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India’s rooftop solar boom meets a grid reality check

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T08:11:04+00:00

Maharashtra’s new grid charges and Karnataka’s tariff changes could increase electricity costs for residential, commercial and industrial rooftop solar users by 20–30%, extending project payback periods from about four years to seven to nine years

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Orlando Gill, chi è il portiere pararigori del Paraguay che ha eliminato la Germania

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-30T08:10:37+00:00

Si è venduto quasi tutto per pagare le cure del figlio che appena nato rischiava di morire, dopo il flop contro gli Usa è stato criticato ferocemente da Chilavert. Oggi è l’eroe dell’Albirroja qualificata agli ottavi del Mondiale

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Reader Q&A: ask Ajit Niranjan anything about Europe’s hellish week of heat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T08:00:53+00:00

Our European environment correspondent has been reporting on the shocking heatwave that continues to scorch its way across Europe, covering everything from the lack of preparation to ways to deal with the heatPost your questions now – Ajit will be here at 1pm BST (2pm CEST) to answer themMany European countries, including Germany, France, Czechia, Poland and Hungary have experienced their hottest days ever. The UK and others have suffered their hottest ever day in June. Over the past week Ajit, alongside the rest of our environment team and network of reporters, has been following this extre

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Aastha Spintex IPO fully subscribed on day 2

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T07:47:55+00:00

The ₹170-crore IPO is priced in the band of ₹125-136 per equity share.

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Defence investment plan criticised as ‘too little, too late’ ahead of launch – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:41:54+00:00

Defence investment plan, which was originally due in the autumn, criticised by Tories and Lib DemsGood morning. After Keir Starmer agreed to stand down next month to let Andy Burnham replace him, he said that he would not make major policy announcements in his final days in office. But there was one exemption; Starmer was committed to publishing the defence investment plan (Dip) before the Nato summit in Turkey next week, and he took the view that, since it was more or less ready, this was an existing policy commitment, not a new one.It is certainly a policy that has already consumed vast amou

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EY sacks graduate employee after he allegedly accessed Australian PM’s bank account

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:39:57+00:00

Two men – including one who worked for EY – appear in court after being charged over accessing restricted dataAn employee at one of the big four accounting firms has been sacked after he and another man allegedly accessed prime minister Anthony Albanese’s personal banking account.The men, aged 21 and 25, faced court on Tuesday over the breach which Australian federal police alleged occurred when the EY graduate was on secondment at the Commonwealth Bank. Continue reading...

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Effetto Ancelotti, la calma di Carletto per tranquillizzare il Brasile

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-30T07:35:20+00:00

La rimonta contro il Giappone nata più che dai cambi da come il ct italiano ha saputo mantenere tranquilla la squadra. Il premio per la qualificazione agli ottavi è un giorno e mezzo di riposo

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England maternity commissioner role would be ‘fundamentally dangerous’, says campaigner

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:34:23+00:00

Founder of Maternity Safety Alliance says recommendation in Amos report will not solve wider cultural problemsThe appointment of a national maternity commissioner would be “fundamentally dangerous”, a bereaved mother who founded a maternity safety campaign group has warned.Emily Barley, whose daughter Beatrice died because of failings at Barnsley hospital in 2022, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the recommendation for a maternity commissioner in England in the Amos review was “not going to do what we need to move maternity safety forwards”.Maternity triage services – the childbirth equ

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Bereaved mother says England maternity commissioner role would be ‘fundamentally dangerous’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:34:23+00:00

Emily Barley, founder of Maternity Safety Alliance, says recommendation in Amos report will not solve wider cultural problemsThe appointment of a national maternity commissioner would be “fundamentally dangerous”, a bereaved mother who founded a maternity safety campaign group has warned.Emily Barley, whose daughter Beatrice died because of failings at Barnsley hospital in 2022, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the recommendation for a maternity commissioner in England in the Amos review was “not going to do what we need to move maternity safety forwards”.Maternity triage services – the

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Monaco parcel bomb blast severely wounds Ukrainian oligarch

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:30:43+00:00

Source says Vadym Yermolaiev was one of two adults left with life-threatening injuries after apartment blast on MondayA parcel bomb blast wounded a Ukrainian oligarch and two others in Monaco on Monday in an unprecedented act that has rocked the super-safe principality.A couple and a teenager were wounded in the explosion at about 9pm on Monday in a residential building on a street along the border with France. Continue reading...

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Moscow Is Attacked by Dozens of Drones, Its Mayor Says

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:28:05+00:00

Sergei Sobyanin said the Russian military had shot down more than 60 drones. He did not report any injuries.

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Here’s the latest.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-30T07:26:12+00:00
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Утренний звон по рынку акций 30 июня

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-06-30T07:15:37+00:00

На утренней сессии во вторник российский рынок акций пытался сохранить повышательную динамику и удержаться выше важного технического уровня 2300 пунктов по индексу Мосбиржи. По состоянию на 9:45 мск индекс Мосбиржи вырос по отношению к закрытию предыдущего дня на 0,13% и составил 2352,92. Индекс РТС вырос на 0,13% и составил 953,29.

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