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India seeks to quell public backlash on ethanol-mixed fuel after ‘experiment’ remark

NEW DELHI, July 3 (Reuters) – India’s government on Friday ​sought to contain a growing backlash against its mandatory use of 20% ethanol-blended petrol, as consumers ‌unhappy about lower fuel efficiency and vehicle performance planned a protest against the policy. The mandate to use the blend, called E20, came into force last year but is now one of the biggest political flashpoints for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and motorists in the world’s third-biggest car market. The ​controversy intensified this week after Attorney General R. Venkataramani told a court hearing that E20 was an “experiment” whose ​results would only come

AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows

BENGALURU, July 3 – Hiring for AI roles within India’s IT sector outpaced overall recruitment within the industry last month, a ​survey showed on Friday, indicating a push from companies ‌to reorient themselves in the face of evolving technology. The sector’s AI hiring rose 16% year-on-year in June, while overall IT jobs declined 3%, ​according to job portal Naukri’s monthly JobSpeak report that ​collated job listings from more than 150,000 firms on its ⁠website. India’s $315 billion IT industry has been under pressure with ​clients holding back on spending on technology due to a ​weak macroeconomic environment and the advent

‘Extremely pained’ by Ram temple donations theft, guilty must be punished: RSS gen secy Hosabale

New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Friday said the alleged embezzlement of Ram temple donations has “deeply hurt” the faith of Ram devotees and all of society, and the SIT must ensure the guilty face severe punishment. “We are all extremely pained and angered by this event,” the RSS second-in-command said in a statement on X. It is the organisation’s first response to the alleged theft of funds that has led to the arrest of eight people as well as the resignations of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai and trustee

How an El Niño becomes a super El Niño

July 3, 2026 (Conversation) El Niño has begun and forecasters predict a more than 60% chance that the naturally occurring phenomenon could become a very strong, or super El Niño later in 2026. El Niño begins with warmer water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator and can have a cascade of dramatic effects on the world’s weather. But what chain of events has to happen for high temperatures in the Pacific to translate into severe floods, droughts and storms around the world? And what role does climate change play in El Niño? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly

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