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ICAT issues first compliance certificate for 15-metre multi-axle sleeper bus

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T11:46:16+00:00

The certificate has been awarded to Synaty Automotive Pvt. Ltd. for its 15-metre multi-axle sleeper bus under AIS-119 and AIS-153 in accordance with the provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules

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Octave sets up tech centre with 1,600 engineers in Hyderabad

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T11:37:38+00:00

The company has also set up its Experience Centre at the Hyderabad office, showcasing its connected, contextual intelligence solutions and technology capabilities

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МИД РФ обвинил Запад в шантаже Армении из-за концессии ЮКЖД

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-26T11:31:41+00:00

Западные страны оказывают давление на власти Армении из-за вопроса о концессии Южно-Кавказской железной дороги (ЮКЖД), предлагая инвестиции в обмен на устранение российского участия. Об этом ТАСС заявили в МИД России.

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Відновлюємо зв'язок поколінь: Київстар до 35-річчя Незалежності підтримав відтворення дзвона Десятинної церкви

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-26T11:30:14+00:00

До 35-річчя Незалежності України Київстар підтримав унікальний проєкт, ініційований ГО Ukraine WOW у співпраці з Національним музеєм історії України. У межах проєкту міжнародна команда експертів відтворила...

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"Це політична зброя": антикорупційні органи в Україні перетворюються на "паралельний уряд" - The Economist

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-26T11:09:55+00:00

фото УНІАНАнтикорупційні органи в Україні "стали законом самі для себе" і фактично отримали можливість самостійно визначати, коли і яким чином втручатися у політичні процеси. У результаті НАБУ, САП та...

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Iran and Oman Report Progress in Talks on Strait of Hormuz

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:02:07+00:00

The two countries said they would create a temporary shipping lane and clear mines in the waterway. Global oil prices dipped after the joint announcement.

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Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:12+00:00

The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affectedA fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has changed?Since 2022, there have been almost 190,000 lab-confirmed cases of mpox reported worldwide in 145 countries. Before then, outbreaks of mpox tended to be relatively small and in a handful of African countries, where the viral infection was known to be endemic. Continue reading...

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Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:12+00:00

Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warnsThe Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns.The two compounds approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for import and immediate use in facilities across the US are photoacid generators that also appear to be Pfas “forever chemicals”, though it is unclear because mu

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Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:12+00:00

The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affectedA fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has changed?Since 2022, there have been almost 190,000 lab-confirmed cases of mpox reported worldwide in 145 countries. Before then, outbreaks of mpox tended to be relatively small and in a handful of African countries, where the viral infection was known to be endemic. Continue reading...

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On scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to survive

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:11+00:00

Efforts to rebuild domestic food production face severe challenges and have come at deadly costAs Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their struggle to survive.With severe shortages of water, fertiliser and pesticide, and with more than 80% of greenhouses ruined, it has taken inventiveness and determination to clear land of debris and coax new seedlings into life. Moreover, venturing out into the open to tend to plants can be deadly. Continue reading

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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:11+00:00

In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it.The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli war crimes and whether Israel has deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, all presented as neutral researc

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Au Maroc, les hackeurs du groupe Jabaroot publient les noms de 70 000 agents des services de sécurité et de renseignement

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:09+00:00

Une nouvelle fuite de données personnelles a été mise en ligne sur le réseau social Telegram, lundi 24 août. D’après les informations du « Monde », elle serait l’œuvre de cinq anciens agents de la direction générale de la surveillance du territoire exilés en Europe.

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Au Maroc, les hackeurs du groupe Jabaroot publient les noms de 70 000 agents des services de sécurité et de renseignement

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-26T11:00:07+00:00

Une nouvelle fuite de données personnelles a été mise en ligne sur le réseau social Telegram, lundi 24 août. D’après les informations du « Monde », elle serait l’œuvre de cinq anciens agents de la direction générale de la surveillance du territoire exilés en Europe.

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