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Iran lays down red lines ahead of talks with US in Islamabad
DUBAI/BEIRUT/CAIRO/ISLAMABAD: Iran said on Friday that Iranian assets must be unblocked and a ceasefire take hold in Lebanon before peace talks with the United States can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in...
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Crucial election cycle kicks off with high voter turnout
GUWAHATI/THIRUVANTHAPURAM/ NEW DELHI: Assembly elections in Assam and Puducherry produced record voter turnouts on Thursday while Kerala recorded its highest participation in nearly four decades, as all three went to the polls in a single phase — and a...
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Conflicting claims cloud nth-hour ceasefire
Vance to lead US team to Pakistan on Saturday to hold talks on a lasting agreement with Iran Oil declines to $95 per barrel, Sensex zooms 4%, tracking a worldwide stock market surge TEHRAN: Hours after a last-minute ceasefire was announced, the United...
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‘A whole civilisation will die’: Trump’s latest threat to Iran
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened Iran with civilisational destruction as the US attacked military targets on the country’s key oil export hub, ramping up pressure on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday morning (Tehran...
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Trump threatens Tehran with night of destruction
Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war, while President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from civilian targets to the whole Islamic Republic and his ultimatum ticked closer. “The...
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ARTEMIS ASTRONAUTS GLIMPSE MOON’S ‘GRAND CANYON’ AHEAD OF LUNAR FLYBY
HOUSTON: The Artemis astronauts have taken in sights of the Moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on Sunday as their spacecraft crossed the twothirds mark on their journey to a long-anticipated lunar flyby. As the astronauts went...
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US F-15 downed, Gulf energy sites hit as talks go nowhere
WASHINGTON: Iran shot down a US fighter jet for the first time in the war and targeted more sites, including energy facilities, in Arab Gulf states even as a handful of ships transited the Strait of Hormuz by using a new route hugging the Omani...
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Trump dashes hopes of quick end to war as Iran continues Gulf strikes
DUBAI: Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbours even as US President Donald Trump claimed in a televised address the threat from the country was nearly...
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ARTEMIS II MISSION: REACHING FOR THE MOON
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. It’s humanity’s first flight to the Moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, Nasa’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around on Wednesday (US time). Liftoff is set for 22.24 GMT (IST 3:54 am Thursday)....
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U.S. SAYS COMING DAYS IN IRAN WAR WILL BE DECISIVE, URGES TEHRAN TO MAKE A DEAL
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Hegseth issued his warning hours after...
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IRAN TERMS U.S. PEACE PROPOSALS UNREALISTIC, TRUMP ISSUES FRESH WARNING TO TEHRAN
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD : President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as unrealistic and fired waves of...
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Iran warns US on ground war as regional diplomats huddle
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday that it will soon host talks between the US and Iran, though there was no immediate word from Washington or Tehran, and it was unclear whether the talks would be direct or indirect. “Pakistan is very happy that both...
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Israel strikes Iran N-sites after Trump extends Hormuz date
DUBAI: Iran’s nuclear facilities came under attack on Friday, state media reported, just hours after Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its campaign against Tehran. Iran quickly threatened to retaliate and Israel claimed responsibility for the...
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14 charred to death in Andhra bus inferno
Fourteen passengers died and 27 others were injured on Thursday when the private bus they were travelling in collided with a tipper-truck, triggering a massive fire, in Markapuram district of Andhra Pradesh, police said. According to police, the...
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NASA PLANS MOON BASE, NUKE SPACECRAFT IN PROGRAMME EXPANSION
WASHINGTON: Nasa announced on Tuesday it has cancelled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20-billion base on the Moon’s surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered...
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Missiles hit Tehran, Tel Aviv amid uncertainty over talks
DUBAI: Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the US was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more...
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TRUMP PUTS OFF THREAT TO TARGET IRANIAN POWER GRID FOR FIVE DAYS
TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given orders to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, hours ahead of a deadline that threatened further escalation in the conflict now in...
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Dubai airport rattled, flights disrupted after drone strike
DUBAI/NEW DELHI: A drone struck a fuel tank at the Dubai International Airport early on Monday, halting operations at the aviation hub, which gradually resumed flights later in the day, before suspending landings for all foreign carriers in the...
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Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, TN to have single phase elections; 2-phase poll in West Bengal
NEW DELHI: Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will be held on a single day on April 9, in Tamil Nadu on April 23 and in two phases in West Bengal on April 23 and 29, while votes will be counted for all polls on May 4, the Election...
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Iran allows two LPG ships to transit Hormuz to India
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Iran has allowed two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian officials said on Friday, a development expected to ease a cooking gas crisis in India. “The vessels have been...
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Mojtaba vows to keep Hormuz shut, continue attacks on Gulf
DUBAI: Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his first public statement...
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Iran targets more merchant ships, warns of $200 oil, extended war
DUBAI: Iran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel as its forces hit merchant ships on Wednesday and the International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic reserves to dampen one of the worst oil shocks since the...
