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Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?

Afghanistan at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded. Pakistan has deliberately targeting the health-care facility. In a statement on X, the Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Ministry the strikes “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure…

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Kerala Assembly polls: UDF likely to field T.O. Mohanan in Kannur as AICC bars sitting MPs from contesting

With the AIl India Congress Committee (AICC) ruling out Assembly tickets for sitting MPs, including former KPCC president K. Sudhakaran, former Kannur Corporation Mayor T.O. Mohanan is likely to be fielded as the UDF candidate from the Kannur constituency in the Kerala Assembly elections 2026. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Mohanan said he has not…

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What if plastic waste could treat Parkinson’s? Scientists unveil a surprising method to turn bottles into medicine |

Plastic waste has long been treated as one of the world’s most persistent environmental problems. Bottles pile up in landfills, drift into oceans, and linger for decades without breaking down. Yet a surprising shift in thinking is beginning to take shape. Scientists are no longer looking at plastic purely as waste. Instead, it seems they…

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Machine Learning in QA: What Actually Works

Machine learning has become one of the most talked-about topics in software quality assurance. QA teams hear constant promises about AI tools that will transform their workflows and solve every problem. However, the reality sits somewhere between the marketing hype and the genuine advances that help teams work better. The truth is that some machine…

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