gazans waiting for food aid near Gaza City, on Thursday (Feb 29), according to Hamas-run health ministry officials.
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Putin warns West over 'real' risk of nuclear war, announces deployment of new hypersonic weapons
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Feb 29) delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address to Russia's elite as he updated them about the ongoing war against Ukraine.
Death toll rose to 112 after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds of Gazans waiting for food aid near Gaza City, on Thursday (Feb 29), according to Hamas-run health ministry officials.
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US vs China over South China Sea: Washington backs Philippines, Beijing hits back
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Bigg Boss 20: Isha Rikhi evicted after three weeks in Salman Khan’s show
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Musk plans to more than double xAI's chips to over 1.2 million Nvidia GPUs by year-end
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After JU, clash erupts at SRFTI: BJP’s ‘Dimagi Naxal’ jibe sparks political firestorm after students protest RSS-linked event
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‘Anti-social elements spreading false rumours’: LPU issues statement amid massive unrest over alleged rape
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LPU students go on rampage, vandalise campus amid widespread protest: What's happening
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Trump asked Xi to pressure Iran. China did not say yes — here’s what Beijing wants
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hails global crackdown on Iranian banks and airlines
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An OpenAI agent escaped its locked test cage again, by hiding questions in DNS lookups
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'Our video was trimmed': LPU girls who featured in rape-denial video make U-turn
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3 males killed, four others injured in shooting after fight at strip club in Detroit
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'Victory for low-budget consumers': Raghav Chadha hails 30-day telecom recharge rules
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Claude rebuilt the 1989 game 'Prince of Persia' by reusing the original's own code
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Beyond metros: How Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities could drive India’s next AI wave
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Tesla builds first Cybertruck with its own refined lithium: Elon Musk's $1 billion Texas bet pays off
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IndiGo flight suffers tail strike in Bengaluru while landing; DGCA to probe incident
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The US and China set up an AI 'red telephone', but skipped the rulebook
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‘Terror suspects arrested near UK air base were looking to do big damage’: Trump
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Russian envoy claims US tactics to contain India were revealed in ‘Freudian slip’
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IND vs WI 1st ODI: Kohli breaks Sachin's most runs in one country record with unbeaten 139 as India thump West Indies by 8 wickets
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Researchers rebuilt exactly how 700 AI agents hacked Hugging Face: a 900-link chain trick
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‘Olympic inclusion is our major target’: WPA President Ishaun Singh on pool’s global ambitions
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Nations League: Spain sink England at Wembley; Modric shines for Croatia
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Why has Iran released no proof of life of Mojtaba Khamenei? Araghchi reveals...
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'What kind of confession is this?': Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s 'terrorists would be roaming New York' remark goes viral, raises alarm online. Watch
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South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over North Korean prisoners' transfer
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Beyond BrahMos: India targets Rs 50,000 crore in defence exports with unmatched price edge
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Sri Lankan Tamil migrant worker gets death sentence in Saudi Arabia, help sought from India
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Muslim marriage cannot shield sex with minor wife from prosecution under POCSO: Delhi HC
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'Can't help but draw painful parallels to Nirbhaya case': SC on latest incidents of rape cases in Delhi-NCR
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99.9% more powerful - Scientists find boy who can recall memories from just 3 months of age
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'FIRST LOOK from inside Noah’s Ark': Researchers share video from inside mysterious mound in Turkey
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UNSC reform momentum grows: Russia, Portugal, Mauritius push for India's permanent seat bid
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8 US marines injured in Iranian missile attack on vessel in Strait of Hormuz: Report
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Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed in clash near Pakistan border, Islamabad denies
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Ceuta migrant crisis: Protesters take to streets as Spain grapples with migrant challenge
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LPU suspend classes, postpones exams as violence escalates over rape claims: What's happening
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New York City wants a 'kill switch' on every AI, and will pay whistleblowers who report violations
Indian govt working to bring back Indians stranded in Russia, official says
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that a minimum of 20 Indians, currently stuck in Russia, have reached out to Indian authorities seeking assistance.
India's GDP grew 8.4% in Q3; economy expected to grow 7.6% this year
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 8.4 per cent in the third quarter (October-December quarter), according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday (Feb 29) marking the fastest pace with which the economy grew in one-and-half years, beating all estimates.
PM Modi, Mauritius counterpart jointly inaugurate community development projects in island nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday (Feb 29) jointly inaugurated the new Airstrip and St James Jetty along with six community development projects at the Agalega Island in Mauritius.
Brazilian Amazon witnessed 3,000 forest fires in February, highest since 1999
In a historic surge, nearly 3,000 forest fires were documented in the Brazilian Amazon this month, marking the highest February count since records began in 1999.
Prince William visits London synagogue to address escalating antisemitism
Prince William undertook a visit to a London synagogue on Thursday (Feb 29) to address the concerning rise in antisemitism. This public engagement followed his withdrawal from a royal event two days earlier due to a "personal matter."
Fumio Kishida becomes first sitting Japan PM to face ethics committee over funding scandal
Fumio Kishida, on Thursday (Feb 29) became the first sitting Japanese prime minister to appear before a parliamentary ethics committee where he vowed to end political fundraising parties amid an investigation into a major kickbacks scandal.
European consumers challenge Meta's 'pay or consent' service. Here's why
Consumer organisations from various EU nations have lodged formal complaints against Meta, alleging that the tech giant is unlawfully handling user data and employing its "pay or consent" mechanism to mask privacy violations.
French midfielder Paul Pogba banned for four years for failing anti-doping test
A 2018 World Cup winner with France, Paul Pogba, is banned for four years after failing an anti-doping test for a banned substance called testosterone in August last year, Juventus claimed on Thursday (Feb 29).