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Sensex tanks 730 points amid surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties

September 28, 2026 admin

Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotomustafaU Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Monday (September 28, 2026) amid surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties, and a weak trend in Asian markets. Foreign fund outflows also hit investors’ sentiment during the initial trading. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 730 points to 73,170.12…

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China to cut tariffs on U.S. farm goods, but soybeans excluded

September 28, 2026 admin

Representational image of the United States and China flags. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China is set to cut tariffs on a broad range of U.S. agricultural goods, from corn and wheat to ‌meat and dairy, but top import item soybeans were excluded from a ⁠tariff-reduction list its Commerce Ministry issued on Monday (September 28,…

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Spurious drugs racket kingpin arrested in Bengaluru

September 28, 2026 admin

R. Prashanth is the the alleged kingpin of the spurious drugs manufacturing and sale racket in Bengaluru. He had allegedly been hiding in Azerbaijan after the scam came to light. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the spurious drugs manufacturing and sale racket arrested the alleged kingpin R. Prashanth, who…

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What is Switzerland’s ‘neutrality initiative’? | Explained

September 28, 2026 admin

The story so far: In addition to being a tax haven and celebrated for its chocolates, watches, and army knives, Switzerland is synonymous with neutrality, a policy that originated from the post-Napolean turbulence in Europe in the early 1800s. While the continent and the world went through several upheavals in the following decades. Switzerland held…

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COP31 hosts Australia and Türkiye face the fossil-fuel question

September 28, 2026 admin

The next United Nations climate change conference, COP31, will be held in Antalya in Türkiye in November this year. Türkiye will be hosting the event, with its environment minister Murat Kurum serving as COP31 president. Australia will oversee the negotiations process, with its energy and climate change minister Chris Bowen as the vice-president of COP31….

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South Korea demands Ukraine apology over denial of confidential deal on North’s prisoners of war

September 28, 2026 admin

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s presidential office has demanded an apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential. The incident came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations that his country had…

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Omar Abdullah’s resolution on Statehood set for debate in J&K assembly; 6 NC MLAs move amendments to include Article 370, 35A

September 28, 2026 admin

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during the Autumn session of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, in Srinagar, on Friday, September 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar As the resolution on Statehood brought by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is set to be discussed in the assembly on Monday (September 28, 2026),…

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MPSC aspirants defer Pune stir to October 2 after police nod; CM meeting likely before protest

September 28, 2026 admin

The organisers announced on September 26 that the agitation would be deferred to October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, and would be held as a peaceful “satyagraha” outside Patrakar Bhavan near S M Joshi Bridge. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants have postponed their sit-in protest planned in Pune on…

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Post-Ganeshotsav clean-up in Mumbai: 934 tonnes of offerings collected, 34 tonnes of waste cleared from Juhu beach

September 28, 2026 admin

Following the final Ganesh idol immersions on Anant Chaturdashi on September 25, 2026, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation undertook an extensive clean-up operation along immersion routes, roads and other public spaces across the city. File. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The BMC has collected around 934 metric tonnes of nirmalya during this year’s Ganeshotsav, while a…

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Russia hits Ukraine’s largest mobile provider, strikes data centres

September 28, 2026 admin

Smoke rises over the headquarters of Kyivstar, one of Ukraine’s largest telecoms companies, hit by a Russian jet drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia hit the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile service provider on ‌Sunday (September 27, 2026), the company told…

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