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Indian shares open lower, dragged by banking stocks

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares opened marginally lower on Monday, weighed down by banking stocks after a lackluster quarterly update from Bank of Baroda. The NSE Nifty 50 was down 0.1% at

Landslides kill 12 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, 18 missing

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 12 people died and 18 are missing after a torrential rain caused a landslide in an illegal gold mine over the weekend in Indonesia's Sulawesi island, officials said on

Asia shares firm, euro dogged by French political deadlock

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian stocks inched higher on Monday as investors grew more confident about a September U.S. rate cut, while the euro grappled with political uncertainty as French

Gold lingers near one-month high on Fed rate-cut bets

By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices eased on Monday but hovered near a more than one-month high scaled in the previous session, after softer U.S. data boosted expectations of an interest

Philippines, Japan sign landmark defence deal

MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and Japan have signed a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) allowing them to deploy their forces on each other's soil, a milestone in their security relations amid

Hungary’s Orban arrives in China on Ukraine peace mission

BEIJING (Reuters) -Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Beijing on Monday after talks on a potential Ukrainian peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin that angered some EU leaders

Philippines and Japan sign defence pact, with eyes on China

MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and Japan have signed a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) allowing them to deploy their forces on each other's soil, a milestone in their security relations amid

Indian shares set to open higher; Titan, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors in focus

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to open higher on Monday, as soft U.S. jobs data has boosted hopes of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September. The GIFT Nifty was at 24,389 as of 8:08 a.m.

Rupee aided by growing Fed rate cut hopes, yuan slip may limit gains

By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian rupee is likely to nudge higher on Monday, supported by a rise in expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to ease policy rates in September

Olympics-Greece, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Spain complete men’s basketball line-up

By Janina Nuno Rios (Reuters) - Greece, Spain, Brazil and Puerto Rico have completed the 12-team field in men's basketball for the Paris Olympics after winning the finals of their respective

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Aurangzeb’s redemption is built on a scholarly empire of shaky citations

The considerable weight of claims about Aurangzeb’s religious tolerance rest heavily on one obscure scholar's writings. We know him merely as 'Jnan Chandra, Bombay.'

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?