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EV, CNG car waiting time jumps to 3-4 months ahead of festival season

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-30T12:46:17+00:00

From Tata’s Punch EV and Maruti Suzuki’s Brezza to Mahindra’s electric SUVs and the TVS iQube, buyers face sharply different delivery queues even as dealers carry around a month of overall inventory

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Telangana panel seeks minor irrigation act, tank protection measures

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-30T12:45:37+00:00

In a report submitted to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here, the Commission recommended re-establishing a dedicated minor irrigation system equipped with modern technical units to improve water-use efficiency. 

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Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite jail terms ‘a step towards healing’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-30T12:36:46+00:00

Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdueCampaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent years fighting for”.The prime minister has said he will “end the injustice” of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences during this parliament, meaning people will no longer be trapped indefinitely under a sentence abolished more than a decade ago.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123. In the US, you can call or text the Nationa

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Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite prison terms ‘a step towards healing’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-30T12:36:46+00:00

Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdueCampaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent years fighting for”.The prime minister has said he will “end the injustice” of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences during this parliament, meaning people will no longer be trapped indefinitely under a sentence abolished more than a decade ago.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123. In the US, you can call or text the Nationa

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Nasa space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-30T12:05:31+00:00

Searching for exoplanets and clues on planet formation, the Roman telescope begins million-mile journey from Florida launchpadA $4.3bn space telescope that Donald Trump tried to kill has lifted off from Florida as Nasa embarks on the next stage of its quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope survived two rounds of proposed White House budget cuts, and began a million-mile journey into deep space from a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday morning. . Continue reading...

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New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-30T12:00:55+00:00

State and city lawmakers push to boost regulations after two outbreaks of the disease over the last two summersNew York lawmakers are now trying to better protect residents from the deadly legionnaires’ disease by increasing regulations and inspections of cooling towers after two outbreaks of the infection over the last two summers and a raft of new lawsuits.Legionnaires’ disease is a serious pneumonia caused by a bacterium called legionella. It often comes from large air-conditioning systems, like those used in hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings, because the cooling towers contain wate

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Flooding devastated swathes of Indiana but response is hampered by politics

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-30T12:00:55+00:00

Record inundations wrecked homes and took seven lives but Trump has not approved emergency aid and the state has cut funds for environmental agenciesIt’s been 10 days since the floodwater receded from Cambridge City’s main street and yet signs of disaster are all around.Abandoned cars, toilets and bathtubs are strewn across parks and side streets on a recent visit to the city. Garages have been lifted from their foundations and moved by the rushing water. Dumpsters up and down the street are overflowing with people’s belongings, with red paint sprayed on homes indicating which houses have been

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Quatre semaines à bord d’un brise-glace : pourquoi l’un des plus grands glaciers du Groenland subit un recul spectaculaire

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-30T12:00:05+00:00

« Terre de glace » (3/4). Le glacier Petermann, situé dans l’extrême nord du Groenland, est particulièrement vulnérable au réchauffement climatique. Notre journaliste Léa Bello passe tout le mois d’août dans le Grand Nord à l’occasion d’une expédition scientifique exceptionnelle.

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Quatre semaines à bord d’un brise-glace : les réponses à vos questions

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-30T12:00:02+00:00

Notre journaliste Léa Bello a passé tout le mois d’août au Groenland à l’occasion d’une expédition scientifique exceptionnelle. Voici les réponses aux questions que vous lui avez posées.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-30T11:58:07+00:00

La Russie dit préparer des « frappes massives contre les installations énergétiques de l’Ukraine », selon son ministère de la défense, en représailles aux « attaques continues du régime de Kiev contre les infrastructures civiles et le complexe pétrolier et énergétique de la Russie ».

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