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        <title><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma - Breaking News: Global Watch Asia]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Request Prompts Planet Labs to Withhold Iran War Images]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:06:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore to Boost Support as War Disrupts Energy Supplies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:14:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anti-Graft Agency Probes Malaysia’s Deal with Softbank’s Arm, AFP Reports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novartis to Exit Indian Unit With $159 Million Stake Sale]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Pulls Out of India AI Summit Amid Epstein Criticism]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Anderson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:11:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[YouTube Fixes Outage After 350,000 Users Reported Problems]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Anderson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:57:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet the Gurus Promising to Fix India’s Small Businesses]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Blending manifestation, management and family mediation, unregulated coaches are charging high fees for guidance many entrepreneurs say MBAs don’t provide.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 01:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bangladesh Struck by Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Outside Dhaka]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arun Devnath]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Groww Parent Billionbrains Seeks $752 Million in Mumbai IPO]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajesh Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:05:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SoftBank-Backed Lenskart IPO to Raise as Much as $828 Million]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajesh Mascarenhas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:36:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Cracks Down on ‘Scam Mules’ as Losses Persist]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Approves Plan to Recycle Critical Minerals From Waste]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Used laptop batteries sit in a crate at the Attero Recycling Pvt facility in the Raipur industrial area of Bhagwanpur in Roorkee, Uttarkhand, India, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. New rules for handling, storing, and recycling electronic waste that went into effect in India May 1 apply the principle of &quot;extended producer responsibility&quot; and assign duties along the entire value chain including manufacturers, consumers, and recyclers.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Astrology Is So Big in India That Venture Capital Is Jumping in]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An age-old belief in astrology has snowballed into a $7 billion industry as a younger generation seeks celestial guidance.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Preeti Soni]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heineken’s India Unit Stops Beer Sales to Key State, Shares Drop]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The suspension will disrupt sales of Kingfisher and Heineken brands in one of the country’s largest beer consuming states.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Posco Seeks JSW Alliance for 5 Million Tons India Steel Mill]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 05:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Authum-Led Group Buys 47% in Prataap Snacks for $102 Million]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vedanta Pays $246 Million to Regain Zambia Copper Mines]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 03:54:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A mine worker walks through a store of copper plates awaiting shipping at the Nchanga copper mine, operated by Konkola Copper Mines Plc, in Chingola, Zambia, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Konkola Copper Mines is a unit of Vedanta Resources Plc, the mining company founded by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angry Farmers And Separatist Khalistani Movement May Deprive Modi of India’s Punjab in Elections]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-29/angry-farmers-and-khalistanis-may-deprive-modi-of-india-s-punjab-in-elections</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 11:27:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s Biggest Airline Sees Capacity Growth Slowing Next Year]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akriti Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:42:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An aircraft operated by IndiGo, a unit of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., prepares to land at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, on Monday, July 3, 2023. Domestic airlines are dealing with shortages of workers and planes after both were sidelined during the pandemic.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[India to Announce Polling Dates for World’s Biggest Elections]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:28:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Voters at a polling station in Mumbai in 2019.</media:description>
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