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  Turkish Man Ordered To Pay Rs 84,000 Per Year To Ex-Wife For "Cat Care"

  Turkey's pet population reached 20.9 million in 2023, and this case signals a growing trend of legally acknowledging pets as family members.

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  Heat-Related Deaths Around The World Top Half A Million A Year: Study

  Soaring temperatures are killing nearly 550,000 people around the world each year, part of a heat death toll that's climbed more than 20% on a population-adjusted basis since the 1990s, according to the latest edition of the Lancet's annual report on

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  Bitcoin Rally Pushes Price to $115,500 as Softer Inflation, ETF Inflows Boost Market

  Bitcoin rallied to $115,644 (roughly Rs. 1.02 crore), boosted by ETF inflows of $928 million (roughly Rs. 7,970 crore) and softer U.S. inflation data. Ethereum climbed near $4,552 (roughly Rs. 4.01 lakh), while altcoins like Solana at $239 (roughly Rs. 21,100) and Dogecoin at $0.26 (roughly Rs. 23) posted strong gains. Market optimism has strengthe...

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  Crypto Market Plunges as Bitcoin Slides to Six-Week Low, Ethereum Stays Resilient

  The crypto market shed $200 billion after a whale dumped around 24,000 BTC, triggering $550 million in liquidations. Bitcoin plunged to near $110,000 while Ethereum briefly reached an all-time high near $4,900, boosted by $2.5 billion in ETF inflows this month. Altcoins like Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin also saw steep pullbacks. Analysts noted institu...

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  US Startup Claims To Have Found New Way To Make 5,000-Kg Of Gold Every Year

  The fusion power plant could produce 5,000 kg of gold per gigawatt of thermal power in a single year of operation.

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  WhatsApp Banned Over 66 Lakh Accounts In India In May, Here's Why

  The popular mobile messaging platform, which has more than 550 million users in India, received 13,367 grievances from the country, and the records "actioned" were just 31.

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  Zomato's Blinkit High-Speed Grocery Deliveries Halted, 50 Stores Shut by Bike Riders' Wage Protests

  Zomato's Bliinkit grocery deliveries have been halted after around 50 stores were shut following wage protests by bike riders over wages. The company said in an email that it had introduced a new structure for riders with compensation based on their efforts and was engaging with them to reopen the shut stores.

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  Avatar: The Way of Water Is Now the Third Biggest Movie of All Time, Collecting Over $2.243 Billion

  A little over two months since its theatrical debut, Avatar: The Way of Water has now become the third-biggest film of all time. The James Cameron-directed sequel has collected $2.243 billion (about Rs. 18,550 crore) at the worldwide box office, surpassing his own 1997 disaster romance film Titanic. Avatar 2 has collected $658.4 million (about Rs. ...

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  FTX Customers Sue Financial Firms That Found Crypto Exchange ‘Safe and Secure’

  Former customers of FTX crypto exchange have sued three venture capital and private equity firms, accusing them in a proposed class action of fraudulently promoting the cryptocurrency exchange before it went bankrupt. According to a complaint filed late Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm were "incentiv...

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  First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study

  Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier animals from around the world.

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  India's $550 Million Plan To Compete With China For Apple's Business

  India plans to boost the financial incentives for manufacturers that make tablets and laptops in the country, wooing companies such as Apple Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. as part of its bid to challenge China as a production base.

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  Government Said to Consider $550 Million in Financial Incentives to Woo Apple, Dell, Asus: Details

  The government is said to plan a boost in financial incentives for tablet and laptop manufacturers like Apple, Asus, and Dell, as it plans to take increase production in the country. The incentives could include payments over $550 million (roughly Rs. 4,500 crore) aimed at making the country an export hub in the long term. Incentives could go as h...

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  US To Send $550 Million Of New Weapons To Ukraine

  The United States announced Monday a new tranche of weapons for Ukraine's forces fighting Russia, including ammunition for increasingly important rocket launchers and artillery guns.

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  Magnetism in Ancient Crystals Reveals the History of Earth’s Inner Core and How It Avoided Mars-Like Fate

  Researchers from the University of Rochester, New York, have analysed ancient rock crystals to reveal two important dates in the history of the inner core of Earth. The first was 550 million years ago, when the magnetic field began to rejuvenate. The second important date was found to be 440 million years ago, when the structure of the growing inne...

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  Spotify Premium Subscribers Grow to 188 Million in Q2, Monthly Active Users Rise to 433 Million: Details

  Spotify said a 14 percent jump in paying subscribers helped the company report Q2 revenue above analysts’ estimates. The streaming service saw an increase in Spotify Premium subscribers to 188 million, while monthly active users rose to 433 million, or a 19 percent increase. expects revenue of EUR 3 billion (roughly Rs. 24,360 crore), above estim...