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The U.S. government on Thursday (September 3, 2026) slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island’s economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raúl Castro, and Cuba’s Oil Industry Supply Import Company, known as Abapet. The company is…
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Anil Chakravarthy joined Adobe in January 2020 to lead its digital experience business and later took on responsibility for improving how customers interact with Adobe, as well as overseeing its global sales and customer-support teams. Photo: adobe.com. Adobe named Anil Chakravarthy as successor to long-time CEO Shantanu Narayen on Thursday (September 3, 2026), charging the…
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A SpiceJet passenger aircraft. | Photo Credit: Reuters Financially beleaguered airline SpiceJet on Thursday (September 3, 2026) said it has entered into agreements to induct 20 aircraft between October and November. These comprise 15 Boeing 737s and five Airbus A321s. The inductions will help the carrier add 200 flights. From over 90-aircraft fleet pre-pandemic, SpiceJet…
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ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO) A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s Earth observation satellite EOS-05, lifted off from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday (September 4, 2026). The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish…
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ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO) A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s Earth observation satellite EOS-05, lifted off from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday (September 4, 2026). The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish…
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Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a meeting with Himalayan States and Union Territories on Thursday (September 3, 2026), to review their preparedness to face Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and snow avalanches, stressing the need for proactive monitoring, risk-informed planning, and stronger early warning…
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From her room in a town in Assam, Tanisha Som, 24, would spend hours watching courtrooms, hundreds of kilometres away, come to life on her screen. She would watch women lawyers command the courtroom, threading their arguments through a thicket of questions from the Bench, pressing an argument here and conceding there, until even the most sceptical…
German car giant Volkswagen. File | Photo Credit: Reuters German car giant Volkswagen said on Thursday (September 3, 2026) that management and unions had agreed to cut a further 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, bringing total job losses to 100,000. “It is essential to systematically align workforce levels with economic realities,” the…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari addressing an event to pay tribute to actor Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary, in Kolkata on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the government will leave politics out of the Bengali film industry while launching the birth centenary celebrations of late actor Uttam Kumar. “I…
Houses damaged by the overflowing Mahaweli River following Cyclone Ditwah, in Kandy, Sri Lanka on December 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Shaky social media visuals of the Rasuwa floods in Nepal have rattled the world. With over 1,250 lives lost so far — over 4,000 people are still missing — the extent of devastation…