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The vexed problem of fertilizer overuse and subsidy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T13:28:30+00:00

Fertilizer imports and subsidies are draining the nation’s fiscal resources, and the excessive use of urea is affecting both soil and human health

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Weekly Rupee View: Rupee approaches key support

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T13:21:43+00:00

Rising crude oil prices and reversal in foreign flows weigh on the local currency

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Philippine school shooter kills fellow student and himself in livestreamed attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:21:43+00:00

Country’s second fatal school shooting in two months took place in southern city of ⁠Zamboanga A student livestreamed himself shooting and killing another pupil in a classroom in the southern Philippines before taking his own ⁠life, ​the second school attack in the country in less than two months.The shooting took ⁠place at a school attached to Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern city of ⁠Zamboanga, a Catholic private institution in western Mindanao. Zamboanga city’s mayor, Khymer Adan Olaso, told the DZMM radio station that the ‌shooter “managed to enter carrying a high-powered fi

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev pourra atteindre la Russie avec des missiles balistiques de sa propre fabrication d’ici trois à six mois, selon l’ex-ministre de la défense ukrainien

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-18T13:19:18+00:00

Jusqu’à présent, l’Ukraine s’appuie principalement sur des drones à longue portée et des missiles de croisière pour attaquer la Russie en profondeur, des armes plus lentes et plus vulnérables aux systèmes de défense antiaérienne que les engins balistiques.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Andy Burnham, nouveau premier ministre britannique, réaffirme son soutien à Kiev après les menaces de la Russie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-18T13:19:18+00:00

Andy Burnham, chef du gouvernement britannique, a insisté sur le fait que le Royaume-Uni, qui a promis de fournir 150 000 drones à l’Ukraine d’ici à la fin de l’année, ne faisait que « ce qu’il a toujours dit qu’il ferait ». Moscou a mis en garde Londres contre des « conséquences » liées à cette fourniture.

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One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:08:58+00:00

UKHSA rules out British produce as source of infections and says evidence points to consumption of imported eggsOne person has died and more than 200 others have fallen ill during a UK-wide outbreak of salmonella that health officials have linked to the consumption of imported eggs.The 207 people affected range in age from under one year to 90 years old, according to the UK Health Security Agency, which is leading an investigation into the outbreak. Continue reading...

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ABC sues Trump’s media regulator over ‘politically motivated’ license renewals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:06:25+00:00

Network alleges FCC demand for early license renewal is retaliation for content the administration disapproves ofAfter being forced to apply early to renew its license to broadcast on the eight local television stations it owns, ABC has sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it is being retaliated against for content-based reasons.The network filed the lawsuit on Tuesday while it waits to hear whether the Brendan Carr-led FCC approves its renewal requests, or, more likely, holds a hearing on their merits. Continue reading...

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ABC sues Trump’s media regulator over demand for TV license renewals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:06:25+00:00

Network alleges FCC demand for early license renewal is retaliation for content the administration disapproves ofAfter being forced to apply early to renew its license to broadcast on the eight local television stations it owns, ABC has sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it is being retaliated against for content-based reasons.The network filed the lawsuit on Tuesday while it waits to hear whether the Brendan Carr-led FCC approves its renewal requests, or, more likely, holds a hearing on their merits. Continue reading...

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Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:00:47+00:00

Staff members said Free Speech Union would “need to explain” how it spent money donated by its supportersStaff at a campaign group that claims to defend free speech in Britain said it would “need to explain” how it spent roughly £60,000 that was crowdfunded for a legal case that was ultimately fought by a pro bono lawyer.The Free Speech Union (FSU), an activist group founded by Conservative life peer Toby Young, last year took up the case of Julian Foulkes, a 71-year-old retired police officer who had been arrested 18 months earlier after writing a social media post about antisemitism Continue

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Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to fund marmot research receive crypto boost

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T13:00:46+00:00

Funding boost worth $100,000 has recently materialized in form of new marmot-themed cryptocurrencyScientists who turned to OnlyFans to help save long-running research into marmots have raised more than $100,000 after harnessing the support of another, very modern, funding avenue – cryptocurrency.The 60-year project of continuous study of marmots – stout, ground-dwelling rodents that are the largest members of the squirrel family – across the US west was facing termination following science funding cuts imposed by Donald Trump’s administration. Continue reading...

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L’ultima notte di Varenne a San Siro tra zanzare e sfidanti

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-18T13:00:33+00:00

Il 25 giugno del 2002 il trottatore in pista per la corsa Unire prima di ritirarsi. La preparazione di quella notte in un articolo della storica firma di Repubblica Mario Fossati

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Crompton banking on premiumisation, new categories to drive growth: MD Promeet Ghosh

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T13:00:01+00:00

CGCEL, which on Tuesday unveiled a refreshed brand identity, has expanded its total addressable market size from about ₹80,000 crore three years ago to around ₹1.6 lakh crore, following its entry into new segments

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Invisible labour, visible inequities

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T12:52:57+00:00

Platform work has opened up new opportunities for women, but it has also created new gendered inequalities which need to addressed

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Manipal Health Enterprises to acquire Kinder Women's Hospital in Bengaluru

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T12:49:40+00:00

Manipal Health Enterprises has signed a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) with Kindorama Healthcare Private Limited for acquiring the entire operations of Kinder Women's Hospital in Doddanekundi in Bengaluru

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Man appears in court after dog-bite death in Wakefield

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T12:48:24+00:00

Lee Ellis charged with manslaughter over death of James Judge, who was bitten by German shepherd on footpathA 55-year-old man has appeared in court charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath.Bradford magistrates court heard on Tuesday that James Judge was bitten by a dog belonging to Lee Ellis on Saturday afternoon after an apparent dispute between the two men about right of way. Continue reading...

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Horizon Industrial Parks IPO overall subscription reaches 0.24 times

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T12:48:23+00:00

Retail individual investors led the recovery, with their category reaching 0.43 times subscription by end of day, more than doubling from 0.19 times on Monday

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