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Sensex plunges 1,769 pts to 3-week low, investors lose ₹9.78 lakh crore in single day

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Sensex plunges 1,769 pts to 3-week low, investors lose ₹9.78 lakh crore in single day

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark BSE Sensex tanked 1,769 points to slide to a three-week low on Thursday (October 3, 2024) as a spiralling conflict in West Asia triggered selling in oil, banking and auto shares, wiping out ₹9.78 lakh crore investor money in a single day. Falling for…

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Tabraiz Shamsi Opts Out Of South Africa Central Contract To Focus On Franchise Cricket

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Tabraiz Shamsi Opts Out Of South Africa Central Contract To Focus On Franchise Cricket

Tabraiz Shamsi says he will still be available to play for the Proteas in major events.© AFP Left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi on Thursday opted out of Cricket South Africa’s central contract pool to more actively pursue opportunities in T20 leagues across the globe. However, Shamsi will still be available to play for…

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New NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office

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New NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press conference, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, on October 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday (October 3, 2024) in his first official trip since taking office and pledging continued support…

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Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao Sparks Row With Beef Comment On VD Savarkar

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Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao Sparks Row With Beef Comment On VD Savarkar

Mumbai: BJP icon VD Savarkar, a Chitpavan brahmin, not only was a non-vegetarian, “many say he even ate beef”, said Karnataka Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao today, triggering off the next massive political controversy ahead of the assembly election in Maharashtra. He also said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was not a…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird In this June 30, 2015, file photo, an endangered cassowary roams in the Daintree National Forest, Australia. On Friday, April 12, 2019, a cassowary, a large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea, killed its owner when it attacked him after he fell on…

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Israel And Iran Wanted A Zero-Sum Game. Now Both Are Losing

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Israel And Iran Wanted A Zero-Sum Game. Now Both Are Losing

The last two weeks have seen the Middle East teetering on a knife’s edge. While tensions have been high since the Hamas attacks last October, the developments in the previous two weeks have been particularly concerning. Tensions began to rise on September 17 when the pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded all of a sudden,…

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Ex-India Coach’s Damning Report Led To Babar Azam Quitting Pakistan Captaincy Suddenly: Report

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Ex-India Coach’s Damning Report Led To Babar Azam Quitting Pakistan Captaincy Suddenly: Report

File photo of Babar Azam© Twitter Premier batter Babar Azam had lost his interest in captaining the national white ball teams after a critical report submitted by the limited overs head coach Gary Kirsten to the Pakistan Cricket Board. In discussions with insiders in the cricket board and those close to the Pakistan…

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U.K. hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal to secure U.S. base

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U.K. hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal to secure U.S. base

File photo of fuel tanks at the edge of a miltary airstrip on Diego Garcia, largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966. | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain’s government said Thursday (October 3, 2024) it agreed…

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As Lebanon Conflict Rages, Gaza And A Ceasefire Slip Out Of Focus

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As Lebanon Conflict Rages, Gaza And A Ceasefire Slip Out Of Focus

By Nidal al: Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world’s attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave. An escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah…

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