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Industrial growth slowed to 6.7% in July

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:52:04+00:00

Within the Manufacturing sector, 19 out of 23 industry groups have recorded a positive growth in July 2026 over July 2025

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Alluvione in Nepal, il disastro travolge la Via della Seta cinese sull’Himalaya

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-28T10:51:40+00:00

Le alluvioni e le frane hanno devastato Gyirong, il principale valico commerciale tra Pechino e Kathmandu. Dopo il terremoto del 2015, la Cina aveva spostato qui il baricentro dei suoi piani: ora il disastro impone un nuovo cambio di strategia, mentre sullo sfondo la sfida con l’India

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KP Green Engineering bags new orders worth ₹258 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:47:58+00:00

The new orders worth ₹258.02 crore include solar projects ₹114.53 crore, crash barriers ₹92.38 crore, pre-engineered buildings ₹33.76 crore, transmission towers 15.42 crore, poles and highmast ₹0.97 crore and isolator ₹0.96 crore

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Європа обмежує нас уже давно: виробники феросплавів закликали запровадити мито на експорт металобрухту до ЄС

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-28T10:45:00+00:00

фото - ua.depositphotos.comУкраїна має використовувати доступні торговельні механізми для захисту внутрішнього ринку та стимулювати переробку металобрухту всередині країни замість його експорту. Про це...

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ABD Maestro eyes ₹200 crore revenue next FY as premiumisation bets pay off

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:41:56+00:00

The company has built a portfolio of eight to nine brands across whisky, gin, vodka and rum, spanning Indian and international categories; bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is a co-founder and creative partner

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Rupee gains this week as dollar supply surges ahead of deposit window's close

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:41:19+00:00

Market participants seek greater clarity from Federal Reserve on its stance towards persistent inflation, policy approach to tackling it, and whether it can soothe concerns amid recent bond-market turbulence

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Who is Norway's new King Haakon VIII?

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:37:21+00:00

Haakon becomes the king at a turbulent time for Norway's monarchy.

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«Национальная медиа группа» построит в Москве парк аттракционов

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-28T10:27:01+00:00

Холдинг «Национальная медиа группа» (НМГ) запускает новое бизнес-направление – развитие парков аттракционов. Об этом 28 августа на пленарной сессии Московской международной недели кино сообщила гендиректор НМГ Светлана Баланова. В частности, как рассказала топ-менеджер, холдинг планирует открыть парк развлечений на территории кинопарка «Москино».

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Swift appeal likely as judge blocks Trump mail voting order – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:26:23+00:00

Judge Indira Talwani placed a 14-day hold on government implementing Trump’s order to limit mail votingSign up for the US Breaking News emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.A federal judge has halted, at least temporarily, attempts to implement Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting.Plaintiff states have neither time nor funds to design new mail ballots, seek approval of the new designs, order production of mail ballots, update their own election management systems, train election officials to use the USPS portal and upload citizen data to the portal, all before the

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Karnataka Bank launches Capital Gains Account Scheme

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:24:31+00:00

The CGAS is designed for taxpayers who have earned capital gains from the transfer of eligible capital assets but are unable to complete the prescribed reinvestment within the stipulated time frame

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Nepal-Tibet flash flood: death toll rises to 543 as rescue operations resume – latest updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:17:40+00:00

Nepal has reported 538 deaths and Tibet five, with 1,500 people still missing amid race to find survivorsFlood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?More now on the Nepali army’s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by Wednesday’s flooding.“Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel,” army spokesperson Raja Ram Basnet told AFP.Re

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Nepal-Tibet flood rescue efforts resume after being halted by overflowing lake

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:17:07+00:00

Risk of fresh flooding had forced rescue teams to withdraw as residents rushed up hills to escape possible river surgeNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Rescuers searching for survivors of deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have resumed their efforts after suspending operations when a debris dam burst its bank on Friday, increasing the risk of fresh flooding.Residents in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, on the border with Tibet, were seen rushing up hillsides ⁠on Friday to escape a possibl

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Traverser le canal de Suez, un défi technique qui se paye en centaines de milliers de dollars

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-28T10:11:44+00:00

« Suez, canal historique » (5/6). L’axe reliant la Méditerranée à la mer Rouge est une artère essentielle du commerce mondial. Les navires qui l’empruntent – plus de 25 000 durant l’année 2022-2023, un record ! – doivent respecter une réglementation stricte et s’acquitter de droits de passage qui peuvent avoisiner 1 million de dollars.

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Nepal-Tibet flash flood: rescue operations resume after halting due to lake overflow; death toll rises to 474 – latest updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:11:01+00:00

Operations were suspended amid fears of further destruction; 1,500 people still missing amid race to find survivorsFlood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?More now on the Nepali army’s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by Wednesday’s flooding.“Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel,” army spokesperson Raja Ram Basnet t

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TN to begin AYUSH, BNYS counselling on Sept 3

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T10:10:17+00:00

The minister said 10,849 of the 11,850 applications received were found eligible

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Почему через 10 лет любой крупный бизнес будет работать как ИТ-компания — даже если он строит дома

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-28T10:06:51+00:00

Принципы, которые еще недавно считались характерными исключительно для ИТ-компаний, постепенно становятся универсальными для любого бизнеса. Работа с данными в режиме реального времени, короткие циклы изменений и постоянное тестирование гипотез приходят в самые консервативные отрасли: промышленность, девелопмент и даже агросектор. Почему девелопмент неожиданно оказался одной из самых показательных отраслей этой трансформации, обсудили Леонид Савков, первый вице-президент по маркетингу и продажам ГК «Гранель» — одной из крупнейших российских девелоперских компаний, и Иван Беляков, исполнительны

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Jumping beans: UK shoppers turn to legumes to save cash and improve diet

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:05:46+00:00

Sales of beans, lentils and soya bean derivatives on rise while Britons buy less real and fake meatBritish shoppers are munching more beans, lentils, tofu and tempeh – while cutting back on both real and plant-based fake meat – to save money and improve their diet.The amount of beans, pulses and soya bean derivatives sold in the UK increased by 7.3% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, led by a surge in cheap dried lentils, an analysis has found. Continue reading...

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Trump official faces inquiry over claims he diverted wildfire resources to his own property

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:00:55+00:00

Exclusive: Michael Boren, a senior official overseeing the US Forest Service, is accused by Democratic senators of ‘inappropriate interference’Donald Trump’s administration is facing calls to launch an investigation into allegations that Michael Boren, a senior official who oversees the US Forest Service, pressed agency staff to deploy additional resources to fight a fire burning near his Idaho ranch.Three Democratic senators accused Boren of “inappropriate interference” in a letter seen by the Guardian, demanding answers from Brooke Rollins, US agricultural secretary. Boren serves as undersec

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‘This whole thing’s a farce’: New Orleans Catholic church sex abuse settlement brings anger and shock

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T10:00:55+00:00

Survivors begin receiving letters with payment amounts months after $305m settlement agreement was struck Survivors of child rape and other sexual abuse within New Orleans’s Roman Catholic archdiocese learned that $641,000 or so is the most they can individually get under a settlement approved in December to resolve a years-long bankruptcy protection case.Those amounts were communicated in letters that hundreds of clergy abuse survivors participating in the New Orleans archdiocese’s bankruptcy began quietly receiving on Tuesday. The figures are well below a $2.4m jury verdict awarded to an unr

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