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Business News | LTIMindtree Launches 'BlueVerse' -- An AI Ecosystem That Will Define the Enterprise of the Future
BusinessWire India Warren (New Jersey) [US]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 19: LTIMindtree [NSE: LTIM, BSE: 540005], a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has announced the launch of a new business unit and suite of AI...

German group DEHN to open production facility in southern Romania
The German company DEHN, a manufacturer of electrical engineering solutions for critical infrastructure, including lightning and surge protection, as well as safety equipment, will open a production site in Piteşti, southern Romania. The facility,...

Market Wrap: D-Street slips as hawkish Fed, Middle East tensions drag; Sensex down 83 pts, Nifty below 24,800
Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by IT and financial stocks, as hawkish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve and persistent Middle East tensions weighed on sentiment. Heavy selling was seen across...

Germany updates: Putin ready to talk with Germany's Merz
Several German states have said that a loss of tax revenue to municipalities caused by a federal government program to boost the economy must be made good. The German parliament is to decide next Thursday on the program, which is to put in place...

Business News | Ferguson Launches Global Capability Center Powered by ANSR in Bengaluru
PRNewswire Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 19: Ferguson, the largest value-added distributor serving the specialized professional in their $340B residential and non-residential North American construction market, announced the launch of its...

Business News | Alternativa Film Festival 2026 Welcomes Submissions from India
VMPL New Delhi [India], June 19: Alternativa has announced that the 3rd edition of the Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in Q2 2026, with an expanded prize fund of 120,000 USD (an increase of 20,000 USD from the previous...

Business News | Powerhouse GFS Ignites the Future with Grand Groundbreaking Featuring Bollywood Star Chitrangda Singh!
VMPL Dubai [UAE], June 19: GFS Developments, a global leader in real estate with a 25-year legacy of excellence, proudly marked a spectacular groundbreaking ceremony held yesterday at 4 PM. The prestigious event was graced by celebrated Bollywood...

Jordan and Germany Sign Three Agreements Worth €35 Million to Support Entrepreneurship
The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation signed three grant agreements with the German Development Bank (KfW) with a total value of €35 million to implement the "Employment Through Entrepreneurship" project.اضافة اعلان The signing...

German Censorship Machine in Action: The Police’s Shadow War on Free Speech
The story that made the headlines recently in the German media seems almost absurd in a tragically existential sense—as if lifted from the pages of a Camus novel. Wolfgang Conzelmann, a 76-year-old physician who had spent decades treating drug...

Allianz to shed 650 insurance jobs in UK amid market pressure
Allianz is laying off 650 employees in its UK insurance division as the company navigates challenging market conditions, reported the Financial Times, citing sources. The insurer has informed employees that the redundancies will impact roles...

Lufthansa and Airbus collaborate to use SAF for business travel
Lufthansa has been working on sustainable transformation in aviation for many years. It offers companies a wide range of customised options for more flying, including the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Since 1 June, the ‘Sustainable...

Premier Inn owner reports falling sales in “challenging” UK market
Premier Inn owner Whitbread has posted falling sales amid a “challenging” UK market and a major restaurant overhaul. The group reported a 2% drop in total accommodation sales across the UK in its first quarter to May 29, with food sales plunging...

Cost-Effectiveness of Single-Inhaler Versus Multiple-Inhaler Triple Therapy in COPD: A German Healthcare Perspective
Kai-Michael Beeh,1,* Jing Claussen,2,* Dhvani Shah,3 Alan Martin,4 Robyn Kendall,5 Priyadarsini Dasari,6 Afisi S Ismaila,7,8 Stephen G Noorduyn7,9 1Insaf Respiratory Research Institute, Taunusstein, Germany; 2Global Medical Affairs, GSK,...

WORKS ON LAYING MAIN WATER PIPELINE CHISINAU-STRASENI-CALARASI HAVE BEEN STARTED WITH FUNDS FROM GERMAN GOVERNMENT
Works on laying the main water pipeline “Chisinau-Straseni-Calarasi” started on Thursday with the funds of the German Federal Government. The grant from the German partners will amount to 40 million euros, while 5 million euros will be the...
Sustainable development highlighted at German-Chinese City Summit
FRANKFURT, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Climate change poses an increasingly pressing challenge for municipal development, and representatives from over 20 Chinese and German cities have underscored the need for strengthened cooperation. At the centre of...

India, EU to focus on market access in fast-tracked FTA talks
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union have fast-tracked their free trade negotiations, proposing intensive deliberations on crucial market access issues such as eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers in the next round of talks starting July...

LOOK: South African food truck in Germany serves up comedic twists on traditional dishes
Food trucks have become a major force in the restaurant industry. They are the perfect dining-out option for friends who want to have fun and socialise in a relaxed atmosphere. Gone are the days when they merely offered pre-packaged sandwiches and...

Mews reaches 15% market penetration in the DACH region as hospitality transformation picks up pace
[Berlin, 18th June 2025] – Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, has reached 15% market penetration of rooms within Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This means that Mews now powers over 6,000 customers in the DACH region, an increase of...
Interview: Broken climate finance promises by rich nations undermine global action: COP30 president
BONN, Germany, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The failure of developed countries to deliver on climate finance commitments to developing nations has become a major bottleneck in global climate governance, said Andre Aranha Correa do Lago, president-designate...

New bioengineering hub launched to turn industrial waste into new materials
The new Carbon-Loop Sustainable Biomanufacturing Hub will harness microorganisms to turn carbon-based industrial waste into ‘next-generation’ materials and chemicals for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors, among others. Apparently, over 90%...