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A view of the western flank of the Gariahat Flyover, with its asphalt road painted yellow, orange, green, and pink ahead of Durga Puja. | Photo Credit: ANI Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Wednesday (October 15, 2026) night washed off the ‘rainbow’ paint from two flyovers after videos of motorbikes skidding on the freshly painted…
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Tipped Off and Small Dreams pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Oct 15) Inner sand: 600m: Quannah (Shreyas) 40.5. Moved well. Como (Aliyar), Zobel (Salman) 39.5. They worked well. Outer sand: 600m: Magnetor (Shinde) 46. Easy. N R I Victory (S. Qureshi) 43.5. Shaped well. 1000m: Echoes Of Time (Reza) 1-13.5,…
“The U.S. bilateral trade agreement first tranche has been finalised,” Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said while speaking at an event in Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The first tranche of the India-U.S. trade deal has been “finalised”, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday (October 15, 2026). He added that what…
File photo of Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approved 180 days of paid maternity leave for outsourced women health workers under the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), following an ongoing protest by more than 1,700 outsourced health workers at Azad Maidan in Mumbai over pending…
Analysts added that unless the Iran-U.S. conflict remains unresolved and crude continues to trade above $100 per barrel, a sustained rally for the stock market may be unlikely. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark Indian indices Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex extended their rally and ended 2% higher compared to their previous close. The Sensex ended…
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A Swedish national detained for illegally crossing Russia’s border, according to the FSB security service, speaks at an unidentified location, in this still image from an FSB handout video released by Russian state media on October 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Russian State Media via Reuters Russia’s top domestic security agency said on Thursday (October…
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TCS view the next wave of industrial AI will be shaped by how effectively AI agents are orchestrated to transform engineering | Photo Credit: Reuters Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday launched an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for industrial enterprises that could improve manufacturing productivity by 20-25% and cut new product development timelines by 25%,…
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Representatives of Raghu Vamsi Group and University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the MoU signing programme | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Hyderabad-headquartered Raghu Vamsi Group, through its UK manufacturing arm PT Precision Machined Components (PT-PMC), has signed a three year MoU with the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The…
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A customer picks a product from a rack at a supermarket in India (For Illustration) | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is expected to report relatively stable earnings for the September quarter (Q2FY27), supported by pricing actions and resilient demand. However, rising commodity costs are likely to squeeze margins, while volume…
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In January 2026, I visited Jantar Mantar, the open observatory in Delhi. It is a quaint place, with odd-looking structures decorating the complex. Most visitors to this ticketed monument are tourists from outside Delhi and it draws only a few thousands. Yet this monument, which most people skip on their itinerary, becomes one of the most…
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