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This file image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Stock market benchmark indices ended higher on Friday (May 22, 2026), helped by buying in blue-chip bank shares and a rally in global peers. Hopes of progress in the U.S.-Iran peace negotiations also added to markets’ optimism. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed…
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The net income, before risk provision and transfer to statutory funds, aggregated ₹3,95,972.10 crore in FY26 as against ₹3,13,455.77 crore in FY25, the RBI said in a statement. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday (May 22, 2026) approved the transfer of surplus of ₹2,86,588.46…
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At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 96.30 against the U.S. dollar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee rose for the second consecutive session on Friday (May 22, 2026) to close at 95.73 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on softening of crude oil prices and supposed intervention by the Reserve Bank….
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to New York and chair a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on May 26, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday (May 22, 2026). In New York, Mr. Wang will meet the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…
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A contract employee at the Government District Headquarters Hospital, who allegedly demanded money for obtaining a government doctor’s signature for Aadhaar address change documents, was placed under suspension here on Thursday (May 21, 2026). A video purportedly showed a young woman approaching a staff member on the hospital premises seeking a signature for Aadhaar address…
Members of Youth Congress during a protest against the NEET exam in Bengaluru on Thursday, 21 May 2026. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on Friday (May 22, 2026) said it was shocked over claims made by top NTA officials that the NEET exam paper was “not leaked”, and said both the ‘Pradhan Mantri’…
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Indonesia is overhauling its trade policies for key commodities in a sudden move that some experts liken to a hostile takeover of major industries in the resource-rich nation, with global implications. The new regulation announced to Parliament on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto mandates that a recently set up state-owned enterprise…
John Furner, Walmart Inc President and CEO. File | Photo Credit: ANI E-commerce major Flipkart’s 13-minute delivery services is “really impressive”, said Walmart Inc President and CEO John Furner, lauding the rapid pace of innovation and delivery execution by its Indian unit, in which it owns a controlling stake. Walmart acquired a 77% controlling stake in…
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India Meteorological Department – Hyderabad Centre has forecast several districts of Telangana to record temperatures above 45°C on May 22, 2026 | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The India Meteorological Department forecast at 1 p.m. on Friday warned of severe heat wave conditions at isolated pockets in Karimnagar, Peddapalli, and Khammam today (May 22, 2026) with…
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