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Built to last: 30 years on, the legacy of Catan

India, Oct. 18 -- There wasn't a lot going on in the world of tabletop gaming in the early 1990s. Most games seemed to fall into familiar patterns. Classics such as Scrabble thrived in social gatheri... Read More


How China weaponized the periodic table

India, Oct. 18 -- you wake up tomorrow morning to find your smartphone dead, your laptop frozen, and your electric car refusing to start. Not because of a power outage or a bug in the grid, but becaus... Read More


Gallagher creates India's First Pandemic Insurance using parametric triggers Launched by New India Assurance, Reinsured by Munich Re

Mumbai, Oct. 18 -- The Phoenix Mills Ltd has become the first insured in India to be covered against business interruption losses due to pandemic or epidemic outbreaks based on parametric triggers. ... Read More


Air quality in Kolkata deteriorates ahead of Kali Puja; AQI nears 250 in several areas

Kolkata, Oct. 18 -- The air quality in Kolkata plummeted sharply on Saturday, two days before Kali Puja, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) nearing the 250 mark in several parts of the city amid sporadi... Read More


Ex-VVCMC chief Anil Pawar released from jail, SC postpones ED's plea

India, Oct. 18 -- Former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anilkumar Pawar was released from prison on Thursday night even as the Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing... Read More


Michael Foley appointed Ncell CEO

Kathmandu, Oct. 18 -- Ncell has appointed Michael Foley as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective November 1. Foley succeeds Syed MD Enamul Kabir, who had been serving as acting CEO. Kabir w... Read More


205 families from Daulat Nagar allege forced evictions, illegal demolitions by builder

India, Oct. 18 -- As many as 205 families, mostly senior citizens, who lived in the 14 buildings of the Daulat Nagar Cooperative Housing Society in Thane East, have been living in rented accommodation... Read More


South Korea reports biggest job growth in 19 months in Sept

Seoul, Oct. 18 -- South Korea saw the largest increase in jobs in 19 months, adding more than 300,000 jobs in September, helped by growing demand for accommodation and other services, reported the Pul... Read More


Government delays stall two hydropower projects in Dolakha

Dolakha, Oct. 18 -- Construction of two domestically funded hydropower projects in Dolakha remains stalled for the past three months because of government delays. The Supreme Court had ordered the Mi... Read More


Two NIT Srinagar faculty secure Rs.73.6 lakh Ministry of Mines grant for innovative Bioremediation project

Srinagar, Oct. 18 -- In a major boost to interdisciplinary research and sustainable engineering innovation, two faculty members from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar have been awarded a... Read More