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• Botswana De Beers

  09-11-2026 23:08 via WN.com - World News
  FILE - De Beers diamond company Madison Avenue store window display, Dec. 20, 2016 in New York. ......
  
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• Yogi pays tribute to Shivraj Chouhan’s mother in Bhopal

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to Kashi Bai, mother of Union agriculture minister and former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj...
  
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• ​UP RERA bars builders from taking blanket consent for changes in building plans

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA) has directed builders not to obtain blanket consent from homebuyers for changes in sanctioned building plans without disclosing the proposed modifications in writing.The directive follows...
  
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• Texas demolished a 6,620-foot bridge that had served as a fish habitat for decades, then moved its material offshore to create a 320-acre artificial reef near South Padre Island

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Texas has transformed material from the demolished Queen Isabella Causeway into a new 320-acre artificial reef near South Padre Island. The 6,620-foot bridge once connected Port Isabel and South Padre Island and had already provided habitat for fish and invertebrates before its retirement. Its western section later became a safety and navigation concern, prompting the Texas General Land Office to oversee its removal. Rather than treating the old bridge...
  
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• Tank deaths, no convictions: Workers caught amid high risk and indifference

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Gurgaon: Workers engaged in hazardous cleaning of tanks and maintenance work are caught in a deadly cycle of extreme risk and indifference towards their safety, with fatal accidents recurring and accountability remaining elusive. The latest victims were three men who died inside a chemical tank at a city factory on Wednesday, days after three contract workers lost their lives while servicing a wastewater treatment pit at an iPhone components plant near Hosur.According to activists, it is the fai
  
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• Road repairs in Gurgaon delayed as GRAP curbs kick in

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Gurgaon: Commuters in the older parts of the city will have to wait longer for relief from damaged roads. The redevelopment of key stretches and several other civic projects has been put on hold for 15 days starting Thursday, following directions from Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) under Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).The redevelopment of two arterial stretches — from Basai Chowk to Old Railway Road and from Old Railway Road to IFFCO Chowk — has been halted despite procurem
  
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• QTCinderella announces Streamer Awards 2026 rules as Kick and YouTube creators get ‘green light’

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  QTCinderella has shared the co-streaming rules for The Streamer Awards 2026, allowing creators from Twitch, Kick, and YouTube to cover the event. The announcement came on November 11, just one day before the awards ceremony. Blaire explained that streamers must use the event's name in their livestream titles and follow a few other rules. She also clarified that creators attending the ceremony cannot livestream from inside the venue. However, they can rebroadcast the show remotely and make vlogs.
  
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• Pokimane breaks silence on viewers bringing up late cat Mimi to ‘make her sad’ during streams

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” has spoken about viewers bringing up her late cat Mimi in an attempt to upset her. During her November 11, 2026, livestream, the 30-year-old said some people in her chat were deliberately mentioning her pet’s death to get a reaction. She called their behavior “really weird” and admitted that it had made her uncomfortable. Pokimane also shared that she had been feeling sad recently as she continued to deal with the loss of Mimi, who died in a balcony acc
  
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• Owaisi, Azad form joint front to contest all 403 UP seats

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party – Kashi Ram (ASP – KR) formally entered into an alliance on Thursday to contest all 403 UP assembly seats in the 2027 polls. The new front would be called Samajik Parivartan Morcha (SPM), targeting 40% of the voting population -- 21% Dalits and 19% Muslims -- in the state.Floating the SPM at a joint press conference in Lucknow, Owaisi declared Azad as the chief minis
  
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• New Mexico lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare an appeal for a man serving life in prison, but fake witnesses and misquoted court rulings led the Supreme Court to impose a $5,000 penalty

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  An appeal filed on behalf of a criminal defendant in New Mexico has taken an unexpected turn after the state's highest court found that the lawyer representing him had used ChatGPT to prepare legal arguments containing fabricated witnesses, inaccurate testimony and misrepresented court decisions. The brief contained accounts attributed to witnesses who did not exist, inaccurate statements about testimony from people involved in the case and incorrect references to previous court decisions. The a
  
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• Neighbour screamed ‘happy Diwali’, changed magazine as he kept firing at IT executive

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Gurgaon: “Dhankar sahab, please come out for a moment. I need to park my car,” Mohan Sharma urged his neighbour Paramjeet Dhankar, a senior vice-president with Singapore-based FPT Software who had returned to his Faridabad home just a day earlier.Minutes later, as the two walked outside the main gate, Sharma pumped nine bullets into Dhankar, one after another. As the senior IT executive staggered towards the road, trying to escape, Sharma pursued him, continued firing and even changed his ma
  
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• Mercury drop chills city

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: Winter is knocking, as morning mist and falling night temperatures bring a nip in the air in the city. The Met department has predicted a further drop in mercury levels by 3-5 degrees Celsius from Nov 16.The minimum temperature dropped to 15.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday....
  
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• Kanel Joseph calls out ‘contentless’ Kick streamers after spotting isdurpyy in IShowSpeed costume

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Kick streamer Kanel Joseph confronted fellow content creator isdurpyy after spotting him dressed as popular YouTuber Darren “IShowSpeed” with his face darkened to match the streamer’s skin tone. The incident happened while Kanel was sitting in his car at a red light. isdurpyy approached him to say hello, but the conversation soon took a different turn. Kanel criticized the smaller creator for using the costume to make content and told him to come up with better ideas. He also questioned th
  
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• Jobless Claims Rise to 200K, Exceeding Forecasts and Prior Levels

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  In a notable shift within the U.S. labor market, the...
  
