Month: September 2026

Sensex rebounds 362 points, snaps 4-day losses on strong rally in metal, oil shares

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Sensex rebounds 362 points, snaps 4-day losses on strong rally in metal, oil shares

Benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded by 362 points on Friday (September 4, 2026), cutting short its four-day losing streak on buying in metal, private banking and oil and gas shares amid gains in global stock markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 362.57 points, or 0.48%, to settle at 76,515.43, with 20 of its constituents ending higher…

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8 Days after Nepal floods: A brother’s search for his missing brother

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8 Days after Nepal floods: A brother’s search for his missing brother

Rishi travelled from Nepal’s Kavre district to Rasuwa in search of his brother, Ang Thung Tamang, a truck driver who went missing after the flash flood on August 26. With no answers, Rishi began searching for his brother himself, eventually reaching Syaphru in Rasuwa. This is the story of a family caught between hope, uncertainty…

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Why should I make a U-turn?: Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar on parks amendment Bill

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Why should I make a U-turn?: Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar on parks amendment Bill

There is no intention to build a tunnel through Lalbagh, and alternative routes will be examined, CM DK Shivakumar told the media. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Dismissing the claim that the government had been forced into a “U-turn” on the Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) (Amendment) Bill, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday (September 4, 2026) defended the…

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UN rights chief calls for greater action to end Sri Lanka’s ‘long legacy of impunity‘

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UN rights chief calls for greater action to end Sri Lanka’s ‘long legacy of impunity‘

Tamil women hold portraits of their missing relatives during a protest demanding justice for the missed ones near the Chemmani mass graves in the former war zone of Jaffna. File | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka needs to do more to protect human rights, advance accountability, and end the “long legacy of impunity”, the United…

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Rupee rises 2 paise to close at 94.49 against U.S. dollar

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Rupee rises 2 paise to close at 94.49 against U.S. dollar

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The rupee settled for the day higher by 2 paise at 94.49 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (September 4, 2026), supported by optimism over rising foreign inflows and a rise in risk appetite. Forex traders said the rupee is set to strengthen due to robust foreign…

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Kin of custodial death victim try to block CM’s Vijay’s convoy outside Secretariat

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Kin of custodial death victim try to block CM’s Vijay’s convoy outside Secretariat

As the group crossed the barricades and entered the road, security personnel intervened. A constable fell and suffered a minor injury while trying to stop them. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Relatives of Sivaganga district youth Akash Delison who allegedly died in police custody attempted to approach Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s convoy…

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Namal, former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s son, arrested over Airbus deal

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Namal, former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s son, arrested over Airbus deal

File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…

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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson receives charge sheet in assault case from Puducherry court

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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson receives charge sheet in assault case from Puducherry court

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson at the Puducherry District Court on Friday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Friday (September 4, 2026) received, from the Puducherry District Court, the additional charge sheet filed against him and his father in a 2022 assault case. On the directions of the…

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Sri Lanka arrests former President Rajapaksa’s son over Airbus deal

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Sri Lanka arrests former President Rajapaksa’s son over Airbus deal

File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…

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Former basketball coach turns author

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Former basketball coach turns author

Aadhav Arjuna (third from left) releasing the book ‘The Game of Basketball: Origin and Transformation’. Others from L: M. Sathiyaseelan, Fr. Joseph Antony Jacob SJ, president, Sports and Games, Loyola College and Fr. Kamal SJ, former Rector of Loyola. Nearly two decades after his retirement, the aura and domineering presence of M. Sathiyaseelan, former Physical…

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