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Business News | The Estee Lauder Companies Announces BEAUTY&YOU India 2025 Winners, Celebrating the Next Generation of Beauty Entrepreneurs
BusinessWire India Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 9: The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) announced yesterday the winners of BEAUTY&YOU India 2025. This year's program, supported by the Government of India's Startup India and launch...

Earth Today | Climate cases grow globally
MORE INDIVIDUALS and organisations worldwide are taking legal action to resolve a range of climate change-related disputes. “As of 30 June 2025, the cumulative number of cases tracked in the Sabin Center’s databases includes 3,099 climate change...

Q&A: United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)
The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists, climate activists, and representatives from...

Sahara Group Foundation Expands Its Go Recycle Hubs To Boost Environmental Sustainability
1 Sahara Group Foundation, the corporate social impact vehicle of Sahara Group, has commissioned its 15th Sahara Go Recycling hub in Ijede, Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, further underscoring its commitment to sustainable waste...

EU’s ESG pause tests corporate commitment
Illustration by Filippos Avramidis The European Union’s decision to delay implementation of its flagship sustainability directive has stirred debate over the bloc’s environmental ambitions – and raised tough questions for Greece’s business...

Jack Trice Remembrance Day honored by Student Government
The Student Government honored Jack Trice Remembrance Day during its Wednesday meeting, 102 years after Jack Trice’s death. On Oct. 8, 1923, Jack Trice died after suffering injuries during his first collegiate football game playing for Iowa State....

Indo-Pacific security environment ‘dangerous’: Defence officials issue grim update
Senior Defence officials are warning of the growing risk of a major conflict close to Australia in the next five years but are stopping short of describing the Indo Pacific security environment as “dangerous”. At a senate estimates hearing the...

CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir Urges Climate Communicators to Choose their Words Carefully at IOP
CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir said he intentionally avoided using the word “climate” when covering the 2025 California wildfires at an Institutes of Politics discussion to keep the attention of audiences skeptical of climate change....

Apprising Interested Party Of Company's Ongoing Mismanagement Or Disputes Not Defamation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that any communication made in the context of existing legal disputes and for protection of a company's financial interests falls within the protective ambit of the defamation law. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna...

Champion environmental protection cause, institute tasks new officers
BY NGOZI A. NWANKWO The Registrar of the Environment and Safety Management Institute, Mrs. Evelyn Agu, has charged environmental and safety professionals across the country to champion the cause of sustainability and environmental protection as...

India News | Madras HC Seeks Counter Affidavit from Corporation on Fruit Market Garbage Bin Shortage
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 9 (ANI): The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Madurai Corporation to file a counter affidavit in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a directive to...
Labor Minister’s latest climate claim hinges on ‘implausible’ report
A Labor Minister's latest climate change claim - that no Australian community will be "immune" from the impending natural disasters - hinges on “implausible” scenarios contained in the government's latest risk assessment. The National Climate Risk...
Houseboat boom in Kuttanad spurs Kerala govt to assess vessel capacity of environmentally fragile Vembanad Lake
Houseboats on Vembanad Lake in Alappuzha (file) | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has announced a survey to determine the vessel-carrying capacity of the scenic and environmentally sensitive Vembanad Lake,...


UK Faces Climate Policy Backlash as Energy Innovators Push for Affordable Green Power
The United Kingdom, long regarded as a global leader in climate action, is now grappling with political resistance that could jeopardize its decades-long progress toward net-zero emissions. The country’s pioneering Climate Change Act of 2008, one...

Best AI Platforms for Government in 2025: Top Tools, Strategies, and Security-Focused Solutions for Public Sector Innovation
Best AI Platforms for Government in 2025: Top Tools, Strategies, and Security-Focused Solutions for Public Sector Innovation Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning News Artificial intelligence is transforming the way governments operate. From...

America in deadlock: the government shutdown
The United States has once again entered a government shutdown and the impasse created by it revealing both the fragility of its political system and the deep divisions between its ruling parties. For many Americans, the words “government...

Human Resources Law amendments to elevate work environment: Justice Minister
Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ibrahim bin Ali Al-Muhannadi speaking during the Cabinet's first media briefing. Doha, Qatar: The amendments to the Civil Human Resources Law will promote the work environment in...

Adnoc companies to distribute $43bn in dividends by 2030
Adnoc has announced a target to distribute AED158 billion ($43 billion) in dividends across its six publicly listed companies through to 2030, subject to customary approvals, in addition to the AED86 billion ($23 billion) already paid since the...

Charlotte is largely spared from effects of government shutdown
We’re just over a week into the government shutdown with no end in sight. Officials with Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have said so far the impacts of have been minimal on their organizations. But what about businesses in...