Month: September 2026

Coffee Board brews sustainability push with new certification framework

September 25, 2026 admin

Sustainability standards on the anvil | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Coffee Board has developed sustainability standards and is in the process of implementing the certification process, said Kurma Rao, its Chief Executive Officer and Secretary. India, the world’s seventh-largest coffee producer and fifth-largest exporter, exported coffee worth more than $2 billion in 2025-26, with…

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Swedish, Finnish fighter jets intercept Russian military aircraft

September 25, 2026 admin

Russian Su-30 fighter jets fly in the international airspace over the Gulf of Finland, September 24, 2026. Photo Credit: Swedish Air Force/Finnish Air Force via Reuters “Swedish and Finnish fighter jets ⁠were scrambled to intercept and identify ‌Russian military aircraft in international ‌airspace ‌over ⁠the Gulf ⁠of Finland on Thursday (September 24, 2026),” the Finnish…

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Karnataka government to double refreshment allowance for pourakarmikas

September 25, 2026 admin

D.K. Shivakumar | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday announced that the State government would soon issue an order increasing the refreshment allowance for pourakarmikas from ₹35 to ₹70. Speaking at the Pourakarmikas’ Day programme in Palace Grounds, Mr. Shivakumar said that a Cabinet sub-committee would be constituted to address the…

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Prakasam District Collector takes charge as ZP Special Officer

September 25, 2026 admin

District Collector P. Raja Babu assumes charge as the Special Officer of the Zilla Parishad at the Zilla Parishad office in Ongole on Friday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Prakasam District Collector P. Raja Babu assumed charge as the ZP Special Officer in Ongole on Friday (September 25, 2026), following the completion of the Zilla…

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Tesla opens sixth India Experience Centre in Chennai

September 25, 2026 admin

Tesla India opens its sixth Experience Centre in the country at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tesla India on Friday opened its sixth Experience Centre in the country at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai, expanding its retail and after-sales presence in Tamil Nadu. The Chennai centre follows Tesla’s Experience Centres…

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Pope Leo warns ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

September 25, 2026 admin

Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday (September 25, 2026) that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of Artificial Intelligence, nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself. Pope raised existential questions about…

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T.N. government looks at developing GCCs in fintech space in Coimbatore, Chennai

September 25, 2026 admin

The Tamil Nadu government has announced setting up of a fintech hub in Coimbatore at ₹400 crore and Chennai and Coimbatore have the potential to emerge as major centres for Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in the fintech space, said S. Vijayakumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries, Investment, Promotion and Commerce Department, Tamil Nadu government. Addressing through…

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HOCKEY | Former players back Tirkey, call for reform in HI

September 25, 2026 admin

Dilip Tirkey, Hockey India president. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: R. RAGU Amid the escalating rifts within Hockey India (HI), a group of former players has thrown its weight behind HI president Dilip Tirkey and called for urgent reform in the running of the federation. Some members of the group, of which illustrious names like…

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T.N. government looks at developing GCCs in fintech space in Coimbatore, Chennai

September 25, 2026 admin

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