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Class 11 girl raped, blackmailed, forced to convert, 2 held
Bhopal: The police on Thursday, February 12, arrested two men for allegedly raping a minor Class 12 girl multiple times, filming the crime, and extorting money from her. The accused, Osaf Ali Khan, aged 20, reportedly raped the minor while his friend, a 23-year-old gym owner, Mohammed Maaz, filmed the crime to blackmail her. According to a Hindustan Times report,…
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Bitcoin, Altcoin Relief Rally Aim To Restore Pre-crash Range Highs
Key points: Bitcoin is attempting a comeback, which is expected to face stiff resistance at the breakdown level of $74,508. Several major altcoins are attempting a recovery, signaling that lower levels are attracting buyers. Bitcoin (BTC) has risen above $68,500, as buyers attempt to form a higher low near $65,000. According to Glassnode, BTC is stuck between the true market…
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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations | Mississippi
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Mississippi, despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance. State…
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UN rights office ‘worried’ after calls for anti-Israel rapporteur Albanese to resign
A UN human rights spokesperson on Friday said she was “very worried” about personal attacks on independent UN experts, after a growing number of European governments called for the resignation of Palestinian territories rapporteur Francesca Albanese over recent anti-Israel comments. “We are very worried. We are concerned that UN officials, independent experts and judicial officials are increasingly subjected to personal…
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Disc Medicine Receives Complete Response Letter from FDA for Bitopertin for the Treatment of EPP
Disc Medicine Inc FDA acknowledged that AURORA and BEACON provided sufficient evidence that bitopertin significantly lowers PPIX and that there is a strong mechanistic and biological plausibility supporting the use of the PPIX biomarker in protoporphyria FDA indicated a need to see the results of the ongoing Phase 3 APOLLO study before making a decision Ongoing Phase 3 APOLLO study…
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All 3 Emerald Fennell Movies, Ranked
If you were only allowed one word, and you had to summarize Emerald Fennell’s directorial work to date, it would probably be “controversial.” “Divisive” is the runner-up word, but “controversial” feels more appropriate because her films really get under the skin of certain viewers. When you dig through what she’s directed, and try to break down what she’s going for…
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A bipartisan effort to save health subsidies failed. Will ICE reform be different? : NPR
The dome of the U.S. Capitol is framed through a tree on Jan. 25. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Getty Images A bipartisan effort in Congress to control immigration enforcement tactics after officers killed two people in Minneapolis is faltering ahead of a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. It would not be the…
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As Kremlin Throttles Telegram, Russians Stand to Lose More Than Just Messaging
Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor has tightened its restrictions on popular messaging app Telegram for allegedly failing to combat fraud and protect user data. For its 93.6 million users in Russia — over 60% of the country’s population — the loss of Telegram would mean much more than the loss of a messaging app. In many ways, it is the…
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Congress sweeps Telangana municipal polls, BRS loses grip, BJP makes dent
Hyderabad: The Congress won 84 of 123 urban local bodies in Telangana’s municipal elections on Friday, February 13, securing 1,537 seats out of 2,996 wards contested, according to results released by the State Election Commission. The Congress secured almost double what the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) managed, with the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party winning 25 municipalities with 781 seats. The…
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Trump promised RFK Jr. would ‘restore faith in American health care.’ A year in, trust has plummeted
“Our public health system has squandered the trust of our citizens,” President Donald Trump said on February 13, 2025, the day his nominee to run the nation’s health agencies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was sworn in. “They don’t trust us. They don’t trust anybody, frankly. They’ve gone through hell.” Trump promised that Kennedy would “lead our campaign of historic reforms…
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