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Danam Nagender. File | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao welcomed the Telangana High Court’s verdict on Friday, disqualifying Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender as a member of Legislative Assembly under the anti-defection law. He said that the other legislators who had defected to the Congress would also face…
The NSE on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) raised ₹6,746 crore from anchor investors, including state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Goldman Sachs and Fidelity. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The ₹22,569-crore initial public offering of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) was fully subscribed on the second day of bidding on Friday (September…
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Railway infrastructure projects worth about ₹50,000 crore across Telangana and parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra are at various stages of appraisal, approval and sanction by the Railway Board, according to the latest status of South Central Railway’s Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and Final Location Surveys (FLS). Among the most significant proposals is the 781.6-km Balharshah-Kazipet-Vijayawada-Gudur…
Families and relatives of miners who were arrested on suspicion of illegal mining wait outside a hospital where their bodies are stored in Minna, Nigeria, September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Police in Nigeria fired tear gas at dozens of people who gathered Friday (September 18, 2026) to protest the deaths of 37 miners…
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Russians on Friday (September 18, 2026) began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. Authorities spread the election over the weekend, ending Sunday (September 20, 2026), in a bid to boost turnout among the 111…
General view of Aramco’s oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil company Saudi Aramco has told at least two European refining customers they will receive no crude oil next month following an attack on Saudi Arabia’s key pipeline to the Red Sea, Bloomberg News reported on Friday…
The Reserve Bank of India faces uphill task | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to raise the repo rate twice by as much as 50 basis points by the end of December 2026 in line with global tightening cycle and excess liquidity in the banking system. Market participants…
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State-owned iron ore producer NMDC has identified energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, electrification of fleet, adoption of low-carbon fuels, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) and demand-side management as the six key strategies as it eyes achieving Net Zero operational emissions by 2047. The company has set an overall target of a minimum 90% reduction…
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The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is strengthening cotton fibre testing infrastructure across the country under the Scheme for Supporting Other Laboratories for Creation/Augmentation of Test Facilities in Critical Areas. A press release said it has allocated ₹38.72 crore to modernise 21 key laboratories operated by the Textiles Committee, Power Loom Service Centres, and the…
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The domestic cricket umpires and match referees are set for a raise, after the BCCI Annual General Meeting on Friday approved a proposal to restructure their fees and introduce a more stringent performance-based grading system. “The umpires will now be graded in four categories. Their fees per day have been enhanced substantially. So far as…
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