Month: July 2026

Granules secures FTF status for CNS depressant generic

July 6, 2026 admin

Granules said the sole FTF designation strengthens the company’s position in the complex generics segment and demonstrates its growing capabilities in developing and advancing complex, differentiated generic products for the U.S market. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Granules India has secured sole first-to-file (FTF) status for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Sodium…

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Beekeeping initiative in Pichavaram mangroves: a sweet livelihood for Irula tribals

July 6, 2026 admin

The Forest Department has installed beekeeping units at the famed Pichavaram mangroves in Cuddalore District to improve the livelihood of tribal communities in the fringe villages of forests | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amid the verdant mangrove region, straddling the Vellar and Coleroon (Kollidam) estuaries in Pichavaram, a new conservation-based livelihood initiative integrating tribal welfare,…

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Riyadh Air announces India foray with daily Mumbai-Riyadh flights from August 4

July 6, 2026 admin

Tony Douglas, CEO of Riyadh Air. Photo: Special Arrangement Saudi Arabia-based Riyadh Air on Monday (July 6, 2026) announced its entry into India with the launch of daily direct flight between Riyadh and Mumbai, starting August 4. The premium carrier, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced that bookings…

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UEFA slams FIFA’s ‘unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable’ Balogun decision

July 6, 2026 admin

United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) attends a training session ahead of their World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Belgium in Seattle, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP European soccer body UEFA has lashed out at FIFA’s decision to suspend U.S. ‌striker Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban in the World Cup, ⁠after U.S….

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E-rickshaw battery ‘hacks’ and Bluetooth BMS vulnerabilities | Explained

July 6, 2026 admin

The story so far: Over the last week, social media has been flooded with videos depicting individuals using mobile applications such as BAT-BMS, Lossigy and Epoch-i-ion to wirelessly disable the batteries of e-rickshaws using Bluetooth. The videos have largely been shared as “pranks” — however cruel, unethical and unlawful they may be — while some…

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Delhi HC gives two weeks to Wrestling Federation to decide on show-cause notice to Vinesh Phogat

July 6, 2026 admin

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court on Monday (July 6, 2026) asked the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to decide within two weeks the show-cause notice issued to grappler Vinesh Phogat over accusations of indiscipline and anti-doping rule violations. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma closed the proceedings on Phogat’s petition,…

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Experts urge caution as demand grows for AC in heatwave-hit U.K.

July 6, 2026 admin

Londoner Zainab Hussain once saw air conditioning as a luxury in Britain. Now, the 35-year-old “can’t see how we’ll survive without it”. She and her husband are among a small but growing proportion of British households embracing AC to deal with increasingly hot summers. But the trend has attracted criticism, particularly from sustainability experts who…

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Second death reported in Vizhinjam gold pawn fraud case

July 6, 2026 admin

A 32-year-old woman, who was involved in a gold pawn fraud case that duped several people in Vizhinjam, succumbed while undergoing treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala on Monday following poisoning in an alleged suicide bid. Aishwarya, who hailed from Venganoor, died two days after her colleague Anju, who was also…

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Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

July 6, 2026 admin

Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday (July 6, 2026), forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race. Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes that have devastated more than 19,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land — an area…

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Head constable killed in road accident in Villupuram district

July 6, 2026 admin

A 40-year-old head constable was killed in a road accident at Kanjanur near Villupuram on Sunday (July 5, 2026) night. The police said Panchamoorthy, attached with the Prohibition Enforcement Wing in Gingee, was riding his motorcycle to Villupuram when a lorry rammed his vehicle at Kanjanur. The accident occurred at around 7.30 p.m. He died…

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