Month: September 2026

Delhi Cabinet clears Ease of Doing Business Bill; no routine checks for 3 years

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Delhi Cabinet clears Ease of Doing Business Bill; no routine checks for 3 years

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta interacting with citizens during a ‘Jan Sunwai’ event at her camp office in Civil Lines on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi Cabinet has approved the Delhi Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2026 to bring “fundamental changes” to the process of obtaining approvals, registrations, licences and other clearances to set…

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Gaps found in air pollution control measures at units in Edayar industrial area

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Gaps found in air pollution control measures at units in Edayar industrial area

The Edayar industrial stretch on the banks of the river Periyar near Kochi on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The inspections carried out by the Environmental Surveillance Centre of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in Eloor here to check the efficiency of odour control systems in bone meal units, chicken waste…

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UN charts course to manage global warming-limit breach

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UN charts course to manage global warming-limit breach

While warning that breaching the 1.5°C global warming limit would bring irreversible losses that no adaptation initiatives could undo, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), for the first time, set out a detailed “overshoot, peak and decline” pathway. This is a route under which the world overshoots the 2015 Paris…

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Reducing India’s exposure to U.S. tariff risks

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Reducing India’s exposure to U.S. tariff risks

The U.S. Senate recently passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, imposing sanctions and authorising additional tariffs and other restrictions related to Russia. Most concerning is a provision authorising tariffs of up to 100% on countries among the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or natural gas if they…

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Business

Many layers: On onion produce, issues

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Many layers: On onion produce, issues

Since the 1960s, India has developed a balancing-act habit: between keeping food prices affordably low for consumers and assuring farmers of remunerative prices, with the state’s interventions focused on managing this volatility in the short term. This is also why the government banned onion exports from December 2023 to May 2024, then imposed a $550/tonne…

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Tasmac cracks down on overcharging, suspends 67 employees

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Tasmac cracks down on overcharging, suspends 67 employees

The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) has taken disciplinary action against its employees for overcharging customers at liquor outlets. It has suspended 67 employees for selling liquor above the prescribed Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The crackdown has covered all major regions, with employees from the Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem, and Coimbatore regions among those…

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Roger Federer inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: A tribute to a career beyond greatness

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Roger Federer inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: A tribute to a career beyond greatness

There should be a word for what Roger Federer did on a tennis court, because “played” barely covers it. Watching him felt like being granted a glimpse of the divine, and that’s no exaggeration. Your jaw went slack, your eyes bulged, and sounds escaped your body that no grown adult should make over a man…

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Traffic police study bus diversions, u-turn closures to ease JNTU-HITEC City congestion

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Tasmac cracks down on overcharging, suspends 67 employees

The Cyberabad traffic police are examining a series of measures, including diversion of RTC buses, closure of select U-turns and a pedestrian underpass, to address persistent traffic congestion along the JNTU Junction-HITEC City corridor and surrounding stretches. A coordination meeting chaired by Cyberabad Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sunpreet Singh on Wednesday reviewed traffic conditions…

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Police deny assault allegations into man’s death, probe continues

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Tasmac cracks down on overcharging, suspends 67 employees

Tadikonda police have registered a case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), corresponding to the erstwhile Section 174 of the Cr.P.C., and launched an investigation into the suspicious death of 30-year-old Chikati Gopi of Ponnekallu village in Tadikonda mandal. According to a press release from the office of the District Superintendent…

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