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Macro Economy & Fiscal Policy 03 Oct 2026, 07:13 AM IST

Ladakh Tests High-Altitude Saffron as Cold Desert Seeks New Cash Crop

Ladakh has launched an experimental saffron plantation at Spituk Pharka in Leh, with Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena saying 800 kg, or about 90,000 premium Iranian saffron corms, have been planted across 4,000 square metres. The initiative is being watched as a potential high-value diversification play for one of India’s most fragile and arid economies, where agriculture is constrained by extreme climate and limited arable land.

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Grindr Buys PurposeMed for $250 Million, Moving Into Telehealth and HIV Prevention

Grindr has agreed to acquire PurposeMed, the parent company of PrEP provider Freddie, in a $250 million deal that pushes the dating app deeper into healthcare. The transaction signals a strategic shift toward making HIV prevention services more accessible to its user base while broadening Grindr’s business beyond subscriptions and advertising.

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Grindr Moves Into Telehealth With $250 Million Purchase of PurposeMed’s Freddie

Grindr is expanding beyond its core dating platform with a $250 million acquisition of PurposeMed’s Freddie, a telehealth provider focused on HIV prevention and PrEP access. The deal marks a strategic push into healthcare, aiming to make preventive services more accessible to users while broadening Grindr’s business model.

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Fashion & Luxury2026-05-18T09:30:00.000Z

For Overseas Summer Weddings, Organza Tissue Lehengas Eclipse Velvet's Winter Grandeur

As India's destination wedding season shifts toward palatial summer ceremonies abroad, brides and guests are trading the weight of velvet and brocade for the airiness of organza tissue lehengas. Designers say the new aesthetic is less about opulence abandoned than opulence recalibrated for heat, travel and a more globally fluent idea of grandeur.

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Clean Energy & Climate TransitionRecently

SpaceX Launches Google AI Satellite and 129 Other Payloads in Rideshare Mission Amid Launch Surge

SpaceX has launched a Google AI satellite and 129 additional payloads aboard its Transporter-18 rideshare mission, the second flight in a one-day Falcon rocket tripleheader. The launch underscores how reusable rockets are accelerating access to orbit for commercial, scientific and climate-related technologies, including systems tied to data processing, Earth observation and the broader clean-energy transition.

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Clean Energy & Climate TransitionRecently

SpaceX Launches Google AI Satellite and 129 Other Payloads in Rideshare Mission Amid Spaceflight Blitz

SpaceX has launched a Google-backed AI satellite and 129 additional payloads aboard its Transporter-18 rideshare mission, the second leg of a rare one-day tripleheader of Falcon rocket launches. The flight underscores how low-cost access to orbit is accelerating commercial space, including emerging applications tied to climate monitoring, data infrastructure and Earth observation.

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Clean Energy & Climate TransitionRecently

SpaceX Launches Google AI Satellite and 129 Other Payloads in Transporter-18 Ride-Sharing Mission

SpaceX has launched a Transporter-18 rideshare mission carrying 130 payloads, including a Google-backed AI satellite prototype and multiple technology demonstrators tied to data processing, energy management and climate-relevant space infrastructure. The flight, the second leg of a SpaceX launch tripleheader, underscores how smallsat deployment is increasingly central to the next phase of commercial space and clean-tech experimentation.

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Fashion & Luxury2026-08-14T09:30:00.000Z

Amit Aggarwal Recasts Bridal Grandeur in Recycled Polymers and Industrial Metallics at ICW

At India Couture Week in New Delhi, Amit Aggarwal presented a bridal vision that looked firmly to the future, transforming recycled polymers, metallic filaments and engineered surfaces into lehengas of sculptural precision. The collection sharpened the conversation around Indian occasionwear, where craft, sustainability and technical innovation increasingly meet at the highest end of the market.

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