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Govt invokes ESMA; gas for households, cars top priority
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday moved to ration natural gas supplies, prioritising households receiving piped gas, vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG), and units producing cooking gas (LPG), as the conflict in West Asia disrupts...
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BARBADOS TO AHMEDABAD: INDIA’S ERA OF UNPARALLELED DOMINANCE
India backs dialogue, prioritises safety of its nationals amid West Asia war: EAM in Parl NEW DELHI: India advocates de-escalation priority. And our national interests, and return to dialogue and diplomacy, including energy security and trade, external...
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Centre seeks report from WB as row over Prez visit escalates
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The political slugfest over President Droupadi Murmu’s West Bengal visit escalated on Sunday, with the Union home ministry seeking a report from the state government over the alleged protocol breach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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As oil surges, US gives India a waiver on Russian cargos
WASHINGTON: The US has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver authorising Indian refiners to access Russian crude oil stranded at sea in a bid to stabilise global energy markets rattled by the West Asia conflict. Oil prices jumped further on Friday, with...
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Israel pounds Tehran; Gulf cities under fresh Iran fire
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader on Thursday as the war escalated further, with US and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed...
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US sinks Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka; at least 80 dead
NEW DELHI: A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian frigate in the waters near Sri Lanka on Wednesday, just days after the warship participated in a multi-nation exercise and international fleet review hosted by New Delhi, widening the conflict in...
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Israel steps up strikes on Tehran, Iran defiant
DUBAI: Israel stepped up airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and factories Tuesday, and Iran retaliated against Israel and across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel. As explosions rang out in Tehran and in Lebanon — where Israel...
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IRAN’S TOP LEADER ALI KHAMENEI KILLED; ISRAEL, IRAN LAUNCH FRESH ATTACKS
JERUSALEM: Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday, saying it aimed to dominate the skies after killing Iran’s supreme leader and leaving the Islamic Republic grappling to rebuild its leadership amid its biggest test in five...
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Court skewers CBI case against Kejriwal, others
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday cleared former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his then deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others of any wrongdoing in planning and executing the now-repealed 2021-22 Delhi excise policy, marking a dramatic twist in...
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India, Israel elevate ties; trade deal on anvil: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India and Israel have elevated their bilateral relationship to the status of a special strategic partnership, adding that the “historic decision” reflects the aspirations of the people of the two...
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BMC budget of over ₹80K cr presented
MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday presented its largest-ever annual budget, pegged at ₹80,952.56 crore, with an aggressive push on infrastructure even as the civic body returns to elected governance after four years of...
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PUTIN HAS FAILED TO BREAK UKRAINIANS: ZELENSKY
KYIV: More than a dozen senior European officials were in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday in a show of support on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine — a grim milestone in a war that has killed tens of thousands of people...
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MANIPURI FILM BOONG CLINCHES BEST CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM AWARD
LONDON: Quirky Manipuri coming-ofage comedy-drama Boong, produced by Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment, won the prestigious Bafta Award for Best Children’s & Family Film in London on Sunday. The film’s debutant director, Lakshmipriya Devi, made an...
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FOSSILS OF SPINOSAURUS, A NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES, UNEARTHED IN NIGER
Spinosaurus, the only known semiaquatic dinosaur predator, presented a striking profile on the Cretaceous Period landscape of Africa 95 million years ago as it hunted large fish like coelacanths. Its bony cranial crest, about 20 inches tall, resembled...
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Tariffs junked, Trump takes new route
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime in a 6-3 ruling on Friday — and within hours, Trump said he would sign a fresh executive order imposing a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the...
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PM frames India as key player in AI ecosystem
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday outlined an ethical, sovereign, inclusive and globally oriented vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as he pitched India as a central player in the global AI ecosystem and called for stronger...
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RS polls on Mar 16, NDA tally to go up
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced elections to the Rajya Sabha for 37 seats across 10 states on March 16 even as data suggested that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to expand its presence in the...
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BREATHE, STRETCH, HEAL: YOGA BUZZ SPANS GLOBE
Astronaut Shukla says India must sustain impetus on Gaganyaan despite complexities BENGALURU: India must continue to launch Gaganyaan next year. Group pursue its ambitious human spaceflight Captain Shukla is among the four programme with sustained...
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Class 12 board exams: CBSE introduces On-Screen Marking evaluation system
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the introduction of on-screen marking (OSM) system for the evaluation of Class 12 answer books from the upcoming 2026 board examinations that would begin on February 17. The move...
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BENNETT, BOWLERS POWER ZIMBABWE TO EIGHTWICKET WIN OVER OMAN
China critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail after trial HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, ending the city’s biggest national security case which drew global...
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RSS CHIEF ASKS CITIZENS TO HELP IDENTIFY ‘INFILTRATORS’
MUMBAI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday told a packed auditorium in Worli that while exercises such as the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were helping identify infiltrators, citizens must...
