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ReliefWeb•European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations31m ago
In many parts of the world, the birth of a boy is celebrated as a blessing, while the birth of a girl is still viewed as a burden. The disturbing prevalence of female feticide bears witness to this inequality. In countries like China and India, deeply rooted cultural beliefs often place greater value on sons because they are expected to support their parents in old age and carry on the family name. Yet when scientists looked at the numbers, they found that what tradition says should bring parents happiness does not necessarily match what actually does.
India's regulatory shift could democratize global investment access, fostering diversification and potentially enhancing portfolio resilience.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team3h ago
Bangladesh's absence from this month's BRICS summit in New Delhi has raised fresh questions about strained ties. Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's exile in India remains a major obstacle to normalizing relations.
Deutsche Welle6h ago
Indian surfers overcame huge challenges to reach the Asian Games and now dream of competing at the 2028 Olympics.
Al Jazeera6h agoTrouble at one of India’s biggest conglomerates
Incredulity over role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability. The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in conservation, biodiversity protection, animal welfare, and environmental stewardship” and “significant contributions to advancing a more sustainable future”. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Rachel Hall and Patrick Greenfield7h ago
StandardAero has signed a supplier services agreement with GMR Aero Technic, India’s largest third-party MRO provider, to expand on-wing engine support for airlines in India. The agreement initially covers support for narrow-body engines including CFM International’s CFM56-7B, LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B, StandardAero said. India is a major market for the latest-generation LEAP engines, which power Airbus […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm8h ago
MUMBAI: India's 'Cockroach' youth movement leaders said on Thursday that they would launch protests across the country if India's chief election officer does not resign in 48 hours, a day after a newspaper report pointed to differences among top officers leading the poll panel. The Indian Express newspaper said on Wednesday that two election commissioners had raised questions or expressed concern at least 14 times in 10 months, mostly in connection with the process of updating voters' lists that began last year, with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The Election Commission of India said that differences were normal in any institution and that all its actions were legal.
At a time when institutional interest in Bitcoin is accelerating globally, Merkle Value is building a compliant pathway for Indian investors seeking long-term exposure to Bitcoin – backed by decades of experience across global financial markets. September, India: As Bitcoin increasingly moves from the fringes of financial markets into the portfolios and strategic conversations of […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media9h ago
India's polling monitor is facing yet another crisis of credibility with fresh allegations against its chief.
BBC9h ago
Brussels Airport and Hyderabad International Airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen air cargo ties between Belgium and India, with a focus on pharmaceuticals and life sciences. The airports plan to share expertise, bring their industry partners closer together and identify opportunities to improve cargo connectivity. There is currently no direct air service […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban9h ago
Indian state refiners are ramping up their production of liquefied petroleum gas amid a seasonal jump in demand as the country enters festive season and imports from the Middle East remain strangled. So far in September, local production of LPG has averaged 44,000 tons daily, Indian media reported, citing Bloomberg data. This was close to 20% more than the August average, despite diversification in imports from the United States and Africa, The Telegraph reported. India has also boosted imports from the United Arab Emirates in recent months. The…
At least nine passengers were killed after a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, near India's capital Delhi. DW has more.
