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Apple is poised to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank’s credit cards, three sources familiar with the matter said, as it works to expand support among the country’s lenders. The launch, starting with a single major banking partner, would help the U.S. company offer its payment service in India, one of…
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A woman walks in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised interest rates to a more than 30-year high on Friday (September 18, 2026) and said it would lift them further as it looks to counter inflation fuelled by surging energy…
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Created in 1989 to take on Maoists in the forests of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the Greyhounds became a specialised counter-insurgency force. Over three decades later, as the insurgency recedes, Abhinay Deshpande revisits the force’s battles and its losses, the legacy of a war that shaped it, and how the Greyhounds are preparing for a future…
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station on the first day of Russia’s parliamentary election in Vladivostok, Russia, September 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia destroyed a wave of Ukrainian drones bound for Moscow, the city’s mayor said on Friday (September 18, 2026), as polling stations opened for the country’s first parliamentary…
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The start of early voting comes at a time of deep angst among many Americans about issues including rising gas and grocery prices, the war in Iran, the looming risks of artificial intelligence technology and Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections begins on…
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Claims circulating on social media that the ‘Lee Chee Ka Raja Ganesh – 2026’ idol in Goshamahal, Hyderabad, was made of Panchaloha, plated with 24-karat gold and studded with nearly 3.84 lakh American diamonds are false and misleading, Goshamahal police said on Thursday (September 17, 2026). The clarification came after photographs, videos and messages about…
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. | Photo Credit: AP Malaysia’s King on Friday (September 18, 2026) granted jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison term for graft under house arrest. The decision came at a suddenly convened Pardons Board meeting, a week…
Shares of most Tata Group stocks fell on Friday, reversing some of the gains made on Thursday. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the second-largest shareholder in Tata Sons, on Friday (September 18, 2026) backed a potential listing of the holding company of the sprawling Tata conglomerate, signalling support for a…
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The story so far: The Union Cabinet, which met in New Delhi on Wednesday (September 16, 2026), approved a long-pending demand for raising the wage ceiling for mandatory coverage under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to ₹25,000 a month from ₹15,000. The Union Labour Ministry had made the proposal to increase the wage ceiling….
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Credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday (September 18, 2026) raised India’s real GDP growth forecast to 7% from 6% for the current fiscal, citing its resilience amid the West Asia conflict. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Moody’s Ratings on Friday (September 18, 2026) sharply raised India’s GDP growth forecast for current fiscal to 7 per…
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