Month: August 2026

LeadHERship brings women leaders together for workplace conversations

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LeadHERship brings women leaders together for workplace conversations

Participants of LeadHership event in Hyderabad on Thursday. Industry leaders and emerging professionals came together for LeadHership, a two-hour interactive event focused on gender, ambition, leadership and professional networks in workplace, in Hyderabad, on Thursday. Organised by Ananya-Women@Work, a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) consulting organisation, and TheProjeKT40, a support network for women at…

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No logistical challenges if lower ethanol blend is introduced: Bharat Petroleum chief

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No logistical challenges if lower ethanol blend is introduced: Bharat Petroleum chief

Sanjay Khanna | Photo Credit: ANI Oil marketing companies may not face any logistical challenges if the erstwhile E10 variant of petrol, that is, motor spirit with 10% ethanol blend, is to be parallelly accommodated with the E20 variant, Sanjay Khanna, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum, told reporters at a media briefing…

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Syria Kurdish women fighters discuss merger with interior ministry

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Syria Kurdish women fighters discuss merger with interior ministry

The Syrian Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) said on Thursday (August 27, 2026) it had discussed with the interior ministry integrating their fighters into the government’s forces. The announcement came two days after the head of Kurdish fighters in Syria, Mazloum Abdi, announced the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — which includes the…

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India, China open door to clarifying LAC perceptions

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India, China open door to clarifying LAC perceptions

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval with China Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India and China discussed ways to improve their understanding of each other’s perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the 25th Round of Special Representatives talks on the boundary question held in Beijing on Tuesday…

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Taiwan lawmakers approve $7.6 billion drone budget as China threat grows

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Taiwan lawmakers approve .6 billion drone budget as China threat grows

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te inspects a Mighty Hornet III unmanned aerial vehicle during a visit to the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to inspect developments in drone technology in Taichung, Taiwan, on July 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lawmakers in Taiwan approved a $7.6 billion budget for locally made drones on…

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Association seeks additional posts in DMS institutions to complete entries for medico-legal cases

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Association seeks additional posts in DMS institutions to complete entries for medico-legal cases

The mandatory same-day uploading of Medico-Legal Cases (MLCs) on the Medico Legal Examination and Post Mortem Reporting (MedLEaPR) portal is difficult for doctors working 24-hour shifts in government hospitals under the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) as they already have to manage heavy clinical and emergency workloads, according to the Service Doctors…

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Clashes in Spain’s Ceuta month after mass migrant influx

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Clashes in Spain’s Ceuta month after mass migrant influx

Protests over security in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta escalated into violent clashes with the Spanish military on Thursday (August 27, 2026), a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco. Residents of Ceuta, which is just 18 sq km in size, have held several demonstrations over what they say are security and…

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Manickam Tagore demands release of ₹5,109 crore in Samagra Shiksha funds for Tamil Nadu

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Manickam Tagore demands release of ₹5,109 crore in Samagra Shiksha funds for Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Manickam Tagore has accused the BJP-led Union government of withholding ₹5,109 crore in education funds due to Tamil Nadu under the Samagra Shiksha scheme over the past three years. In a statement, Mr. Tagore said the Union government had withheld ₹1,788 crore in 2024-25, ₹1,496 crore in 2025-26 and…

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