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Ducati's MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in Malaysian Grand Prix practice despite
TVS Motor Company Chairman Emeritus Venu Srinivasan and his daughter Lakshmi Venu have filed caveats against each other in courts amid an escalating family dispute over inheritance, ownership and the division of business interests. Eight caveats were filed on October 12 and 13 before the Chennai civil and commercial courts, with four filings in each court, people familiar with the matter said. Venu Srinivasan has also filed caveats before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The caveats fil
Binance does not need to sell its SpaceX shares because its annual revenue is enough to cover losses after hackers stole $6.3 billion from the crypto platform, co-founder Yi He said in a post on X on Friday. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao had written on X in an
China's central bank said on Friday it would conduct overnight reverse repo operations every working day starting next Monday, in a step towards making the rate its main policy anchor. The People's Bank of China will carry out the overnight operations through a fixed-rate, quantity-ba
The pound was one of the better performing currencies on Friday, drawing strength from the government's budget and supported by expectations for the Bank of England to raise rates next week. John Healey delivered his first budget as finance minister under Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham
Airtel Africa's profit after tax (PAT) for the half-year ended September 2026 stood at USD 452 million, up 20.2 per cent from September 2025. Profit after tax of $452m improved from $376m in the prior period reflecting the continued strength of the underlyingoperating performance, despite higher finance costs and lower foreign exchange and derivative gains during the period, as per an Airtel Africa release. According to Airtel Africa, the operating performance improved despite higher finance co
NewsVoir Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 30: Bajaj Broking has added commodity trading to its digital platforms, expanding the range of markets available to its customers. The segment covers precious metals, energy, base metals and select agricultural commodities, with standard and mini contracts available across select categories. The offering includes contracts such as gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, copper, aluminium, lead and zinc, alongside select agricultural commodities such as
German chemicals group Evonik said on Friday that BASF's sweetened takeover offer
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Swedens only professional female wheelchair basketball player Hillevi Hansson has called on the countrys governing body to resource the womens game properly after she had to pay her own way to be part of a mixed European team at a recent international tournament in Switzerland. The on
A live-action series based on the battle royale video game
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from
The Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that European officials might be present in Abu Dhabi during the talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, but won't take part directly in the negotiations and will only have contacts with Ukraine and the Uni
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The number of residents planning to evacuate the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky for Ukrainian-held territory is still being determined, Kyiv's prime minister said on Friday. In a statement, Sergiy Koretskyi retracted a remark he made to parliament earlier that
Germany's gross domestic product grew more than expected in the third quarter
Retired senior civil servant Ashish Joshi has moved the Delhi High Court through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging the repeated extensions of large-scale deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in Delhi for protest-related law and order duties. The petition, filed through advocates Ambuj Dixit and Amrish Ranjan Pandey, seeks judicial scrutiny of the legal and administrative basis for the deployment, including the necessity, proportion
Evacuations and the provision of humanitarian aid in the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky have begun, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday. In a statement on Telegram, David Arakhamia, head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's parliamentary
Priyanka Chopra has joined the Oscar-qualified Indian short film 'We Were Here' as an executive producer, lending her support to filmmaker Pranav Bhasin
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Swiss President Guy Parmelin hailed an upgraded trade agreement
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) National President Chandra Shekhar Azad on Friday underscored the vital importance of universal franchise following the extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) deadline, demanding that election authorities leave no eligible citizen behind. Weighing in on the extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) deadline, Azad stressed that safeguarding every ballot is paramount for shaping future democratic outcomes.
Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, as well as in the Kyiv and Poltava regions in overnight attacks, Ukraine's prime minister said on Friday. In a statement on Telegram, Sergiy Koretskyi said the mass missile a
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Twenty countries across Asia and the Pacific have strengthened their ability to assess and manage water resources using isotope hydrology, according to a new International Atomic Energy Agency report. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi launched the publication on the margins of the agency
More than 300 medical professionals from across Mongolia have strengthened their skills in children
Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday
Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergiy Koretskyi said on Friday that 527 residents of the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky were expected to return to Ukraine-held territory, news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. Speaking to parliament, he added that they
The Kremlin highlighted the high level of coordination between the Russian and Ukrainian human rights commitioners, who are overseeing the sides' actions during the ceasefire and evacuation in the Ukrainian town of Oleshky, Interfax reported, citing Kremlin
Global air cargo demand rose 7.7% in September 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, with every region reporting growth, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). International operations recorded an 8.6% increase in demand, adding to a month of expansion across the industry. Capacity grew more slowly, increasing 2.7% across the total market and 3.3% on international services. Stronger global trade and manufacturing supported demand, with AI-related shipments h
India pacer Arshdeep Singh scripted history on Friday by becoming the first Indian bowler to reach the milestone of 150 wickets in T20Is. Arshdeep achieved the feat by dismissing New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner in the penultimate over of the fourth T20I between India and New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland. The left-arm pacer has now taken 150 wickets in 103 matches and 99 innings at an average of 20.62 and an economy rate of 8.65, with best bowling figures of 5/51. With this achievement,
Powered by a magnificent century from Glenn Phillips and a fluent half-century from Michael Bracewell, New Zealand cruised to a massive 259/7 against India in the fourth T20I in Auckland on Friday. Phillips slammed 107 off 49 balls at a strike rate of 218.37, while Bracewell smashed 65 off just 25 balls striking at 260.00. It has been a difficult year for Indian bowlers, who have conceded 200-plus totals on 11 occasions in 2026, the most by any team in a calendar year in T20 cricket, the previou
Developing economies need stronger partnerships to turn trade opportunities into jobs, economic growth and better livelihoods, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the 2026 Global Review on 29 October. The two-day gathering marks 20 years of Aid for Trade, bringing together ministers, international organization leaders and trade and development experts to examine its results and changing priorities. Discussions focus on helping developing economies, including least-developed countries (
AstraZeneca on Friday unveiled a restructuring programme aimed at funding investment in its drug pipeline, but gave few details on
A day after saying that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka was done
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday to Swiss President Guy Parmelin that an upgraded trade agreement between both countries fully reflects their political courage and sense of responsibility in upholding open cooperation. Xi said together the two countries could
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Expelled Janata Dal (United) MLA Anant Kumar Singh on Friday said he would surrender before the court by December 1, in compliance with the Supreme Court's direction cancelling his bail in the Dularchand Yadav murder case. He also accused newly elected JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar of orchestrating the case against him. Reacting to the Supreme Court's order, Singh said he had faith in the judiciary and would abide by its directions, expressing confidence that he would be granted bail again. We will sur
China's military said
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 139.55 million loan to improve urban infrastructure and municipal governance in Puducherry, including the expansion and rehabilitation of water supply and sewerage networks, according to a statement by the development bank. The funding, under the Puducherry Integrated Urban Livability Improvement Project, aims to support the development of climate-resilient water supply and sanitation infrastructure, modernisation of urban public spaces and mea
European shares inched lower on Friday as technology stocks came under
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that serving the people of Gujarat and the country had been the central focus of his journey, crediting citizens for entrusting him with the responsibility of leadership and dedicating his achievements to them. Addressing a public event in Banaskantha, PM Modi said that a person from an ordinary family, whose generations had never imagined holding the position of a village head, was given the opportunity to serve Gujarat and subsequently the entire cou
A 19-year-old man was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a civilian house in Russia's Bryansk region, the governor, Yegor Kovalchuk, said on Telegram on Friday.