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• Iran says two oil tankers carrying over four million barrels ablaze in Hormuz Strait

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday...
  
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• Indian nationals among 14 killed in deadly multi-vehicle crash in UAE's Fujairah

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  A truck crash involving 23 vehicles in the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah emirate killed 14 people and injured 30 others after the driver lost control of the vehicle, triggering a fire that spread to several other vehicles, police said on Thursday.The Indian Consulate...
  
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• Hong Kong Maritime Week 2026 Marks 10th Anniversary milestone: Trusted resilience powering global maritime trade

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Organised by the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development...
  
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• Government confident of holding polls in violence-hit Manipur on time

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  NEW DELHI: Amid continuing incidents of violence in ethnic-strife-hit Manipur, govt sources Thursday expressed confidence that the assembly polls in the state will be held on schedule.The term...
  
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• Fed’s Hammack backs gradual rate hikes as AI spending fuels sticky inflation

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack...
  
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• Fake Green Gas call costs city firm Rs 7L

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: The Green Gas cyber fraud racket continues to prey on residents and businesses in Lucknow, with nearly 70 cases registered this year.In the latest incident, a private company lost over Rs 7 lakh after fraudsters, posing as Green Gas officials, allegedly gained access to...
  
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• Eksfin backs OMS Group’s purchase of two fibre-optic cable-laying vessels from Ulstein

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is providing guarantees of...
  
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• DTCP seals four buildings in DLF-2, resumes crackdown on illegal commercial use

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Gurgaon: Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) on Thursday resumed its sealing drive against unauthorised commercial activities in residential properties in DLF Phase 2, sealing four buildings, including three guest houses and an office operating from the basement of a residential building.The enforcement team, led by district town planner (enforcement) Amit Madholia, sealed the basement of a building at L-2/11, where a commercial office was operating in violation of residential land-us
  
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• Did Ro Khanna and his wife sell NVIDIA shares just before the spy scandal involving Jensen Huang broke out?

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who has advocated banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, and his wife sold Nvidia shares around the time the chipmaker's stock reached record highs, according to financial disclosures tracked by Capitol Trades. This led to online speculation as to whether he had any information about Nvidia former CEO Jensen Huang's affair with Alice Huang, allegedly a spy. Khanna is dead against Congress members...
  
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• Despite HC order, school dispersal chaos prevails

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: Despite directions from the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court to improve children’s safety during school dispersal, a TOI reality check found inadequate deployment of traffic marshals outside several prominent private schools in Hazratganj, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Gomti Nagar and Rana Pratap Marg. In many cases, marshals were either absent or appeared focused mainly on regulating vehicles, while students continued to face difficulties crossing busy roads.The court had directed school
  
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• Bulldozer is now UP’s brand, says Yogi

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday described bulldozers as a brand associated with the state and suggested that CNH Industrial, which is setting up a tractor manufacturing plant in Gautam Buddh Nagar, could also manufacture them in Uttar Pradesh.“You must have heard about Uttar Pradesh’s bulldozer. I would like to tell CNH that...
  
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• Behind Air India hijack drama: 55-year-old man, himself a cancer survivor, who didn’t want to leave his ailing wife behind in Kolkata

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Kolkata: A new job in Mozambique was awaiting him for which he had taken a salary advance, but the prospect of boarding a flight out of Kolkata leaving behind his cancer-stricken wife apparently proved too much for the 55-year-old, himself a cancer survivor.In a desperate bid to delay his Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight, which would subsequently lead him to miss the connecting Ethiopian Airlines flight to south-east Africa, the Khardah resident allegedly planted a handwritten hijack threat, forc
  
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• Aravalis set to become outdoor classroom for students

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Gurgaon: What if a classroom had no walls, its ceiling was the sky and lessons came from identifying a bird’s call, spotting animal footprints or recognising a native tree? Haryana is looking to take govt schoolchildren beyond textbooks and into forests, wildlife habitats and nature trails through a proposed environmental education programme.Under the initiative, ‘Haritima: Hariyali Ka Rang, Haryana Ke Sang’, students of Classes VI to X will be taken on educational visits and one-day natur
  
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• Anhydrous ammonia trial launched in Pilibhit as India explores alternatives to imported urea

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  Pilibhit: Amid concerns over fertiliser supply disruptions following the ongoing Gulf conflict and instability in commercial shipping through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, the Centre has launched a pilot project to promote the direct agricultural use of anhydrous ammonia as a potential alternative to conventional imported granular urea.Pilibhit is among seven districts in Uttar Pradesh selected for the pilot project, being implemented across six states, namely Uttar Pradesh, Madh
  
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• ABS and Radian Forge Collaborate on Digital Qualification for Additive Manufacturing

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  ABS and Radian Forge have signed a joint development...
  
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• A Swiss heart surgeon who lost her Guinness collection title in 2024 has reclaimed it with 3,200 heart-shaped objects; Diana Reser has spent 25 years collecting everything from art to household items

  12-11-2026 21:30 via WN.com - World News
  For most people, a heart-shaped object might be a decoration, a piece of jewellery or a symbol of affection. For Swiss heart surgeon Diana Reser, however, it has become a lifelong passion that has filled her home and workplace with thousands of objects. From everyday household products to unusual artwork and souvenirs, her collection reflects both her medical profession and her fascination with the heart as a symbol of love and life.Reser has reclaimed the Guinness World Records title for the la
  
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