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Your next smartphone and TV will cost 6.9% more in 2026: Here’s why
Technology | Dec 17, 2025, 12:49 PM ISTThe predicted 6.9% spike in smartphone prices for 2026 is driven by a critical global shortage of RAM. The explosion of Generative AI has forced memory giants to divert production away from consumer electronics.
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Pakistan's ammunition shortage raises alarming questions about military readiness
World | May 03, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTPakistan’s military faces a severe crisis, with critical ammunition shortages leaving it capable of sustaining only four days of high-intensity combat, largely due to extensive arms sales to Ukraine and Israel.
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Ukraine replaces top army general in critical point of war against Russia | Five things about him
World | Feb 09, 2024, 03:09 PM ISTUkraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision came after days of speculation that he would sack former commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi. Tensions had arisen between the two after Ukraine's failed counteroffensive last year, after which Zaluzhnyi called the war a "stalemate".
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'We have managed it somehow in Delhi,' CM Kejriwal flags 'acute shortage' of coal
India | Apr 29, 2022, 03:42 PM ISTDelhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said there is an "acute shortage" of coal due to unavailability of adequate number of rakes and warned there may be "difficulty" in supply if power plants are shut.
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Summer to get hotter! Coal shortage may lead to power crisis in upcoming months
India | Apr 20, 2022, 10:32 AM ISTSeveral states are finding it difficult to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of eletricity.
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'Coal shortage causing electricity crisis in 12 states', says Maharashtra minister
India | Apr 19, 2022, 05:57 PM ISTTalking to reporters, Maharashtra's Energy Minister Nitin Raut said there was no load-shedding in Maharashtra for the past five to six days due to this micro-level planning and the power deficit stood at 15 per cent.
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Sri Lanka: Thousands protest amid deteriorating economic conditions, fuel shortage
World | Nov 17, 2021, 12:49 PM ISTThe march came as Sri Lankan Parliament debated the national budget for 2022.
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As hospitals run out of oxygen, kin of patients line-up outside oxygen plants in Greater Noida
News | Apr 30, 2021, 09:40 AM ISTAmid rise in coronavirus cases and shortage of oxygen supply in hospitals, the kin of the patients are seen line-up outside oxygen plant in Greater Noida.
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COVID: Remdesivir shortage triggers protest in Pune
News | Apr 15, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTFamily members of COVID-19 patients protested outside District collector office by sitting on road demanding supply of Remdesivir injection for the patients.
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Jharkhand Health Minister requests Harsh Vardhan to provide 10 lakh vaccines for 1st dose
News | Apr 09, 2021, 08:51 AM ISTWith the surge in COVID-19 cases, states across the country are facing shortage of vaccines. In this regard, Jharkhand Health Minister, Banna Gupta expressed concern and said, "We have requested Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan to immediately provide us around 10 lakh vaccines for first dose".
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Shortage of nearly 1,500 IAS officers: Jitendra Singh
India | Jul 11, 2019, 07:09 AM ISTOut of the authorised strength of 6,699, 5,205 positions are held across the country and the maximum shortage is in Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT), Bihar, West Bengal cadres, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
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Out of 43 lakh cases pending in HCs, over 8 lakh a decade old
India | Jun 27, 2019, 04:55 PM ISTLaw Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply said 43.55 lakh cases are pending in the high court and out of these, 18.75 lakh relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh are criminal cases.
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Armed forces facing shortage of over 9,000 officers: MoS for Defence
India | Aug 01, 2018, 04:17 PM ISTIn a written response to a question in the Lower House of Parliament, Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence said as on January 1, 2018, the authorised strength of the Army was 49,933, but it has 42,635 officers, which is 7,298 short of the sanctioned strength.
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One doctor for every 1,681 persons in India, reveals MCI data
India | May 04, 2016, 09:57 PM ISTThe latest Medical Council of India data revealed that the doctor-population ratio in India stands at 1:1681.
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Severe water crises in Asia by 2050: Study
World | Apr 01, 2016, 01:49 PM ISTNew York:Around 1 billion people in Asia will face severe water shortages by 2050 if current environmental, demographic and economic trends remain unchanged, according to new research. The research shows that water shortage is just
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'Shortage of teaching staff, inadequate infrastructure in DTU'
India | May 14, 2014, 07:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Technological University (DTU) is facing a shortage of teaching staff with over 100 posts lying vacant besides lacking adequate infrastructure, Delhi government officials said yesterday.According to Directorate of Training and Technical Education,
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Noida vegetable shortage due to sand mining
India | Aug 04, 2013, 07:07 PM ISTNoida, Aug 4: Noida is facing an acute shortage of vegetables due to illegal sand mining along the Yamuna river belt, leading to skyrocketing prices, claim local residents.Locals say the fertile river belt has been
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Shortage prompts use of child priests in Gaya
India | Oct 09, 2012, 05:22 PM ISTGaya, Oct 9: Children as young as six, rather than mastering their alphabets, are chanting vedic hymns at the famous Vishnupad temple here - thanks to the acute shortage of traditional Hindu priests in this