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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee gained 9 paise to 95.65 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday (August 21, 2026), supported by the weakening of the American currency in the overseas markets. Forex traders said for India, a softer dollar is being offset by another challenge…
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1,07,96,415 crore, that is the number of voters facing possible exclusion from the Karnataka’s electoral rolls after being categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO), following the conclusion of enumeration phase on August 17. At close to1.08 crore, that is close to one-fifth of the State’s electorate. With the draft electoral roll scheduled…
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Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading marginally higher in early deals on Friday (August 21, 2026) as elevated crude oil prices due to geopolitical uncertainties and a sharp fall in U.S. markets made investors cautious. After a positive beginning to the trade, the 30-share…
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Arvind Kejriwal addresses as he participates in a Sunderkand Path at Japanese Park, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (August 20, 2026) attacked the Central Government for the sharp rise in sugar prices across the country. AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal claimed that diverting sugarcane towards ethanol…
The story so far: A nine-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India held that the nearly half-century-old interpretation of the term ‘industry’ will not automatically apply to the Industrial Relations Code (IRC), 2020, which came into force in November 2025 and replaced the legacy Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. This decision effectively severs the…
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Artificial intelligence promised to disrupt India’s IT industry and it is delivering. Outsourcing giants like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech and Cognizant are rejigging business models, increasingly tying fees to performance outcomes instead of hours worked, as clients demand steep price cuts and more productivity. Industry executives also say they are losing some work…
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A large crane collapsed on a house in Qureshi Nagar, Kurla on Friday. (Screengrab: X/@ANI) Eight persons were injured after a crane toppled onto houses in Mumbai’s Kurla East area on Friday (August 21, 2026) morning. The incident occurred in the wee hours of the day at Buntara Bhavan, Mhada Building, behind Galaxy Apartment, Indira…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Six Indians were aboard a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week, a Somali official said on Thursday (August 20, 2026). The M/V LUTUF, which was carrying Turkish weapons, was seized on Monday (August 17, 2026) and taken by the pirates toward…
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The Athaara Seedi area in the Golconda fort where a purported tunnel has been discovered during excavation. | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti A sense of excitement and sensation prevailed in the Golconda fort on Thursday evening and Friday morning as news spread about the discovery of a tunnel on the outer fortification of Golconda Fort….
National Transportation Safety Board. File | Photo Credit: AP A charter plane carrying eight people crashed on Thursday (August 20, 2026) near a remote radar site in western Alaska, a federal official said. Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, said two pilots and six passengers were on board. He did not…
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