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Project Nimbus

Source: THSubject: Science and Technology Context: During Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote at Stanford University, over 100 students staged a walkout protesting Google's Project Nimbus contract, carrying Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs. Project Nimbus About Project Nimbus: What It Is? Project Nimbus is a massive, high-security cloud computing contract signed between the Israeli government and …

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Source:  HT Subject:  Mapping Context: Prime Minister of India is undertaking a State visit to Israel at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. About Israel: What it is? Israel is a resilient democracy located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia (the Levant). Established in 1948, it is the …

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Mapping  Source: IE  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in pushing through a judicial reform bill that curtails the judiciary’s power to check his far-right coalition government. The victory, however, has deepened divisions in Israeli society. Critics fear that the reform may lead to a religious autocracy, erode democracy, and pose risks to Israel’s …

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