Month: September 2026

Urban demand is reorganising the global wildlife trafficking network

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Urban demand is reorganising the global wildlife trafficking network

Some 2,000 km away from their natural habitat in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, five listless baby orangutans were found, bafflingly, in a forest in the middle of Odisha on Tuesday. Videos that were shared widely, showed the critically endangered apes, each around a year old, with limited mobility, huddled together, chomping on bananas…

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Science

With new Assam unit, PepsiCo eyes India as one of its top 10 global anchor markets

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With new Assam unit, PepsiCo eyes India as one of its top 10 global anchor markets

Spread across 44.2 acres in Nalbari district’s Danguapara, about 65 km northwest of Guwahati, the unit is PepsiCo’s fifth foods manufacturing plant in India. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Food and beverage manufacturer PepsiCo on Thursday (September 10, 2026) opened its first foods factory in the Northeast, a geographically-challenged region not among India’s preferred investment…

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Business

Sindarov is the favourite but Gukesh has chances: Carlsen about World title match

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Sindarov is the favourite but Gukesh has chances: Carlsen about World title match

Magnus Carlsen. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Magnus Carlsen is fond of R. Praggnananandhaa. Even after the Chennai Grandmaster beat him twice at the recent Norway Chess tournament in the World No.1’s hometown, Oslo. “I am a fan,” Carlsen said. “I love watching him. He plays in a very aggressive way. It has been working…

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Sports

Ramakrishna Forgings to invest ₹300 crore in 2026-2027

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Ramakrishna Forgings to invest ₹300 crore in 2026-2027

Kolkata-based Ramakrishna Forgings that supplies forged, machined and fabricated products is investing ₹250 crore to ₹300 crore this year in multiple production facilities. Chaitanya Jalan, Joint Managing Director, said the company is investing ₹170 crore to manufacture components for passenger vehicles in Jharkhand. This will be commissioned in March- April next year. It will also…

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Business

IndiGo’s Lucknow-Saudi Arabia flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after bomb threat

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IndiGo’s Lucknow-Saudi Arabia flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after bomb threat

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam in Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing at the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday evening (September 10, 2026) following a bomb threat but nothing suspicious has been found on board so far,” police said. “The flight 6E97 landed at the Sardar…

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World

India-Canada trade deal by the end of the year, Canadian High Commissioner Cooter says

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India-Canada trade deal by the end of the year, Canadian High Commissioner Cooter says

The India-Canada trade deal will be ready by the end of the year, Canadian High Commissioner Christopher Cooter told The Hindu, adding that the two countries are planning for their increased engagement this year to culminate in a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Canada in December. Speaking at The Hindu Mind in New…

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Business

Padmaraj Poojary’s appointment as DKDCC president raises many an eyebrow

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Padmaraj Poojary’s appointment as DKDCC president raises many an eyebrow

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) appointing Padmaraj R. Poojary, an advocate, as president of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DKDCC) has raised many an eyebrow as he joined the party three years ago just ahead of the last Lok Sabha election. The party had fielded him as its candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha…

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Nation

Two sentenced to 20 years’ RI for POCSO, child marriage offences

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Padmaraj Poojary’s appointment as DKDCC president raises many an eyebrow

The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madikeri has sentenced two persons to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment each for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. The first accused, Dilip Kumar, a married man residing at Bhoodana Paisari in Kambibane near Suntikoppa in…

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Nation

Yash replaces Harshit; Bumrah, Nitish Kumar and Washington declared fit

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Yash replaces Harshit; Bumrah, Nitish Kumar and Washington declared fit

Yash has been drafted in for the Afghanistan series as well as the Asian Games. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena During India’s training session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday (September 10, 2026), in preparation for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan beginning on Sunday (12), a quick headcount of the players in attendance…

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Sports