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diamond polishing, producing an impressive 25,000 pieces of small-sized natural diamonds each month. Surat, known as the Diamond City, holds the distinction of polishing 95 per cent of the world's diamonds. Interestingly, the city's correctional facility also contributes its fair share to this illustrious industry.

Also read: Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing Successful | LIVE Updates: NASA congratulates ISRO, says ‘glad to be partner in the mission' The world has responded to this development with a mix of speculation and commentary: President Joe Biden expressed a cautious response to the news, stating that he wasn't surprised with the news. Biden said, “I don’t know for a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised." He added, “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda confirmed Tuesday that Russia has begun shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, a move that he said will change the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko said last month that Moscow had already shipped some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus after announcing the plan in March. The U.S.

Northvolt AB raised US$1.2 billion from North American investors including BlackRock Inc. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as the Swedish battery maker is said to be in talks to set up a new factory in Canada.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Poland in a deal valued at up to $12 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Netflix has officially ordered a second season for the Danish medical drama series, marking over a year since its initial debut. The six-part series, which landed on Netflix on June 8, 2022, centers on a fertility doctor, Josephine Park, who unintentionally inseminates herself with her former boyfriend's sperm after a night of drinking.

EnergyAustralia has joined the ranks of major electricity suppliers seeking to elbow into the country’s offshore wind sector, taking a stake in a project proposed off the coast of Victoria that could replace ageing coal generators.

BOI) has issued a look out circular (LoC) against a Hungarian national and head of a crypto-ponzi firm who is allegedly involved in deceiving investors of their money, the EOW said on Saturday. The firm, STA Token is accused of operating a ponzi business and collecting around Rs 1,000 crore deposits from two lakh people across the country without any authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India, it said. The LoC was issued at the request of Odisha's Economic Offence Wing (EOW), which has been probing the alleged scandal, it said.

food and beverage packaging industry that is growing by 14.8 per cent annually is expected to reach USD 86 billion in 2029, following rapid urbanisation, rising disposable incomes and evolving consumption patterns, All India Food Processors Association said on Saturday. «Post-Covid-19, the demand for natural food ingredients has surged. FSSAI's new regulations for nutraceuticals and organic foods are driving growth in the sector.

doing business in Russia. Many companies are tight-lipped, limiting what they say to short, prewritten statements. Executives say they fear asset seizures or other retaliation by the Russian government, or a backlash from shoppers.

European Union nations are resisting an updated climate pledge showing the bloc is on course to over-deliver on emissions cuts ahead of COP28, in the latest sign of concern over the pace of the green transition. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, is aiming to submit by September a revised pledge showing it’s on course to slash carbon emissions by 57% by 2030, according to a draft document seen by Bloomberg. But Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Romania are concerned that the figure — higher than the 55% targeted under the bloc’s green deal — is too ambitious, according to people familiar with the matter.

diamond industry is in the middle of a major upheaval. Many people have lost their jobs and some have taken their lives. Mint looks at the issue that is plaguing India’s diamond city and the reasons behind this crisis.

Auschwitz Memorial on Thursday criticised social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for failing to remove an antisemitic post on the site. X's owner Elon Musk has described himself as a free speech absolutist, but some critics have said his approach is irresponsible. Researchers have found an increase in hate speech and antisemitic content on the platform since he took over, and some governments have accused the company of not doing enough to moderate its content.

NATO member Poland displayed its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems at a massive military parade Tuesday, as war rages in neighboring Ukraine and ahead of parliamentary elections in two months. President Andrzej Duda, the chief commander of the armed forces, said in his opening speech that the protection of Poland's eastern border is a key element of state policy. He also noted that Poland is supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's aggression of almost 18 months.

Poland's biggest military parade since the Cold War took place in Warsaw on Tuesday, as the NATO-member country flexes its military muscle in what the government hopes will be both a message to Moscow and to voters ahead of elections in October. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made boosting the armed forces a priority for Poland's ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS), and with the election campaign in full swing the immense display of military hardware provided a chance to burnish their security credentials.

Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions between Poland — a NATO and European Union country — and Belarus, which is Russia's ally in its war on Ukraine, have been building up in recent months on the border.

The Russian rouble fell past the psychologically key 100 per U.S. dollar threshold for the first time since March last year on Monday.

Poland has detained two Russian citizens who were «distributing propaganda materials of the Wagner Group» in Warsaw and Krakow, the two biggest Polish cities, the interior minister said Monday. «Both were charged with… espionage and arrested,» Mariusz Kaminski said on X, the former Twitter, without providing further details about the detained men.

Russia's Kaliningrad region on Saturday during a training mission, killing the two pilots on board. «The Su-30 aircraft crashed in a deserted area.

Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy, local officials said, and drones that Russian officials blamed on the Ukrainian military targeted Moscow for a third straight day but reportedly didn't cause significant damage. Also Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the firing of all the heads of regional military draft boards, part of his crackdown on corruption since the outbreak of Russia's war in Ukraine more than 17 months ago. The missile that killed the boy struck a house In western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Polish border, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. But Ukrainian air defenses frustrated Russia's daylight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Debris from intercepted missiles fell on residential areas of the city, including the premises of a children's hospital, without causing casualties, local authorities said. Falling wreckage of missiles and drones has in the past killed people on the ground and damaged buildings in Kyiv.

Oscars 2024, specifically for the category of Best International Feature. Each entry for this prestigious award is currently being highlighted and detailed on this particular page. Scheduled for March 10, 2024, the 96th edition of the Academy Awards is poised to unfold at the illustrious Dolby Theatre located in Los Angeles. In cinematic terms, an international feature film is classified as a motion picture of extended duration (running for more than 40 minutes) crafted outside the borders of the United States. These films predominantly feature dialogue tracks that encompass languages other than English, with a minimum threshold of more than 50 per cent non-English content. The category further extends its scope to encompass animated as well as documentary features. To be eligible for consideration, the submitted films must have experienced theatrical releases within their respective countries during the timeframe spanning from December 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023. The Academy's stipulated deadline for these submissions is set at October 2. On December 21, a shortlist comprising 15 finalists will be announced. Subsequently, the ultimate five nominees will be unveiled on January 23. Reflecting on the previous year's proceedings, the 2023 edition witnessed a substantial total of 92 submissions. Among these, the final roster of nominated films encompassed noteworthy entries such as «Argentina, 1985» from Argentina, «Close» from Belgium, «EO» from Poland, «The Quiet Girl» from Ireland, and ultimately, the triumphant victor, «All Quiet On The Western Front» from Germany.