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India must rationalise food stocks, adopt local strategic reserves: Pingali

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-10T13:13:41+00:00

Reimagining food policy requires urgent investment in cold storage and transport to reduce smallholder transaction costs, says Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition at Cornell University in the US

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Как в России боролись с соцсетями и мессенджерами

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-10T13:10:55+00:00

Роскомнадзор (РКН) 10 февраля сообщил, что по решению уполномоченных органов продолжит введение последовательных ограничений Telegram «с целью добиться исполнения российского законодательства». По данным ведомства, мессенджер не защищает персональные данные пользователей, а также не предпринимает реальных мер для противодействия мошенничеству и использованию сервиса в преступных и террористических целях. Жители России уже два дня сообщают о перебоях в функционировании Telegram. Наибольшее число жалоб, по данным Detector404, поступило из Магаданской, Новосибирской, Кировской и Самарской областе

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Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:10:02+00:00

Tech firms say they will be more transparent about vetting apps for app store in voluntary agreement with UK regulatorApple and Google’s commitment to avoid discriminating against apps that compete with their own products under an agreement with the UK’s competition watchdog have been labelled “lightweight”.The US tech companies have vowed to be more transparent about vetting third-party apps before letting them on their app stores and not discriminate against third party apps in app search rankings. Continue reading...

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Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps in UK deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:10:02+00:00

Critics brand voluntary commitment with competition regulator as ‘lightweight’Apple and Google’s commitment to avoid discriminating against apps that compete with their own products under an agreement with the UK’s competition watchdog have been labelled “lightweight”.The US tech companies have vowed to be more transparent about vetting third-party apps before letting them on their app stores and not discriminate against third-party apps in app search rankings. Continue reading...

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Hisense opens new plant in Sri City, AP

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-10T13:07:21+00:00

Developed with an investment of over $30 million, the state-of-the-art facility will commence commercial production from this month

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Burnham backs Starmer to continue as prime minister but urges ‘more inclusive way of running’ Labour party – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:07:02+00:00

Key Labour figures have rallied around the prime minister amid speculation over his leadershipKemi Badenoch has said that Keir Starmer just received a “stay of execution” yesterday. Speaking to reporters on a visit this morning, she said:[Starmer] is in a very dangerous place. The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the quiet bit out loud.Labour MPs and the Labour party have lost confidence in their leader, but the MPs are too scared of losing their jobs, so they’re not going to call an election, and they’ve given him a stay of execution. The sad thing is that the country is suffering from

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‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:00:38+00:00

Trump administration seeks to remove ‘illegal aliens’ but Uline’s past employment practices reveal a different realityWhen JD Vance delivered a speech about the US economy late last year at a Uline facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he talked up the Trump administration’s key goals: removing “illegal aliens” from the country, rewarding companies that keep jobs in the US, and paying Americans good wages.“We’re going to reward companies that build here in America and give good wages to do it,” Vance said. Continue reading...

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I drove hours to see the monks walking for peace. Five minutes with them was the gift of a lifetime

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:00:38+00:00

I glimpsed the monks on their 2,300-mile pilgrimage across America – their message of loving-kindness had me in tears“I’m obsessed with the monks,” my friend Sam told me. “It’s the only thing getting me through the violence of this second Trump administration. The monks, and my meds.”I nodded. I’d first heard about the monks walking for peace after my brother and sister-in-law traveled to hear them in Alabama, returning with stories of stillness and a grounded sense of hope. Continue reading...

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Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T13:00:37+00:00

Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review processA new Republican House bill proposes sweeping changes to US toxic chemical laws that would gut protections for consumers, workers and the environment, public health advocates mobilising against the legislation warn.Among other changes to the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the bill would limit the type of science that is used to determine health risks, stop legally requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure chemicals won’t harm people, give industry a prominent ro

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Cuba cherche à desserrer la pression américaine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-10T13:00:12+00:00

La Havane, pour qui la nature du régime n’est pas négociable, applique un plan de « résistance » qui rappelle celui mis en place au moment de la chute de l’Union soviétique et vise à supporter un blocus maritime.

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Broker’s Call: BSE (Accumulate)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-10T12:50:10+00:00

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Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T12:48:41+00:00

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observationThe scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert.The proposed $10bn, 3,000-hectare green hydrogen and ammonia production facility, known as INNA, included a port, transport links to the coast and three solar power plants, and had been under evaluation by Chile’s environmental regulator for almost a year. Continue reading...

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Stock to buy today: Lumax Auto Technologies (₹1,639.70) – BUY

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-10T12:41:30+00:00

Lumax Auto Technologies share price can rise to ₹1,880-1,900 in the next few weeks. Traders can buy Lumax Auto Technologies now at ₹1,640

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BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T12:35:40+00:00

As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the serviceThe BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks with no future deal with the government currently in place, the corporation’s director general, Tim Davie, has warned.In a last-minute pitch to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Davie said the uncertainty came as news organisations were cutting their international reporting and disinformation was “flooding the digital sphere at an incredible speed”. Continue reading...

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AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on £200m UK investment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T12:26:15+00:00

Pascal Soriot suggests UK-US agreement will not be enough to revive plan to expand Cambridge siteBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company has said the government’s recent drug pricing deal is a “very positive step” but is unlikely to unfreeze a paused £200m investment in Cambridge.AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, suggested that a UK-US deal on NHS pricing agreed in December would not be “sufficient” to restart the project to build a research site in the east of England, which was paused in September. Continue reading...

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Aarvee Engineering Consultants gets SEBI nod for IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-10T12:26:08+00:00

The IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to ₹202.5 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 67.5 lakh equity shares by promoter Venkatachala Chakrapani Redla

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Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T12:20:21+00:00

Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump An Irish man who has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government.Seamus Culleton said conditions at his detention centre in Texas were akin to “torture” and that the atmosphere was volatile. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.” Continue reading...

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Indonesia prepares to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza as part of Trump plan

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-10T12:17:40+00:00

Head of army says potential ‘peacemakers’ being trained, in what would be first outside force in Gaza since 1967Indonesia has said it is preparing to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza to be part of a peacekeeping force under Donald Trump’s Middle East plan.The announcement by the army chief of staff, Gen Maruli Simanjuntak, makes Indonesia the first country to deliver a specific commitment to the international stabilisation force (ISF) envisaged as part of the second phase of the Trump plan. Continue reading...

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