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People wait for a suburban local train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in May 2024. The TISS study titled “Illegal Immigrants to Mumbai” makes sweeping claims about Muslim migrants in Mumbai, a city of 22 million people, and academics say that the data is riddled with inconsistencies.

Academics condemn TISS migration study for bias, flawed methods, and ethical violations

They term the study on “illegal immigrants” to Mumbai a “calculated act of political interference”.
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Samantha Harvey poses with the trophy and her book Orbital after winning the Booker Prize award 2024, in London, on November 12, 2024. 

In choosing Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, Booker Prize speaks for a planet in crisis

From the confines of the International Space Station, the novel offers a powerful meditation on humanity’s relationship with a vulnerable Earth.
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Chocolate bars with the faces of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump displayed at a store in John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 25, 2024.

Trump vs Harris: America’s unprecedented choice is a tale no one would believe

A failed presidency and a weak vice presidency led to this: Trump and Harris now fight for the White House in the strangest race ever.
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Citizens protest against the attack on press freedom and journalists at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on October 5, 2023. Major media outlets from eight countries face crippling investigations into alleged tax evasion and money laundering, leading to frozen assets, imprisoned journalists, and shuttered newsrooms.

Economic charges emerge as potent weapon to silence independent media: report

Global investigation reveals how governments use banking laws and tax charges to suppress independent journalism in countries including India.
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The hungry river

The people of the Samserganj region in Murshidabad face a bleak future as the river Ganga continues to ruin their homes and hopes.
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Hashem Safieddine at the funeral ceremony of slain top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut on August 1, 2024. Widely seen as Hezbollah’s next chief, his death is the latest in a spate of killings by the Israeli military.

Israel kills Hezbollah’s next-in-line leader Hashem Safieddine in Lebanon airstrike

Safieddine’s death follows Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s killing and could mark a strategic shift as Israel expands operations beyond Gaza.
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Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a rally on May 24, 2021, in Gaza City. Israel military says it killed Sinwar on October 16, 2024.

Israel says its military has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

Sinwar, who was wanted by Israel in connection with the October 7 attack, was killed along with two others following an extended pursuit.
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Academy of Sciences members of the Nobel Assembly at the Swedish Riksbank announced that the 2024 Swedish Riksbank’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel went to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson, in Stockholm on October 14.

2024 Nobel Economics Prize winners explain why some nations thrive while others struggle

Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson honoured for illuminating institutional roots of wealth disparity.
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Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘her intense poetic prose’

The South Korean writer was praised for her powerful exploration of historical traumas.
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Chairman of India’s Tata Motors, Ratan Tata watches during the unveiling of the Tata Megapixel on March 6, 2012, during a press day ahead of the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in Geneva.

Ratan Tata (1937-2024): Corporate titan who turned India’s biggest conglomerate into global powerhouse

Tata was a pioneer in transforming the Tata Group through acquisitions, while also fostering philanthropy and innovation in India’s economy.
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BJP supporters celebrate the party’s lead during the counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly election, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on October 8.

BJP scores hat-trick in Haryana, NC-Congress combine sweeps Jammu and Kashmir

Mixed fortunes for the national parties as regional factors influence outcomes.
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Since its creation, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been a Eurocentric, male affair. Of 120 laureates, only 17 have been women, with eight of them in the past 20 years.

Nobel Prize in Literature: Time for jury to choose a non-Western writer?

In 2024, the discussion surrounds possible recipients such as Chinese writer Can Xue and Australian author Gerald Murnane.
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