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Amid elevated crude oil prices, rupee trades in a narrow range and rises 4 paise to 95.03 against USD in early trade on Wednesday. Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The rupee traded in a narrow range and edged up by just 4 paise to 95.03 against U.S. dollar in…
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The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) even though inflation has accelerated in the past couple of months as the Iran war has caused spikes in oil and gas prices. The Fed’s latest policy meeting concludes less than a week before the midterm elections, which have…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot each vowed on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) to form a government after both came up short in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack traumatised the country. Voters turned out on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) in the highest numbers in decades to give their…
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For travel between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., the night fare will be 1.5 times the regular fare. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Tamil Nadu government has revised the fare structure for autorickshaws operating in the Chennai Metropolitan Area and other regions of the State. According to a notification published in the…
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One of the entrances of Fort St. Louis was named Madras Gate, and it stood in what is today Ponnaiyapet in Pondicherry Each time I drove to Pondicherry (now known as Puducherry), I would resolve to stop just before entering the city and read the inscription at the base of the massive obelisk that stands…
A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) a sweeping rollback of rules that stop oil and gas producers from emitting methane, a greenhouse gas super pollutant. Mr. Trump…
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More than 100 people were killed in a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, the capital city of the South Darfur province in southwestern Sudan, said Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence in the country, in a statement on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). The strike, which it says happened on…
S.V. Sankanur. File photo: Special arrangement. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate S.V. Sankanur has registered a win in the election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from West Graduates’ Constituency for the third time in row by defeating Congress candidate Mohan Limbikai by 9,323 votes. The counting of votes for the biennial election, held at the…
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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz speaks as Cuban representatives walk up to the podium, on October 27, 2026. Picture: Screenshot from video posted on X/@USAmbUN A furious shouting match between representatives of the United States and Cuba prompted the temporary suspension of debate at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday (October 27, 2026)….
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a rare appearance on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) alongside President Donald Trump on the midterms campaign trail, visiting an oil tanker filled with Venezuelan crude just days before the crucial vote. Mr. Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance are widely viewed as top contenders to carry the Republican…
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