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It's not just gas prices: Some US water utilities are reporting the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water.
Over the past few weeks, a few water utilities have said their supply had been disrupted, according to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. Fluoride is used in water systems as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay.
Here's what to know.
What's driving the fluoride shortage?
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Israel is one of the world's top exporters of fluorosilicic acid, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. EPA data also shows the US is among the world's top five importers of the product.
At least one Israeli supplier has been facing workforce challenges because many employees have been called into active military service, said Dan Hartnett, chief policy officer for the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.
"That has led to decreased production, and supply ..

Iran war, Tehran, Iran

Press Trust of India

The Rajya Sabha will hold the election for the post of deputy chairman on April 17, and the ruling NDA is likely to push for re-electing Harivansh to the key post.
The post of the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha fell vacant after the tenure of Harivansh ended on April 9.  Harivansh has since been nominated to the Upper House by President Droupadi Murmu and took oath on April 10.
Union minister and BJP leader J P Nadda, who is also leader of the house in Rajya Sabha, is learnt to have discussed the re-election of Harivansh as deputy chairman with leaders of various parties, while trying to bring about a broad consensus on his name.
However, the Congress, TMC and Left parties have raised objections to the "keenness" the ruling party is showing in holding elections for filling the post of deputy chairman of the Upper House, when the post of deputy speaker in Lok Sabha has been vacant since 2019.
An official announcement said that the election for the post of deputy chairman will be

Harivansh Narayan Singh, Harivansh, Harivansh Narayan

Ahead of a special Parliament session, PM Modi termed amendments to fast-track Women's Reservation Act implementation by 2029 as a key reform and urged Opposition support

PM Modi, Narendra Modi

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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, Monday: The GIFT Nifty hinted at a negative open. Asian markets fell as the US will block the Iranian ports after failed talks

stock markets

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran reaffirmed a zero-tolerance policy on misconduct after sexual harassment allegations at TCS Nashik, with action initiated

N Chandrasekaran

US Central Command has announced that it will begin a blockade of Iranian ports on Monday at 10 am ET.
CENTCOM said the blockade would be "enforced impartially against vessels of all nations" entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.
It said it would still allow ships travelling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Traffic in the Strait has been limited even in the days since the ceasefire. Marine trackers say over 40 commercial ships have crossed since the start of the ceasefire.

LPG tankers, Strait of Hormuz, tanker, LPG ships

As we mark the beginning of his bicentenary year, the most fitting tribute to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule is about renewal

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (Photo: archives.vsktelangana.org)

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Illustration: Binay Sinha

Artemis II's astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity's first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.
It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not only swaths of the moon's far side  never seen before by human eyes  but a total solar eclipse.
Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen hit the atmosphere travelling Mach 33  or 33 times the speed of sound  a blistering blur not seen since NASA's Apollo moonshots of the 1960s and 1970s. Their Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity, made the plunge on automatic pilot.
The tension in Mission Control mounted as the capsule became engulfed in red-hot plasma during peak heating and entered a planned communication blackout.
All eyes were on the capsule's life-protecting heat shield that had to withstand thousands of degrees during reentry.
On the spacecraft's only other test flight

Artemis II, Artemis II moon rocket, Rocket, Rocket Launch, Launch Pad 39B

A decade after its launch, India's flagship payments system faced a moment of pushback, with users signalling they would abandon UPI if charges were introduced

Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

Vance said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including not to build nuclear weapons

J D Vance, US Vice President; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran Parliament Speaker | Photos: Reuters

Reuters

US Vice President J D Vance on Friday warned Iran not to "play" the US as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending the war.
President Donald Trump has tasked the member of his inner circle who has seemed to be the most reluctant defender of the six-week-old conflict with Iran to now find a resolution and stave off the US president's astonishing threat to wipe out its "whole civilisation".
Vance, who has long been skeptical of foreign military interventions and outspoken about the prospect of sending troops into open-ended conflicts, set off Friday to lead mediated talks with Iran in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
"If the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we're certainly willing to extend the open hand," Vance told reporters before boarding Air Force Two to make his way to the talks in Pakistan.
But he added, "If they're gonna try and play us, then they're gonna find that the negotiating team is not that receptive."
Vance also said that Trump "gave us

JD Vance, Vance

Health insurance claim complaints are rising, with cases on the Bima Bharosa portal in the first 11 months of FY26 exceeding the total for the whole of FY25.

As India moves towards introducing the Women Reservation Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a national-level ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan’ at Vigyan Bhawan on Monday.

Protests by factory workers demanding a hike in wages turned violent in parts of Noida on Monday, with incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas,

A sharp rally, a sudden dip, and a fragile ceasefire: markets are reacting fast to West Asia tensions. But is the worst really behind us? Or are investors getting ahead of reality?

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