Delhi woke up to cooler air and rain on Friday after days of punishing heat. The timing, however, raised a question: how did the national capital cool down just as the emergence of El Niño, a climate phenomenon historically linked to weaker monsoons and hotter weather over parts of India, was confirmed?To understand why Delhi’s weather has swung repeatedly between intense heat, dust storms and thunderstorms this pre-monsoon season, it is important to look at both the weather systems shaping conditions across north India and the broader climate signals emerging elsewhere.The immediate reason was a fast-moving squall line, a chain…
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Source | ChemQuest Group Sanjay Luthra has joined the ChemQuest Group (Cincinnati, Ohio) as director. A seasoned marketing and sales executive with more than 30 years of success in the specialty chemicals industry, Luthra has had roles with companies like Arkema, Imerys, Vinavil Americas, EPS-Materials, Allnex and Bayer. Within those positions he has negotiated over $750 million in supply agreements, launched 15-plus market-leading products (generating $20 million in annual revenue) and consistently driven growth in coatings, adhesives, sealants and construction materials. With technical expertise spanning polyurethane systems, acrylics and other polymers, pigments and mineral technologies, Luthra has developed the insight to identify and scale climate-adaptive solutions in real-world…
KD Iron & Steel is undertaking a capacity expansion programme involving an investment of around ₹325 crore. KD Green Industries will merge with group company KD Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd as part of its strategy to expand its green manufacturing and infrastructure businesses.The merger is expected to strengthen manufacturing scale, improve operational efficiencies, consolidate group businesses and enhance the balance sheet of the combined entity, a company statement said. KD Green Industries has received the board’s in-principle approval for the said acquisition.The proposed merger, subject to completion of due diligence and statutory approvals, is aimed at creating a diversified…
Staff WriterIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), Dubai (DIFC) has raised $300 million from a three-year floating-rate and CNH 2.8 billion ($413 million) from a fixed-rate green bonds in a dual-currency issuance.The USD senior unsecured issuance saw its spread tightened to SOFR +35 bps from an initial price guidance of SOFR +90 bps. The reoffer price was set at par with the order book in excess of $1.1 billion, including $910 million JLM.The renminbi bond saw a spread at +1.64 from an IPG in the 2.15% area, with a reoffer price set at par. The order book was in excess…
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Flight Friday: Turkish Operators Outpace Eastern Europe Despite Smaller Fleet | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Daniel Williams June 12, 2026 Credit: Joe Pries Ahead of Aviation Week’s MRO BEER event in Istanbul, Flight Friday examines how Eastern European (excluding Russia) operators’ narrowbody and widebody monthly flight cycles compare to Turkish operators.Eastern European operators operate over 800 narrowbody aircraft and a little under 150 widebody aircraft. Utilization is up for both aircraft classes by over 16% when compared to May 2024, as we move further away from the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.This is healthy growth. As for…
China’s criticism of Japan is intensifying rapidly. Within the context of China-Japan relations, the current campaign is unprecedented by any historical measure. It has three distinct characteristics. First, following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan on November 7, 2025, critics in China doubled down on existing issues, including the problem of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the theory of the San Francisco Peace Treaty’s invalidity, expanding them into a narrative of “new militarism.” More recently, the scope of the rhetoric has widened further, to include the 80th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal…
Personalisation has been a stated priority for media, entertainment, sports, and gaming brands for the best part of a decade. Yet the gap between intent and execution remains wide. Most brands collect plenty of engagement signals. Fewer can identify which signals matter. Fewer still can act on them in a coordinated way across channels, screens, and lifecycle stages. That gap is one of the central themes of a new report from Braze, the Media & Entertainment Personalisation Report. Drawing on direct practitioner experience from streaming, sports, gaming, and music brands across Asia, ANZ, and the GCC, the report examines the…
There’s specific kind of warmth found in Malaysian hospitality, and now, it has a modern home on board the Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330neo. And beyond the cabin, the MHcorporate program extends that same care to your business travel – rewarding every flight with Enrich Points that turn your company’s travel spend into future opportunities. The Malaysia Airlines A330neo experience Malaysia Airlines now flies its Airbus A330neo jets three times a day from Sydney and Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur, so you can choose the timings that suit your schedule The A330neo is also daily from Adelaide, with Brisbane to follow later…
India’s new ambassador to China has paid his first visit to Tibet in the latest sign of thawing relations between the two Asian neighbours.Vikram Doraiswami – who speaks Chinese and took up the post in Beijing last month – arrived in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, on Thursday, according to a statement posted on social media by the Indian embassy.The visit was to “review arrangements made by the local government for Indian pilgrims proceeding to Mount Gang Renpoche and Lake Mapam Yun Tso”, the statement said.It said the pilgrims – destined for the sacred mountain and lake in…