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Cisco unveiled its new Unified Edge platform at the Cisco Partner Summit, an integrated computing solution specifically designed to bring real-time AI processing directly to the network edge for distributed AI workloads. This innovative platform aims to simplify large-scale AI deployments by integrating compute, networking, storage, and security, making it available for order now with general availability expected by year-end.
India has launched its massive Tri-Services Exercise "Trishul 2025," involving over 50,000 personnel from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to significantly boost combat readiness and interoperability. This extensive drill, spanning diverse regions including the strategically vital Sir Creek area and northern Arabian Sea, is India's largest military exercise since Operation Sindoor, showcasing its multi-domain operational capabilities.
The United States federal government is currently enduring a prolonged shutdown, now on its 34th day and nearing a historic record, causing widespread disruption and significantly delaying food benefits for millions of Americans. This critical impasse stems from deep partisan disagreements over federal spending levels for the 2026 fiscal year, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay.
The global technology sector has experienced a turbulent 2025, with over 112,000 job losses across 218 companies worldwide, driven by aggressive cost-cutting, pandemic-era overexpansion, and a strategic pivot towards AI-driven automation. Major players like Amazon, cutting up to 30,000 corporate roles, and Intel, slashing 24,000 positions, are leading these significant workforce reductions as they reallocate resources towards artificial intelligence and cloud innovation.
Gold prices are expected to face downward pressure in the week of November 3, 2025, primarily due to a strengthening U.S. dollar and reduced safe-haven demand. This outlook is driven by factors such as recent hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Powell and easing U.S.-China trade tensions, which have boosted overall market risk appetite.
Russia officially launched its advanced nuclear submarine, the 'Khabarovsk,' on November 1, 2025, a strategic vessel designed to deploy the formidable 'Poseidon' nuclear drone. This development significantly bolsters Russia's undersea nuclear deterrence with an unconventional weapon capable of intercontinental travel and inflicting catastrophic damage, as confirmed by recent successful tests of the Poseidon drones.
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, causing at least seven fatalities and 150 injuries near Mazar-e Sharif. This latest tremor, following a devastating quake in August, highlights the region's extreme vulnerability to seismic activity and damaged parts of the historic Blue Mosque.
British authorities have definitively concluded that a mass stabbing on a London-bound train on November 1, 2025, was carried out by a lone individual and is not being treated as a terrorist act. Eleven people were injured in the harrowing event, including an LNER staff member in life-threatening condition, with a 32-year-old British national currently in custody as the sole suspect.
India's space agency, ISRO, successfully launched its heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03, weighing 4410 kg, into orbit on November 2, 2025, using the powerful LVM3-M5 rocket to provide crucial multi-band communication services across the Indian landmass and surrounding oceanic regions. This achievement, marking the fifth operational flight for the LVM3 vehicle and its eighth consecutive successful mission, underscores India's growing self-reliance and technological prowess in space.
Scientists are transforming seemingly unsettling experiments into groundbreaking innovations, from lab-grown mini-brains to spider-silk inspired medical devices and edible food coatings, poised to revolutionize global health and sustainability. Yet, this remarkable human ingenuity is juxtaposed with a stark environmental warning: the discovery of microplastics in human retinas, underscoring both scientific progress and the pervasive impact of modern pollution.
In a historic triumph on November 2, 2025, the Indian women's cricket team secured their first-ever ICC Women's Cricket World Cup title, defeating South Africa by 52 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. This monumental victory was propelled by stellar performances from Player of the Match Shafali Verma and Player of the Tournament Deepti Sharma, who delivered a match-winning all-round display in the final.
A newer mpox variant, clade Ib, is actively spreading through communities in the United States and Europe, with recent unlinked cases in California signaling local transmission and prompting renewed vigilance from health officials. The World Health Organization has issued warnings as global cases in 2025 have already surpassed last year's total, presenting increased challenges for detection and prevention despite a low immediate risk to the general public.