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One in five Nifty 50 CEOs in the ₹50-crore pay club

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T16:46:54+00:00

HCL Tech CEO highest paid in FY26; Asian Paints MD & CEO got highest increase in pay packet at 179 per cent

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Netanyahu and Kushner talks make no breakthrough on stalled Gaza deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T16:42:04+00:00

Israeli PM again insists troops will not withdraw from strip until Hamas first disarms, but calls meeting constructiveBenjamin Netanyahu has told Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner there can be no progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire deal or an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal strip until Hamas first disarms.An Israeli official said there had been no breakthrough in ‌the meeting between the pair, saying Netanyahu had made it clear the IDF would not withdraw and would continue to carry out operations in Gaza. Continue reading...

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Labour MP under investigation by party over Covid loans to his businesses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T16:41:21+00:00

Southend East & Rochford’s Bayo Alaba has been suspended while inquiry looks at bounceback loansA Labour MP has been suspended after being questioned about government Covid loans taken out by his businesses.Bayo Alaba, the MP for Southend East & Rochford, has referred himself to the Labour party for investigation after the Times asked about a loan given to one of his businesses during the pandemic. Continue reading...

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API Holdings repays ₹1,050 crore, frees Thyrocare shares from pledge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T16:40:59+00:00

Diagnostic chain Thyrocare has sold 1.58 crore Thyrocare shares, representing around 9.90 percent of the company’s paid-up equity capital, through market trades

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Jon Ossoff calls Trump’s handling of Iran war ‘uniquely despicable’ in excoriating speech

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T16:31:30+00:00

Georgia Democratic senator has stoked speculation for 2028 presidency bid by delivering stinging attacks on TrumpDemocratic senator Jon Ossoff has attacked Donald Trump’s “uniquely despicable” handling of the US-Israel war on Iran, accusing the US president of “re-rigging” a corrupt system for himself in an excoriating speech.Ossoff, who is running for re-election in Georgia in November, has repeatedly stoked speculation that he is laying the ground for a bid for the US presidency in 2028 by delivering a series of stinging attacks on Trump and his administration. Continue reading...

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Avant la venue du pape au Stade de France, Mgr Etienne Guillet, évêque de Saint-Denis, « crée de la maille là où il y a des déchirures »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-17T16:30:00+00:00

En Seine-Saint-Denis, un département où le catholicisme est minoritaire, le plus jeune évêque de France favorise le rapprochement entre les religions et attend de Léon XIV, en visite dans son diocèse le 25 septembre, un message d’ouverture.

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War on Iran: Phase II, Day 37

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-17T16:27:48+00:00

Iran is offering $30,000 for captured or killed US soldiers. Trump cuts back South Korea drills.

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Техногигантам могут выставить счет за уже произведенное обучение ИИ на контенте

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-17T16:26:06+00:00

Разработчиков моделей искусственного интеллекта (ИИ) хотят обязать произвести однократную выплату компенсаций правообладателям за использование объектов авторских и смежных прав для обучения нейросетей. Это следует из поправок к законодательству об ИИ и Гражданскому кодексу (ГК), с которыми ознакомились «Ведомости». Порядок выплаты, как следует из документа, установит правительство.

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API Holdings repays ₹1,050 crore, frees Thyrocare shares from pledge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T16:22:29+00:00

Diagnostic chain Thyrocare has sold 1.58 crore Thyrocare shares, representing around 9.90 percent of the company’s paid-up equity capital, through market trades

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El Niño seen deepening India’s rainfall deficit through September

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T16:12:57+00:00

Current lean rainfall trend over large parts of could persist through September as El Niño strengthens its influence on the monsoon, according to ECMWF 

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Незаконний джипінг у Карпатах: Мінекономіки та НПП наголошують на дотриманні закону

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-17T16:08:00+00:00

Питання дотримання природоохоронного законодавства та належного виконання установами природно-заповідного фонду (ПЗФ) покладених на них завдань перебувають на постійному та особливому контролі Міністерства...