Deutsche Welle10h ago
Spending on video content in seven major markets across Asia is expected to climb to $15.1 billion in 2026, according to Media Partners Asia’s “Asia Video Content Dynamics 2026” report. Streaming and local film account for nearly all new spending as television budgets shrink. The study covers India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran11h ago
BHUBANESWAR: India is moving closer to new regulations to restrict the sale of foods high in fat and sugar within a 50-metre radius of schools, the latest proposal to cut the consumption of junk food in a country battling growing rates of obesity, especially among children. The rule would impact family-run stores, restaurants and food stands selling everything from sugary soft drinks and salty chips to greasy samosas and fatty pizzas or burgers close to India's 1.5 million schools. It could prove another hurdle for multinationals such as PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Mondelez and Nestle, which already face proposed rules to put red warning labels on products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS), bringing India into line with markets such as Chile and Mexico that have tougher food safety regulations. Some Indian businesses and grocery shop owners near schools are already fretting. In Bhubaneswar city in eastern India, a dozen shopkeepers said sales could drop by a third or more. At one shop, 15-year-old Priyanshu Palei bought two packets of PepsiCo's popular Uncle Chipps, stuffing them into his backpack on the way to class. "I will have these during recess," he said, preferring them over his mother's packed lunch of rice and lentil stew. That's the habit India wants to break. Rajit Punhani, the chief executive of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, which is driving the changes, said the "safe food" schools plan aimed to steer children away from unhealthy habits early on. Schoolchildren stand at the front of a grocery shop in Bhubneshwar, Odisha, India, September 18, 2026. (Reuters) "We have to discourage children from having these. We have to inculcate this habit," he told Reuters. "It will not have an impact on businesses in a major way. Shop owners can sell non-HFSS foods," he added, saying regulations are aimed at nudging companies to reformulate recipes. There is no fixed timeline for the law, first proposed in 2020. Amid a nationwide food safety crackdown, the authority in August published thresholds for fat, salt and sugar content that would trigger restrictions on sales near and inside schools, inviting public feedback until October 6. Child obesity surging in India In recent years, products ranging from Lay's chips to Cadbury chocolates and Maggi noodles have grown in popularity. Some Indians with lower incomes view buying foreign brands as a mark of an improving lifestyle, while also being drawn by cheap prices. In 2023, Domino's launched its cheapest pizza in the world in India, selling for just 49 rupees (50 US cents). As diets changed, the number of Indian children aged 5-19 deemed overweight or obese has also climbed. From 28 million in 2015, it surged nearly 50% to 41 million by 2025 and will touch 56 million by 2040, World Obesity Federation data shows. While India's federal law aims to block near-school shops from selling and advertising HFSS products only to schoolchildren, the western state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, has taken a stricter approach - no shop within 50 metres of schools can carry such products, state food safety commissioner Tukaram Mundhe told Reuters. "There will be hundreds of such shops near schools. How will one regulate if they are selling to schoolchildren or not? Shops cannot stock these items," said Mundhe. State data accessed by Reuters showed inspectors have so far found violations at 133 shops within 50 metres of schools, and ordered 51 to discontinue their business. Schoolchildren leave school after classes end in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, September 17, 2026. (Reuters) Industry woes The Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry is concerned, saying compliance would be difficult as many schools are close to congested markets serving the general public, according to its confidential draft submission made to respond to the proposal, and reviewed by Reuters. The trade group did not respond to queries. The law can cause "loss of business and livelihood," the document said, arguing restrictions should only apply inside schools. Asked about the schools proposal, PepsiCo, which owns Lay's, referred Reuters to its global policy which limits what products it allows to be sold in schools. Nestle, which makes Maggi noodles, said it follows its global policy which only allows the sale in primary and secondary schools of products that meet specific nutrition criteria. Coca-Cola and Mondelez, owner of Cadbury, did not respond to queries. Rahul Khanna, a food regulations specialist at Indian law firm RAKLaw, said there was a "wave of concern" among his firm's clients, especially confectionery makers for whom children are an "important consumer segment". He did not name the clients. Around the world, five countries have proposed or implemented sale restrictions around schools, while 48 have restricted junk food sales inside schools, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina. In 2016, Chile imposed new rules on warning labels and prohibited the sale and promotion of junk food in schools. A Lancet study this year said that 18 months of exposure to the law saw a 2.85% lower probability of excess weight among girls, and 2.4% among boys. The law also pushed manufacturers to reformulate recipes of many products in Chile. "If the law were ineffective and consumers did not change their behaviour, producers would not push back," said Guillermo Paraje, a professor at Adolfo Ibáñez Business School in Chile. "They know the law will make them reformulate as much as they can."
QueerFrames Screenwriting Lab, a training initiative for emerging queer, trans and nonbinary filmmakers, is expanding into Southeast Asia for its fourth annual edition, bringing together storytellers from India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and the diaspora. The 2026 cohort features eight fiction feature projects, with queerness woven into the core of each story. The selected […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran14h ago
Apple's latest iPhone launch will boost its market share in India at a time when many incumbent Chinese brands that dominate the market are struggling to sell.
New Delhi’s top diplomat aims to push back against new U.S. tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.
Foreign Policy•Michael Kugelman19h ago
