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  Delhi To Replace Decades-Old Pipelines To Tackle Water Contamination: Minister

  In order to tackle the rising complaints about water contamination in residential areas, the Delhi government will replace old water pipelines under a new Water Master Plan, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma said on Saturday.

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  sPHENIX at RHIC Delivers First Results, Sets Stage for Quark–Gluon Plasma Studies

  Brookhaven’s sPHENIX detector at RHIC has released its first results from gold-ion collisions, confirming accurate detection of particle counts and energy levels. These measurements validate the detector’s performance and lay the groundwork for exploring quark–gluon plasma (QGP)—a primordial state of matter from the early universe. With bas...

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  Israel, Syria Agree On Ceasefire, Says US Envoy

  The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes, a US envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms.

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  Insects Listen When Plants Talk, Finds Israeli Study

  There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature

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  Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit

  Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.

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  "We Are All Under Threat": Anti-Drone Nets Cover Ukrainian Frontline Roads

  A ravaged car with its engine destroyed and doors riddled with shrapnel lay on the side of the road near Dobropillia, a sleepy town not far from the front line in eastern Ukraine.

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  'Not Intimated Earlier': Siddaramaiah Wants Bridge Inauguration Postponed

  Siddaramaiah urged Nitin Gadkari to postpone the inauguration of Sigandur bridge and the foundation stone laying ceremony of infrastructure projects at Sagara taluk in in Shivamogga on July 14.

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  State Department To Fire Over 1,300 Employees Under Trump Administration Plan

  The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year.

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  Pakistani Actor Humaira Asghar Lay Dead In Karachi Flat For 9 Months Before Her Body Was Found This Week: What Cops Found

  Pakistani actor Humaira Asghar Ali's body which was in a "highly decomposed state", was discovered only after her landlord filed a complaint over unpaid rent

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  Startup CEO Abruptly Lays Off 19 Employees Over Video Call: "We've Run Out Of Money"

  The startup employee shared that their day began like any other, but the CEO called an urgent all-hands meeting, revealing that the company had run out of money and was shutting down.

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  Hezbollah Chief Says Won't Surrender Under Israeli Threats

  Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons in response to Israeli threats, despite pressure on the Lebanese militants to disarm.

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  3 Detained For Reel Stunt After Boy Lay On Tracks As Train Sped By

  In another instance of how reel mania among aspiring influencers is making them risk their lives, three minor boys have been detained in Odisha's Boudh district for a life-threatening stunt in which a teenager lay on tracks as the train passed by

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  Microsoft Cancels Perfect Dark, Shuts Down Developer The Initiative in Widespread Xbox Cuts

  Microsoft cancelled the Perfect Dark reboot in the works at first-party studio The Initiative and shut down the developer as part of wide-ranging layoffs at the company. The Xbox division was hit hard, with layoffs impacting Rare, Zenimax and other studios.

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  Microsoft To Lay Off Over 9,000 Employees, 2nd Big Job Purge In Months: Report

  Microsoft is laying off as many as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.

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  Opinion | 50 Years Since Emergency: What Really Fuelled Indira Gandhi's Insecurity

  The roots of the political crisis that led to Emergency lay in the factional politics of Congress.