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Increase in renewable energy curbs emissions growth in 2025, IEA says

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T05:19:53+00:00

Overall global energy demand growth ⁠eased to 1.3%, just below the average of the previous decade, while gas demand growth slowed sharply because ​of relatively high ‌prices in the first half of the year

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Titagarh Naval Systems launches fourth Navy Diving Craft

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T05:15:49+00:00

The craft is part of a series of five DSCs being built under the Government of India’s Make in India initiative

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Inside story of the GLP-1 rush

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T05:14:06+00:00

Demand for weight-loss drugs being shaped outside traditional medical settings

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Dilip Ghosh calls I-PAC a means to promote corruption in West Bengal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T05:12:27+00:00

Ghosh criticised the TMC for political opportunism, while TMC leaders, including Derek O’Brien, called the ED’s actions “electoral sabotage” and demanded Chandel’s release.

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Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T05:00:03+00:00

First recorded in 687BC, the meteoroids were once part of the tail of a comet discovered in 1861This week, the annual Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies. Although active since 16 April, the shower peaks during the late evening of Wednesday 22 April and early the next morning.The chart shows the view looking east from London at 00.01 (BST) on Thursday 23 April. The origin point of the meteors, known as the radiant, is labelled Lyrids. It sits in the constellation of Lyra, the Lyre, close to the bright star of Vega. Continue reading...

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‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T05:00:02+00:00

Former minister leading review into young people and work cites survey showing most teachers decry lack of ‘soft skills’ An “exam-obsessed” school system is leaving young people unprepared for work, Alan Milburn has said, as new polling suggests teachers believe pupils are leaving education without the skills they need for adult life.Milburn, a former cabinet minister under Tony Blair and now leading a government-commissioned review into young people and work, said the system had become overly focused on academic sorting rather than real-world readiness. Continue reading...

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Fly91 flight to Hubballi diverted to Bengaluru amid bad weather

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T04:48:41+00:00

The flight, which departed Hyderabad at around 3.30 pm, was scheduled to land in Hubballi at about 4.30 pm but was unable to do so due to unfavourable weather

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U.S. Attacks Iranian Cargo Ship While Preparing for New Round of Talks

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:46:47+00:00

President Trump said a Navy destroyer had attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The White House said it is dispatching a high-level delegation, including Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan for negotiations.

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Adelaide University considers dropping Santos name from building

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:29:27+00:00

Head of newly formed institution questions whether naming is ‘reflective of our current reality’ amid criticism of ‘shameful’ fossil fuel company promotionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe newly formed Adelaide University is considering removing gas company Santos’s name from one of its buildings.On Saturday, students and conservationists rallied outside the Santos Petroleum Engineering building, calling on the university to dump the name because of the company’s new gas projects. Continue reading...

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Rupee rises 13 paise to 92.78 against US dollar in early trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T04:28:28+00:00

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 92.73 and moved up to 92.70 level before trading at 92.78 against the greenback in early deals, up 13 paise from the previous closing level

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Air quality moderate in New Delhi

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T04:25:37+00:00

Delhi's air quality settled in the 'moderate' category in the morning with the air quality index (AQI) reading of 194

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What is really happening in northern Nigeria

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:24:15+00:00

There is no US-led conspiracy or a ‘Christian genocide’. There is an insurgency that has adapted.

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Australia news live: NSW police reviewing Herzog protest charges after laws struck down; petrol prices continue to fall

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:13:06+00:00

Meanwhile treasurer warns of ‘big risks’ to inflation and growth as global oil price jumps again. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTreasurer says capital gains changes and other tax reform still under considerationSticking with the budget, Chalmers said the government hasn’t made any decisions on capital gains tax reform.We haven’t taken any decisions on those policies, whether the specific ones you mentioned [or others].There’s more work to do on our options for tax reform in this budget.The savings package won’t be exactly the same as what we

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MCA proposes overhaul filing architecture, seeks suggestions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-20T04:09:35+00:00

Consultation paper outlines form consolidation, data-centric shift and threshold-based rules in line with Viksit Bharat @2047 vision

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‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:01:01+00:00

Zoological Society of London commissions poet laureate for animation to mark its 200th anniversaryOver its two centuries, acclaimed writers and artists have found inspiration at London zoo, from Edwin Landseer’s Trafalgar Square lions, to AA Milne’s naming “Winnie” after resident bear Winnipeg, and Sylvia Plath’s poem Zoo Keeper’s Wife.Plath’s husband, Ted Hughes, who would become poet laureate, worked at the zoo briefly as a dish washer, an experience said to have helped fuel his inspiration for The Thought-Fox. Continue reading...