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The curious case of global fertilizer prices

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T16:05:10+00:00

Fertilizer prices and use of fertilizer have responded in unexpected ways to the the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Lev Shlossberg, vice-président du seul parti antiguerre en Russie, a été condamné à onze ans de prison pour « discrédit de l’armée »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-17T16:03:07+00:00

La justice reproche à cet homme de 63 ans le partage d’un message du média Echo de Moscou montrant la une du tabloïd britannique « Daily Mirror » avec le portrait de Vladimir Poutine, ainsi que d’avoir plaidé pour un cessez-le-feu.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Moldavie annonce qu’un missile russe s’est écrasé sur son sol et accuse Moscou d’envoyer délibérément des drones dans son espace aérien

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-17T16:03:05+00:00

Peu après qu’un missile S-8000 Banderol est entré dans l’espace aérien moldave, la présidente Maia Sandu a déclaré que, si certains drones russes pénétraient accidentellement dans le ciel de son pays, d’autres y étaient envoyés « intentionnellement ».

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European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T16:01:47+00:00

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide droughtSuccessive intense heatwaves and an increasingly severe, continent-wide drought have left many of Europe’s farmers in an “unprecedented” crisis, with vegetable and grain growers in particular warning of “catastrophic” harvests.French vegetable production is down by “a very significant extent” compared with previous years, French growers have said, with shortfalls put at 25% for courgettes, 35% for lettuces, 40% for peas, 60% for broccoli and 50% to 100% for artichokes. Continue r

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« C’est le terme “apartheid de genre” qui définirait le mieux ce crime odieux commis contre les Afghanes » : les droits des femmes piétinés par les talibans depuis cinq ans

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-17T16:00:13+00:00

« Paroles d’Afghanes » (2/6). De retour au pouvoir le 15 août 2021, les talibans ont démantelé, en seulement quelques jours, les institutions, les lois et les services relatifs aux droits des femmes, et expurgé l’appareil judiciaire de toute présence féminine. Suite des témoignages recueillis par notre envoyée spéciale à Kaboul.

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En Libye, l’autorité du maréchal Haftar écornée par la rivalité entre ses fils

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-17T16:00:11+00:00

Khalifa Haftar, 82 ans, a bâti son image d’homme fort de la Cyrénaïque en réprimant toute contestation. La stabilité dans l’Est libyen est aujourd’hui menacée, alors que le maréchal prépare sa succession et que le patron du renseignement militaire vient d’être assassiné.

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Rising energy cost poses a risk to economic growth, says Birla

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T15:59:02+00:00

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of UltraTech Cement, noted that risks to India’s GDP growth have increased in FY27 due to rising energy prices and trade disruptions from the West Asia conflict

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Can Trump’s peace plan for Gaza be saved? – The Latest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T15:56:48+00:00

Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is on a diplomatic mission in the Middle East to meet Hamas officials and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an attempt to salvage a ceasefire in Gaza.The talks come after Netanyahu rejected the US-backed 15-point peace plan for the territory in a rare public break with the Trump administration this month.Nosheen Iqbal speaks to global editor Devika Bhat – watch on YouTube Continue reading...

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Louisiana man allegedly killed his wife and drove her body across states before arrest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T15:54:57+00:00

Authorities say man, 50, shot wife in Louisiana and put her body in car before driving and being stopped in Tennessee A man in Louisiana killed his wife and then took her body on a driving tour through several states before he was arrested in Tennessee, authorities allege.The suspect’s macabre purported odyssey began in Baton Rouge when, according to Louisiana investigators, Tyronne Brazille, 50, shot dead his wife, Lanessa Bradford, also 50, during an argument at the city’s Independence Community Park. Continue reading...

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US gas prices reach highest ever recorded for August amid stalled talks with Iran

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T15:51:46+00:00

Energy prices have been high since the US-Israel war with Iran began and the strait of Hormuz was blockedUS gas prices this month are so far the highest ever recorded for August as peace talks between the US and Iran have stalled and Donald Trump launched fresh threats against Oman.The national average price of gas was $4.06 per gallon on Monday, according to data from AAA, $0.05 higher than last week and $1 more expensive than a year ago. In California and Hawaii, averages hit about $5.50 a gallon. Continue reading...

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French PM booed on visit to wildfire-affected region as EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-17T15:48:39+00:00

Belgium wildfire creeps closer to German border, as 104 firefighters and 36 vehicles from France help with Spain wildfire effort As flagged earlier, Belgium’s King Philippe is now visiting the emergency coordination centre looking after the firefighters tackling the major fire in the eastern part of the country (9:39).The European Commission has deployed assistance to Belgium and Spain as part of the bloc’s civil protection mechanism. Continue reading...

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Editorial. Trading charges

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-17T15:44:58+00:00

India should call out US’ ‘transshipment scam’ report

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