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Industry watchers attributed the dip to the fact August has 31 days versus 30 in September and pointed out average transactions/day were higher in September at 802 million versus 791 million in August. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu UPI transactions through popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in volume terms have witnessed a 27% jump to…
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The move from the wing to the middle helped Ousmane Dembele assume his final form as an unstoppable force in the 2024-25 season and win the Ballon d’Or. A similar shift from the flanks to the central spaces as a No. 9 appears to have unleashed a turbocharged version of Raphinha at Barcelona this season….
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With the latest selling, FPIs have now withdrawn about ₹2.7 lakh crore from Indian equities so far in 2026. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After two consecutive months of buying, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net sellers in September pulling out ₹35,860 crore from Indian equities amid global uncertainties, elevated U.S. interest rates and high crude…
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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Amazon has expanded its ultra-fast delivery service, Amazon Now, to more than 120 cities across India, doubling its footprint in two weeks as the e-commerce giant steps up its delivery network ahead of the festive season. Amazon Now offers thousands of products, including groceries, fruits and vegetables,…
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Michael Greenstone | Photo Credit: michaelgreenstone.com Rich countries should pay people in developing countries for the climate damage their emissions cause, on condition that those countries put a price on carbon. That is the central proposal of a forthcoming book, Just Economics, by University of Chicago economist Michael Greenstone, with Nobel-Prize winning economists Abhijit Banerjee…
Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure on Friday (October 2, 2026) of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s top diplomat said officials have received separate proposals for a partial truce with Russia from the United…
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Puri launches the GOBARdhan Scheme, at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi. Photo Credit: PIB via PTI The ₹23,731-crore GOBARdhan scheme aims to drive a 10-fold increase in compressed biogas (CBG) production, save more than ₹40,000 crore in fuel imports, add over ₹75,000 crore to GDP and create more than 1.5 lakh jobs, as the government…
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Madurai Institute of Social Sciences celebrating its foundation day in Madurai on Friday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY Marking the 57th College Foundation Day, the Madurai Institute of Social Sciences (MISS) celebrated its alumni meet and released a book on the occasion here on Friday. Speakers hailed the founder late Captain DVP Raja, in whose…
All eyes will be on Vinicius Junior, second right. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK A new chapter in Indian football is set to unfold at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday as the National team takes on five-time World champion Brazil in a high-profile international friendly. The gulf in pedigree and ranking is stark,…
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A woman farm worker was killed and 12 others injured when the shared autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a lorry at Pangidi village in Raghunadhapalem mandal of Khammam district on Friday afternoon. The workers from Kamanchikal village in Khammam rural mandal were returning home after working in a cotton field at…
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