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ASMS signs pact with ProClime Services for biochar-based soil solutions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T09:27:21+00:00

They will focus on developing scientifically validated biochar-integrated fertilizer formulations that enhance soil fertility, improve water retention, increase crop productivity, and enable long-term carbon sequestration

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Burnham gives speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:18:16+00:00

PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Louise Casey is speaking now.She says some of her asks on social care “are actually quite modest”. But some of her asks will be “not be quite so modest”, she says.You can go further back than that because it was 50 years ago this year that Barbara Castle, as health and social services secretary, argued for stronger integration of the NHS and social care.And we cannot keep walking away from this problem.Ultimately this we are here because of leadership and because of the leadership of our

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Anicut Capital announces ₹175 crore equity Grand Anicut Seed Fund

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T09:16:57+00:00

The firm plans to invest in over 20 start-ups with ticket sizes in the range of ₹5 to 8 crores; this is Anicut’s second fund for Early-stage Investments

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Q1 Results Today Live: Adani Enterprises con. loss at ₹1462 cr, Honeywell Automation, Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Colgate, V-Guard Q1 profit rise, Thangamayil Jewellery shares tank 10% after results, Eicher Motors, Waaree Energies, Prestige Estates, Dabur, Vedanta Oil, ACME Solar to announce Q1 results

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T09:11:37+00:00

Q1 Results Today, 29th July 2026 Live Updates: Stay tuned for more from businessline

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‘The shaking was terrifying’: stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquake

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:08:57+00:00

Rescuers pulling people from the wreckage in southern Japan in a haunting repeat of disaster that struck 10 years ago‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing“There was a voice coming from the collapsed house, and I could see a hand,” Tomohide Nagata, a volunteer firefighter, told the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun. “One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out. He was bleeding from the head, but I’m so glad he survived.”Nagata had heard a noise coming from one completely flattened home in the rural town of Hikawa, close to the epicentre

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В Україні планують роздавати їжу безкоштовно. Однак бідні можуть залишитись голодними

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-29T09:08:00+00:00

Безкоштовна роздача харчів населенню несподівано може бути вигідна всім – і магазинам, і виробникам. Принаймні так це працює в Європі. Але в Україні чомусь знову вирішили все зробити з вогником та власною "родзинкою".

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Trump's new spy chief confirmed by US Senate

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:07:40+00:00

Jay Clayton's confirmation comes after the US president's original choice was rejected by lawmakers due to lack of relevant experience

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Trump's new spy chief Jay Clayton confirmed by US Senate

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:07:40+00:00

Jay Clayton's confirmation comes after the US president's original choice was rejected by lawmakers due to lack of relevant experience

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Что грозит Дурову и Telegram после обвинений в терроризме

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-29T09:06:29+00:00

Основателю Telegram Павлу Дурову предъявлено обвинение в рамках уголовного дела по  ч. 1.1 ст. 205.1 УК (содействие террористической деятельности), сообщили в среду, 29 июля, в Центре общественных связей (ЦОС) ФСБ России. 

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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:02:28+00:00

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

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The Cuban Throwing Parties to Fight for Political Change

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:01:43+00:00

David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement?

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Why US military prosecutes alleged rapes of women in UK as ‘sexual assaults’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:00:28+00:00

Experts say lower-severity charges for American service personnel are deepening traumatic impact on survivorsAmerican service personnel accused of rape on British soil are being charged with lesser offences by their military courts, a discrepancy that experts say is deepening the traumatic impact on survivors long after verdicts are passed.There are more than 12,000 personnel stationed in US military bases across the UK, most of them in England. Although UK law enforcement has primary jurisdiction over crimes that occur when personnel are off duty, local police often choose to cede authority t

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Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid pandemic

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:00:28+00:00

Hearing is part of a longtime Republican investigation into pandemic’s origins, led by Senator Rand PaulAnthony Fauci, the former veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid) who served as a key adviser to Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the Covid-19 pandemic, is due to testify on Wednesday at a high-profile US Senate hearing.Senators are expected to question Fauci about whether the Covid-19 virus began as a “lab leak”, a claim virologists have argued is unlikely. The testimony is part of a longtime Republican investigation into the origins of the pandemi

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A Movie Night in Cuba’s Blackout

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-29T09:00:11+00:00

Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator.

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Beauty Garage files papers with SEBI for raising funds via IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T08:57:04+00:00

The company intends to utilise the proceeds from the fresh issue towards funding capital expenditure for setting up a manufacturing facility at Vasai and for general corporate purposes

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Shares in Asian chip firms plunge further as AI sell-off continues

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T08:50:26+00:00

Drop comes after South Korean company SK Hynix’s results undershot investors’ expectationsBusiness live – latest updatesShares in companies linked to AI have plunged further after disappointing results from the South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, sending the country’s stock market tumbling for the second day in a row.Seoul’s Kospi index, which is dominated by semiconductor manufacturers, slid by as much as 12.6% at one point on Wednesday, following on from a near 11% slump the previous day, reaching its lowest level since early April. Continue reading...

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L’obstination de Donald Trump sur les droits de douane

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-29T08:45:04+00:00

La nouvelle architecture tarifaire élaborée par le président des Etats-Unis pourrait résister à la justice. Mais une victoire devant les juges ne transformera pas une mauvaise politique en miracle économique

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Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T08:44:49+00:00

PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage. Aletha Adu has the story.Good morning. Andy Burnham is this morning giving a speech on social care. He is not going to discuss in any detail at all the sort of reform to the system he wants to implement, b

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