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Sun Unleashes Powerful X4 Flare, Triggers Major Radio Blackouts On Earth
Solar flares are classified based on their strength into classes A, B, C, M, and X, with each class being ten times more powerful than the previous one.
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Sun Unleashes Strongest Flare of 2025, Causing Global Radio Blackouts
On Nov. 11, 2025, the Sun erupted with an X5.1-class flare, disrupting shortwave communications across Africa and Europe. The flare’s X-rays and UV radiation ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing R3-level radio blackouts. NOAA warned that a coronal mass ejection could reach Earth on Nov. 12, potentially triggering strong geomagnetic storms ...
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Solar Flare, Strongest Of 2025, Causes Widespread Radio Blackouts In Europe And Africa
The X5.1-class flare has the potential to disrupt satellite communications, GPS and power grids.
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Diwali Blackout: How the AWS Outage Crippled Major Apps Across the World
Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a widespread outage on October 20, disrupting several major platforms, including Apple TV, Reddit, and Snapchat. The outage, lasting nearly 12 hours, coincided with Diwali celebrations in India and affected online businesses running festive campaigns. AWS later attributed the issue to a DNS error in its US-East-1 reg...
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Is Taliban's Social Media Ban Based on China Model? Here's The Inside Story
The Taliban plunged Afghanistan into a 48-hour internet blackout last week, and now access is restricted to several social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
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Taliban Blocks Instagram, Facebook, X Amid New Social Media Crackdown
A week after a two-day blackout, the Taliban announced new social media restrictions, blocking access to popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and X across Afghanistan.
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Chennai Journalists Protest 'Blackout' Of Leading Tamil Channel From State Cable
On Wednesday, journalists in Chennai staged a protest condemning what they called a "blackout" of Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, a leading Tamil news channel, from the state government-run cable network since October 3.
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Video: Pakistan Police Raid Islamabad Press Club Amid PoK Protest
As Pakistan boils over alleged atrocities and internet blackout in violence-hit Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), police in Islamabad stormed the National Press Club (NPC), where several journalists were attacked.
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Taliban Denies Internet Ban, Blames Blackout On 'Decaying' Infrastructure
The Taliban government on Wednesday rejected reports of a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, saying old fiber optic cables are worn out and are being replaced.
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Internet Blackout Hits Afghanistan As Taliban Enforce Morality Crackdown
An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality.
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Anu Malik On Zubeen Garg's Sudden Death: "He Used To Have Blackouts"
Zubeen Garg was best known across India for his song Ya Ali from the 2006 movie Gangster
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Ethiopia Launches Africa's Largest Dam Amid Protests From Egypt
Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa's largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles.
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8,000% Spike In VPN Sign-Ups In Nepal After Social Media Ban
Nepal's sudden social media blackout triggered an unprecedented rush for virtual private networks (VPN), with sign-ups from the country skyrocketing 6,000 per cent in three days.
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What Is Sleep Tourism? 5 Luxury Hotels Where Rest Takes Centre Stage
Sleep tourism is not just about blackout blinds, a comfortable bed and a cosy blanket. The main objective of a sleep tourism itinerary is to rest and reconnect, "dolce far niente"-the sweetness of doing nothing.
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Major Internet Outage Hits Pakistan, Disrupts Businesses And Daily Life
A nationwide internet outage in Pakistan continues to disrupt businesses, financial services and daily life. Industry officials termed the internet outage as one of the most severe breakdowns in recent years.
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Sun Unleashes Powerful X4 Flare, Triggers Major Radio Blackouts On Earth
Solar flares are classified based on their strength into classes A, B, C, M, and X, with each class being ten times more powerful than the previous one.
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Sun Unleashes Strongest Flare of 2025, Causing Global Radio Blackouts
On Nov. 11, 2025, the Sun erupted with an X5.1-class flare, disrupting shortwave communications across Africa and Europe. The flare’s X-rays and UV radiation ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing R3-level radio blackouts. NOAA warned that a coronal mass ejection could reach Earth on Nov. 12, potentially triggering strong geomagnetic storms ...
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Solar Flare, Strongest Of 2025, Causes Widespread Radio Blackouts In Europe And Africa
The X5.1-class flare has the potential to disrupt satellite communications, GPS and power grids.
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Diwali Blackout: How the AWS Outage Crippled Major Apps Across the World
Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a widespread outage on October 20, disrupting several major platforms, including Apple TV, Reddit, and Snapchat. The outage, lasting nearly 12 hours, coincided with Diwali celebrations in India and affected online businesses running festive campaigns. AWS later attributed the issue to a DNS error in its US-East-1 reg...
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Is Taliban's Social Media Ban Based on China Model? Here's The Inside Story
The Taliban plunged Afghanistan into a 48-hour internet blackout last week, and now access is restricted to several social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
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Taliban Blocks Instagram, Facebook, X Amid New Social Media Crackdown
A week after a two-day blackout, the Taliban announced new social media restrictions, blocking access to popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and X across Afghanistan.
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Chennai Journalists Protest 'Blackout' Of Leading Tamil Channel From State Cable
On Wednesday, journalists in Chennai staged a protest condemning what they called a "blackout" of Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, a leading Tamil news channel, from the state government-run cable network since October 3.
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Video: Pakistan Police Raid Islamabad Press Club Amid PoK Protest
As Pakistan boils over alleged atrocities and internet blackout in violence-hit Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), police in Islamabad stormed the National Press Club (NPC), where several journalists were attacked.
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Taliban Denies Internet Ban, Blames Blackout On 'Decaying' Infrastructure
The Taliban government on Wednesday rejected reports of a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, saying old fiber optic cables are worn out and are being replaced.
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Internet Blackout Hits Afghanistan As Taliban Enforce Morality Crackdown
An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality.
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Anu Malik On Zubeen Garg's Sudden Death: "He Used To Have Blackouts"
Zubeen Garg was best known across India for his song Ya Ali from the 2006 movie Gangster
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Ethiopia Launches Africa's Largest Dam Amid Protests From Egypt
Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa's largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles.
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8,000% Spike In VPN Sign-Ups In Nepal After Social Media Ban
Nepal's sudden social media blackout triggered an unprecedented rush for virtual private networks (VPN), with sign-ups from the country skyrocketing 6,000 per cent in three days.
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What Is Sleep Tourism? 5 Luxury Hotels Where Rest Takes Centre Stage
Sleep tourism is not just about blackout blinds, a comfortable bed and a cosy blanket. The main objective of a sleep tourism itinerary is to rest and reconnect, "dolce far niente"-the sweetness of doing nothing.
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Major Internet Outage Hits Pakistan, Disrupts Businesses And Daily Life
A nationwide internet outage in Pakistan continues to disrupt businesses, financial services and daily life. Industry officials termed the internet outage as one of the most severe breakdowns in recent years.
