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RBL Bank gets ₹104-cr GST demand notice

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:38:43+00:00

Based on its assessment, including favourable orders received from the GST authorities on identical issue for FY19 and FY20, the bank believes that it has adequate grounds to contest the matter on merits

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Jio Platforms gets SEBI nod to launch IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:32:24+00:00

The public issue could raise around $4 billion (approximately ₹37,700 crore), making it potentially the largest public issue in the country.

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After parliamentary panel nudge, govt forms mediation council

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:28:47+00:00

The council will regulate and promote institutional dispute resolution. It is also mandated to recognise mediation service providers and institutes that train and certify professionals

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BYD reports 20.5% drop in first-half profit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:14:59+00:00

Net profit totalls 12.3 billion ‌yuan ($1.83 billion) ​for the January to June ⁠period

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Les Comores dénoncent les propos de Sébastien Lecornu sur l’aide migratoire, jugés « d’une condescendance insupportable »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-28T11:14:37+00:00

Les propos de M. Lecornu ont suscité des condamnations dans l’ensemble de l’échiquier politique comorien. Le parti d’opposition Us a dénoncé « un chantage scandaleux », tandis que l’ONG Comité Maore a qualifié cette mesure de « chantage inacceptable » et accusé Paris de mener une politique néocoloniale.

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DRI conducts search at plant owned by Waaree Energies arm

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:14:03+00:00

The search relates to the classification of certain stainless-steel pipes and tubes imported under the EPCG scheme and the applicability of dumping duty on them

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Tea Association of India concerned over decline in auction prices

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:10:20+00:00

The TAI said auction prices had declined by up to 17% from July to mid-August, while supplies increased marginally by 5% compared to last year and were likely to decline in the coming months

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Subhash Chandra speaks out on NCLT allegations, airs plans to go to Switzerland

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-28T11:05:36+00:00

Chandra argues that the company has already repaid about ₹43,000 crore of the ₹45,000 crore total outstanding with the remaining amount pending due to complications in the asset liabilities of other companies

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Detroit despairs as ‘insanity’ of Trump’s Canada trade war punishes city

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T11:00:56+00:00

Unpopular new policy comes as midterms loom and control of Congress could be decided by several Michigan racesEvery day $1bn worth of goods crosses the river dividing Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, two largely blue-collar US and Canadian cities that have come to act as one in the creation of North America’s auto industry.News this week of Donald Trump’s escalating trade spat with Canada has everyone worried. Political and economic leaders and observers labeled the move an act of “hubris” , blamed Trump’s “ego”, and called the escalation “insanity”. Continue reading...

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The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-28T11:00:56+00:00

As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10CLeaping flames, searing heat, copious sweat and scorchingly inventive swearing – restaurant kitchens are never a place for the faint-hearted, but this summer they have been sweltering in successive heatwaves to a dangerous degree.Some restaurants, cafes and bakeries in the UK grew so hot that they were forced to close, or reduce their hours, for the safety of their staff. There is still no maximum working temperature, despite calls from the TUC, and tens of thousands of kitc

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