Before Kargil: How India handed Musharraf his first defeat in Siachen— a first-hand account

The NJ9842 line, drawn under the Karachi Agreement after the first Indo-Pak war, was meant to mark an end. Instead, it pointed “thence north to the glaciers” — and straight into the next conflict. In 1984, 35 years later, India moved first, securing the strategic Saltoro Ridge overlooking the Siachen Glacier, pre-empting Pakistan. Islamabad responded…

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This children’s village stays cool without air conditioning in one of the world’s hottest regions — here’s how | World News

In the coastal city of Tadjourah in Djibouti, where extreme heat and dry desert conditions dominate much of the year, architects designed a children’s village that functions without conventional air conditioning. The project, known as the SOS Children’s Village Tadjourah, was created by Urko Sanchez Architects for SOS Children’s Villages International. Instead of relying on…

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Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos may have enough money to buy entire countries, but they cannot buy their way into this exclusive club on Florida’s ‘Billionaire Bunker’

The country club on Miami’s Billionaire Bunker is so exclusive that even Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos just walk in Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on huge waterfront estates on Miami’s Indian Creek Island, American tech billionaires face one surprising reality. The island’s social centre, the Indian Creek Country Club, follows a strict…

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‘I shouldn’t have done it’: Paresh Rawal regrets calling Anupama Chopra ‘Miss Irrelevant’ over her ‘Dhurandhar’ review |

Paresh Rawal reflects on his controversy with Anupama Chopra over Dhurandhar’s review.(Image Credit: Instagram) In 2025, Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ gave Bollywood the much-needed hit after a very long time. On the one hand, its box office performance broke records; on the other, the violence in the movie didn’t sit well with a few critics, and…

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California’s Hillsborough saw its home-sale record jump from $35 million to $70 million as an AI industry buyer purchased a 12,400-square-foot estate

The property has Lake Como-style gardens, a redwood grove and a Bellagio-inspired reflecting pond. (Pictures: Realtor) A $70 million estate sale in California has set a new property record in the town of Hillsborough, with the buyer reportedly working in the artificial intelligence industry. The sale has also been described as the highest home sale…

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Germany ‘rejects’ Palantir’s software that is considered the backbone of America’s military, and for the same reason Europe has been saying ‘No’ to Microsoft, Google and Amazon

Germany’s Bundeswehr has quietly but firmly shut the door on Palantir—the American data analytics firm whose software runs targeting systems in Ukraine, is embedded across the US military, and just logged $1.63 billion in quarterly revenue. The reason Berlin is walking away has nothing to do with the technology. It never does.Vice Admiral Thomas Daum,…

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Cyberattack hits 3 UK airports, data of 8.7m customers leaked; spokesperson says ‘no operational disruption’ | World News

Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack, data of 8.7 million customers compromised/Image: AI Representative Image The UK’s three major airports Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands have been hit by a cyber-attack. Hackers accessed the personal data of about 8.7 million customers, The Guardian reported.Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates all three airports, said the…

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“A great time”: Stephen Curry’s wife Ayesha Curry drops holiday outing snaps following Warriors playoff exit | NBA News

Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry. Image via: Getty Images Stephen Curry is enjoying quality time with his wife, Ayesha Curry, following the Golden State Warriors’ playoff exit. The couple is accompanied by Stephen’s brother, Seth Curry, and his wife, Callie Rivers, and the Curry sibling, Sydel Curry. Ayesha took to Instagram to share a series…

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