Independent News & People Network Desk of News

Govt scheme-backed skilling boosts J&K’s human capital

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-18T13:34:53+00:00

With a placement ratio of 3:4, the govt has said that trained youth are finding absorption in both local and national labour markets

Discussion
•••

Aggravated burglary charges against 18 Palestine Action activists dropped

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-18T13:32:06+00:00

Prosecutors drop charges over break-in at Israeli defence firm site after jury cleared six other defendants of offenceProsecutors have dropped aggravated burglary charges against 18 defendants accused of a Palestine Action break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site after a jury cleared six other defendants of the offence.Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were all acquitted of aggravated burglary, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with respect to the 6 August 2024 raid on the Elbit Systems f

Discussion
•••

chargeMOD ties up with Mercedes-Benz to enhance EV charging

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-18T13:23:23+00:00

Users can now access a comprehensive location finder and a unified payment gateway directly through the Mercedes-Benz App or the vehicle’s MBUX multimedia system

Discussion
•••

SAT refuses fresh access to frozen funds for Avadhut Sathe

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-18T13:20:33+00:00

Tribunal says appeal has been finally disposed of, interim relief merged with the final order and so, cannot be continued

Discussion
•••

Francia, la morte di Deranque complica la sfida delle sinistre ai lepeniani

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-18T13:07:05+00:00

L’omicidio a Lione dello studente e militante di estrema destra mette a rischio la colazione della gauche in vista delle elezioni amministrative del 15 e 22 marzo. Hollande: “Nessuna alleanza tra i socialisti e il partito di Mélenchon”

Discussion
•••

The bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly ‘frees up’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-18T13:00:34+00:00

Business leaders tout AI as a path to shorter weeks and better balance. But without power, workers are unlikely to share the gainsThe front-page headline in a recent Washington Post was breathless: “These companies say AI is key to their four-day workweeks.” The subhead was euphoric: “Some companies are giving workers back more time as artificial intelligence takes over more tasks.”As the Post explained: “more companies may move toward a shortened workweek, several executives and researchers predict, as workers, especially those in younger generations, continue to push for better work-life bal

Discussion
•••

« Si nous ne voulons pas assister à ce qui ressemble à une guerre génocidaire contre les civils, il nous faut au plus vite secourir la population ukrainienne »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-18T13:00:10+00:00

La « coalition des volontaires » doit mettre en œuvre un bouclier aérien capable de protéger les villes ukrainiennes, et imposer un cadre humanitaire comme préalable à toute négociation avec la Russie, estime un collectif de personnalités en soutien à l’Ukraine dans une tribune au « Monde ».

Discussion
•••

FBI and Minnesota police investigate case of man whose skull was broken during ICE arrest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-18T12:49:28+00:00

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures after being arrested by ICE agents in JanuaryMinnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital.Investigators from the St Paul police department and FBI last week canvassed the shopping center parking lot where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wrested him from a vehicle

Discussion
•••

FBI and Minnesota police investigate ICE arrest that left man with broken skull

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-18T12:49:28+00:00

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures after being arrested by ICE agents in JanuaryMinnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital.Investigators from the St Paul police department and FBI last week canvassed the shopping center parking lot where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wrested him from a vehicle

Discussion
•••

Household energy bills in Great Britain forecast to fall by £117 a year

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-18T12:48:42+00:00

Consultancy’s prediction comes after Rachel Reeves said green subsidy costs would be removed from domestic billsHousehold energy costs in Great Britain are expected to tumble by an average of £117 a year from April after Rachel Reeves announced in November’s budget that the cost of green subsidies would be removed from domestic bills.The government’s quarterly cap on energy bills is forecast to fall after the chancellor’s decision to shift the levies used to support renewable energy projects into general taxation, and scrap a bill payer-funded energy efficiency scheme, according to Cornwall In

Discussion
•••

Via libera alla fabbrica delle bombe sarda

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-18T12:48:18+00:00

Il ministero approva la valutazione di impianto ambientale congelata dalla giunta Todde. Urso: garantire centinaia di posti di lavoro. L’impianto di Domusnovas del gruppo Rheinmetall era bloccato dal 2021

Discussion
•••
news

Editorial wall of the news flow

A query on the internal database produces an ordered selection of articles, ready for reading and discussion.