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V&A East Storehouse and Norwich Castle among finalists for museum of the year

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:01:01+00:00

National Gallery, the Box in Plymouth and the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge also shortlisted for £120,000 Art Fund prizeThe V&A East Storehouse, the National Gallery and an accessible castle in Norwich are among the contenders for this year’s Art Fund museum of the year award, the most prestigious UK prize in the sector.The annual prize offers the winner £120,000, with £20,000 going to each of the other finalists, who the Art Fund’s director, Jenny Waldman, said had all “innovated in different ways”. Continue reading...

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Pollution, corruption, accaparement des terres par les entreprises chinoises : en RDC, le lourd tribut de la ruée vers l’or

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:30+00:00

Investis par des milliers d’orpailleurs artisanaux séduits par la promesse de gains rapides, les sites riches en or du Haut-Uele, dans l’est congolais, sont peu à peu rachetés par des compagnies minières étrangères. Dans un pays gangrené par la pauvreté, l’exploitation aurifère, galvanisée par la flambée du cours de l’or, se montre ravageuse pour l’environnement et les populations locales.

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In Turkey, Middle Powers Ponder Diplomacy With a Rogue U.S.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:06+00:00

The U.S. remains an essential player. The problem, one analyst said, is how to deal effectively with a power that is “indispensable, coercive and unpredictable at the same time.”

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Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar’s gen Z protesters that new regime no better than one they overthrew

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:02+00:00

Jubilation is turning to disenchantment as young activists arrested after protest calling for election date to be setThe arrest of several protesters in Madagascar has increased fears among young people that the military regime that took power last year after huge Gen Z demonstrations will be no better than the government it overthrew.Four Gen Z activists, Herizo Andriamanantena, Miora Rakotomalala, Dina Randrianarisoa and Nomena Ratsihorimanana, were arrested on 12 April, one of their lawyers said, two days after taking part in a protest calling for an election date to be set. Continue readin

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Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:02+00:00

As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will sayEd Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar “the era of clean energy security must come of age”.The energy secretary is set to announce a package of new policies in a speech on Tuesday in response to an expected energy crisis prompted by Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Continue reading...

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England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:02+00:00

Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streetsThe number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes of lavatory “deserts” and unpleasant environments, a report says.The analysis by the Royal Society for Public Health found a “significant shortfall” in provision, with 15,481 people for each public toilet in England. That contrasts sharply with Scotland, where there are 8,500 people for each toilet, and Wales, with 6,748. Continue reading...

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Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:02+00:00

Vulnerable children placed in caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, with children’s commissioner saying practice must stopMinisters must get to grips with the “national scandal” of England’s shadow child social care system, the children’s commissioner has warned, as a shocking new report reveals the number of children in unregulated settings has increased by more than 370% in five years.Some of the most vulnerable children in England are being temporarily placed in unregulated caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, which risk the “accumulation of increasing levels of harm for children who have al

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‘It’s soul-destroying’: struggle to house vulnerable children can leave breaking law as only option

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-20T04:00:01+00:00

Social workers in England say they often have no choice but to place children in unregistered settings because no one else will take themThe sinking feeling is familiar now, says Anna*. It’s Friday, the clock is ticking, and there is a vulnerable child in her care for whom – despite hitting the phones for days – she cannot find a place. Once the foster carers have been exhausted, and the registered private children’s homes begged, there is nothing for it but to look elsewhere.“It always seems to be on a Friday that you are struggling to place a child,” says the social worker. “They need somewh

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