Critical Minerals: ‘Harmonised, interoperable mechanisms’: G7 takes on China’s critical minerals dominance, sets 2030 target to cut dependence

G7 leaders on Wednesday agreed to strengthen cooperation to reduce their dependence on China for critical minerals, unveiling plans to coordinate stockpiling, boost recycling and create a new platform with an expanded role for the International Energy Agency (IEA).The move comes as Western nations seek to secure supplies of minerals crucial for defence, artificial intelligence,…

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Between West Asia crisis and heatwave: Pakistan bikers risk lives to smuggle Iranian fuel

I traverse the sun-baked Balochistan desert, my motorbike laden with fuel, a silhouette against the immense, arid expanse. Motorbike riders in Pakistan’s Balochistan province are risking extreme heat, armed conflict and deadly accidents to transport smuggled Iranian fuel across the country, as higher oil prices linked to the recent Iran-Israel conflict boost demand for cheaper…

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US holds the ‘ban list’ that names the company whose low-cost AI model sent shockwaves across technology industry in January 2025

The United States has reportedly delayed adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to a trade blacklist, even though the company was approved for inclusion last year, according to a Reuters report citing people familiar with the matter. DeepSeek attracted global attention in January 2025 after launching a low-cost AI model that challenged assumptions about the cost…

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‘Finish him today’: Wife stabs UP businessman to death after being caught talking to her boyfriend on phone | Kanpur News

The incident took place on June 5 when Manish Gupta, a grocery market broker-turned-businessman, allegedly saw his wife Niharika Gupta speaking to her boyfriend on the phone. KANPUR: A woman in Kanpur allegedly stabbed her husband to death following an argument over her relationship with another man, with her family claiming that the man on…

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Meet Aman Sanger: MIT alumnus who learned coding at 14 and co-founded Cursor, the AI startup being acquired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for $60 billion

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been making headlines for the past few weeks for its much-awaited IPO that is set to make many people billionaires. As of now, the private space company is trending for acquiring a startup for a whopping $60 billion.Cursor, a San Francisco-based AI coding startup was founded in 2022 by four MIT…

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Rakesh Bedi addresses allegations that ‘Dhurandhar’ script came from Prime Minister’s office, says Aditya Dhar was reluctant to add humour to the film |

Rakesh Bedi has been the talk of the town ever since the release of Aditya Dhar‘s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’. The veteran actor won immense praise for his performance as Jameel Jamali in the Ranveer Singh starrer. Recently, at an event Bedi spoke about his character and if Aditya Dhar had revealed the suspense of his…

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Madras high court says bad intention can’t be ruled out if church comes up close to temple, stays construction in Coimbatore | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Holding that mala fide intention cannot be ruled out if a church is proposed to be constructed in the vicinity of a Hindu temple, Madras high court stayed the construction of a church in Coimbatore.“Coimbatore is a communally sensitive city. It witnessed bomb blasts and bloody religious riots. The proposed church would come up…

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