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Among the 30 Sensex firms, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, and UltraTech Cement were among the major laggards. | Photo Credit: PTI Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Monday (September 7, 2026) as elevated crude oil prices, escalation in U.S.-Iran hostilities and concerns…
A man walks under the scorching sun in Palakkad on Monday. Dry weather conditions have pushed temperatures above normal at several places in the State. | Photo Credit: K K MUSTAFAH With the absence of rain and dry weather conditions prevailing across the State, parts of Keralam have started experiencing summer-like conditions, with temperatures soaring…
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Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and safeguard nature, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday (September 7, 2026). The United Nations’ weather and climate agency underlined the links between air pollution and climate change, which scientists say is leading to…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a narrow range and appreciated 4 paise to 94.39 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (September 7, 2026) , as the support from strong FCNR-related dollar inflows was negated by elevated crude oil prices amid persistent global headwinds….
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The Indus river flows through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. | Photo Credit: Zacharie Grossen (CC BY-SA) On August 26, devastating flash floods swept across Nepal’s mountains, killing over 1,300 and laying waste to whole towns and villages. As a warming climate destabilises Himalayan glaciers, the glaciers themselves are influencing how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into…
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Nepal on Monday (September 7, 2026) observed a national day of mourning on the 13th day of the Rasuwa flash flood disaster, honouring more than 1,340 people who lost their lives in one of the country’s deadliest natural disasters in recent history. Nearly 5,000 people remain missing, including 589 foreign nationals, after the flash floods…
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Satya Niketan building collapse exposes a student hub grappling with housing crisis Of the seven colleges around the South Campus, Shri Venkateswara College, Jesus and Mary College, Maitri College, ARSD College, Ram Lal Anand College, Motilal Nehru College and Aryabhatta College, only two have hostel facilities. Shri Venkateswara College has around 175 hostel seats, while…
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The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election on Sunday (September 6, 2026), but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country’s first far-right state government since World War II. The party of Germany’s unpopular leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, slumped to…
India has just completed a decade of inflation targeting (IT) as a formal policy framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Under this framework, the RBI is supposed to contain inflation at 4% within a band of (+/-) 2 percentage points. In this piece, we explain the theory behind inflation targeting and test it…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, attends the commissioning ceremony of the destroyer “Kang Kon”, at Wonsan Port, North Korea, September 6, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. | Photo Credit: KCNA via REUTERS North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commissioned…