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Plastic waste management: Is the current EPR framework enough?

India, June 26 -- On March 31, 2026, India notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026 (G.S.R. 237(E)). Two things changed at once: recycled-content mandates became binding, and chem... Read More


Madhya Pradesh: 3 dead, several injured after Tazia strikes high-tension power line

Ratlam, June 26 -- Three people were killed, and several were left injured after the Tazia being carried through the village during the Muharram procession in Hatnara village in Ratlam came into conta... Read More


Resident doctors threaten nationwide strike over OAUTHC doctors' industrial action

Nigeria, June 26 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a nationwide solidarity strike if the ongoing industrial dispute at the Obafemi Awolowo University T... Read More


Six decades old & irreplaceable: Why Cheetah, Cheetal & Chetak continue to fly

India, June 26 -- The Indian Army's Cheetal helicopters have kept flying daily sorties over Ladakh's high passes and the Siachen glacier even as investigators probe a suspected transmission failure th... Read More


UPI circle is reshaping family and youth banking in India

India, June 26 -- If you grew up before the digital wave, your first lesson in money was tactile. You counted notes before handing them over. You checked the change after. That pause-count, verify, co... Read More


Two from Bihar held for house burglary in Palakkad, Keralam; 7.5 sovereigns gold stolen

Palakkad, June 26 -- A two-member gang from Bihar, accused of carrying out a burglary in Palakkad, was arrested by the Hemambika Nagar Police following a coordinated operation. The accused, identifie... Read More


Xbox Prices Rise for a Third Time in a Year as Microsoft's Stock Slumps to a Three-Year Low

New Delhi, June 26 -- REDMOND - Starting August 1, the price of an Xbox goes up again, for the third time in roughly fourteen months. Microsoft will charge $100 more for its 512-gigabyte console and $... Read More


JAMA Publishes Blocked CDC COVID Vaccine Study Showing 55% Hospitalisation Cut

New Delhi, June 26 -- ATLANTA - The epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who spent months studying 85,000 patients' vaccination records were still employed by the CDC last... Read More


France Confirms First Ebola Case in Europe After Doctor Returns from DRC Mission

New Delhi, June 26 -- PARIS - The doctor boarded an Air France flight from Kinshasa with a headache. He was on his way home from a humanitarian medical mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He ... Read More


Merck KGaA to Pay $11.3 Billion for Bio-Techne in Life Sciences Tools Bet

New Delhi, June 26 -- DARMSTADT - Bio-Techne Corp. TECH shareholders collected the largest single-day premium in the company's history on Thursday, when Merck KGaA MKGAF agreed to pay $73 a share in c... Read More