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U-19 CWC: India’s young stars shine on world stage
The Indian team celebrates after winning the Under-19 World Cup in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday. India scored 411/9 in the first innings of the final and dismissed England for 311 to win the tournament for a sixth time, the most for any country.
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ARREST NOT RULE IN PROBE CASES WITH UP TO 7-YR JAIL TERMS: SC
NEW DELHI: No person should be arrested for an alleged offence punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years unless such arrest is “absolutely warranted”, the Supreme Court has held, underscoring that issuing a notice to cooperate with the probe is...
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Manipur gets a new CM after 12 months of President’s Rule
IMPHAL: Former Manipur speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday took oath as the chief minister of the strifetorn state, becoming the first person to helm the northeastern province since President’s Rule was clamped in 2025 after two years of ethnic...
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Major scare at Mumbai airport: wings of 2 jets brush on tarmac
MUMBAI: The wingtips of Air India and IndiGo aircraft came into contact at Mumbai airport on Tuesday evening, and both planes have been grounded for checks, officials said. All passengers are safe. Air India flight AI 2732 was waiting on the taxiway...
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Baramati crash: VSR now faces DGCA audit AI Dreamliner jet grounded over fuel switch defect scare
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a special audit of VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd, the charter operator that owned the Learjet 45, which crashed in Baramati last week, killing Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar...
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New FC formula: States see reversal of fortunes
NEW DELHI: The biggest story of the day may well be the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, headed by Arvind Panagariya, that have been accepted by the government and which, while keeping the share of states the same as in the 15th Finance...
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Sunetra Pawar to take oath as deputy CM
MUMBAI Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar is set to take oath as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday, taking over the position from her late husband Ajit Pawar who died in a tragic plane crash two days ago. Sunetra, who...
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Eco Survey: India to grow by up to 7.2% next fiscal
NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey, unlike the Union Budget which will be presented on Sunday, is not a binding document for the government. It is best read and understood as a glimpse into the overall philosophy which guides economic policy making of...
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UNVEILED: MAP DEPICTING DISTRIBUTION OF DARK MATTER IN UNIVERSE
Man sprays liquid on Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar, arrested MINNEAPOLIS: Police arrested a man who sprayed Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar with a foulsmelling liquid in Minneapolis on Tuesday as she condemned the actions of US Immigration and...
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India-EU seal mega FTA; PM describes it as New Delhi’s biggest trade deal ever
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union on Tuesday sealed a landmark free trade agreement – billed as “mother of all deals” – with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top EU leadership unveiling a grand agenda to leverage trade and defence to shore up...
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Pak to face heavy ICC penalties if it boycotts T20 WC
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) could face a range of penalties from the International Cricket Council (ICC), including the withholding of its revenue, restrictions on future bilateral series, and reduced influence in upcoming multination...
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‘Armada on way’: US renews threat to Iran
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said a US “armada” was heading toward the Gulf and that Washington was watching Iran closely, even after downplaying the prospect of imminent military action and saying Tehran appeared interested in talks. Trump has...
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Maharashtra inks MoUs worth ₹14.5 lakh cr in Davos
MUMBAI: Maharashtra government signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth ₹14.5 lakh crore across sectors like artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, digital infrastructure, fintech, logistics and infrastructure, shipbuilding, electric...
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SCstepsinforBengalvoters feelingSIR‘stressandstrain’
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stepped in to alleviate the “stress and strain” faced by ordinary voters during West Bengal’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, issuing a slew of binding directions to the Election Commission of...
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Machado ‘gifts’ Trump her Nobel peace prize
WASHINGTON: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country’s political future. A White...
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NASA BRINGS FOUR ASTRONAUTS BACK TO EARTH IN 1ST MEDICAL EVACUATION FROM ISS
Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov should have remained on the space station until mid-February. But on Jan. 7, Nasa abruptly cancelled the next day’s spacewalk by Cardman and Fincke and later announced...
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PM, Oppn leader extend festive season’s greetings Joy in abundance as nation celebrates Sankranti, harvest festivals with fervour
NEW DELHI: Dressed in their festive best, people prepared, shared and relished sweets and food made of seasonal produce, kites were flown, offered prayers, lit bonfires, and adorned entrances to homes with colourful, intricate patterns as the varied...
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India’s Gen Z is full of creativity, says Modi at Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India’s youth, fuelled by a combination of creativity, innovative ideas, energy and purpose, is at the forefront of nation-building. Addressing the concluding session of Viksit Bharat Young...
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How United and Chelsea bungled in player transfers
Coach sackings are routine in the cutthroat world of club football. Still, the dismissal of Enzo Maresca by Chelsea and Ruben Amorim by Manchester United in the first week of 2026 was stunning in its speed. It was a management masterstroke of making a...
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OCEANS STRUGGLING TO ABSORB CO2 AMID MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION: STUDY
An ocean transfers carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea layers through a process called biological carbon pumping. Now, microplastics, which are found even in the deep seas, are interfering with this process by cutting phytoplankton...
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