#India's suspension of the #IndusWatersTreaty is replacing six decades of water cooperation with upstream unilateralism. With #China building the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra, #SouthAsia's rivers are becoming a geopolitical battleground.
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A symbol of elegance, heritage, and celebration, the bisht continues to hold a special place in Saudi culture today.
Worn during weddings, Eid celebrations, graduations, and official ceremonies, the handcrafted cloak reflects generations of craftsmanship and timeless tradition.
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Russia is considering lowering the country’s working age to 12 and reopening Soviet child labour camps to solve the country's job crisis
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Superdrug removes skincare brand Ahava as suspected cosmetic ingredients seen in West Bank Israeli settlement.
Ahava, was sold online by Superdrug until mid-March and denies that it owns a site in a West Bank Israeli settlement.
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Very good read by @teanmol on why the recent Pakistani appropriation of Hindu history that they have spent decades stamping out quite literally, and figuratively from the religious indoctrination system that passes as education there cannot be taken seriously.
https://t.co/3MInvT0TKB
🔍Ancient town Hội An's authorities said they are verifying an incident involving foreign tourists who were filmed walking around, wearing traditional Vietnamese áo dài paired seemingly inappropriately with a bikini and shorts, sparking controversies.
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Excavations at Bhirrana, conducted between 2003- 2006, revealed four cultural phases — Period IA (Hakra Ware Culture, 7500-6000 BCE), Period IB (Early Harappan, 6000- 4500 BCE) , Period IIA (Transitional/Early Mature Harappan, 4500-3000 BCE) , and Period IIB (Mature Harappan, 3000-1800 BCE). The findings reflected gradual development of settlement patterns, architecture, craft activity, and urban planning.
Period IA revealed the earliest occupation consisting of subterranean circular dwelling pits dug into the virgin alluvium. Nine pits of varying dimensions were excavated, serving habitation, industrial, sacrificial, and refuse-related functions. The pit walls and floors were plastered with yellow alluvium, while reed-impressed earth fragments reflected wattle-and-daub construction techniques. Crucible fragments with traces of molten copper indicated early metallurgical activity. The phase also yielded Hakra Ware, Mud Applique Ware, Incised Ware, Black Burnished Ware, Bi-Chrome Ware, Black-on-Red Ware, and Plain Red Ware decorated with chevrons, criss-cross patterns, wavy lines, geometric designs, festoons, and pipal leaf motifs.
Period IB marked the transition from pit dwellings to mud-brick architecture with house complexes, rooms, courtyards, and chullahs. Antiquities recovered included shell seal fragments, copper arrowheads, terracotta figurines, rattles, sandstone pounders, and beads made of carnelian, agate, jasper, and lapis lazuli.
Period IIA reflected increasing urbanization with standardized mud-bricks, streets, pathways, platforms, hearths, and circular fire-pits indicating organized settlement planning.
Period IIB represented a fortified urban settlement with gateways, drains, paved streets, verandahs, courtyards, kitchens, chullahs, circular tandoors, and circular sunken mud-brick structures containing decarbonized husk and decomposed grains, suggesting storage or industrial activity. Crucibles with copper slag confirmed continued metallurgical activity. Important discoveries included steatite seals depicting a three-headed composite animal and a horned deity, along with a painted caricature resembling the famous dancing girl figurine of the Harappan civilization.
BREAKING: Oman has suspended crude oil loading at its key Mina Al Fahal terminal after an explosion near its offshore mooring berths. Reuters reports the blast was caused by a suspected drone attack, citing unnamed sources.
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Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. Internally called “NameTag,” it’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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