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How new RBI rules shield borrowers in default

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:09:18+00:00

BORROW SAFE Sweeping loan recovery guidelines will protect retail customers from January 2027

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F&O Tracker: Support holds

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:09:12+00:00

Nifty futures and Nifty Bank futures are likely to bounce off the base nearby 

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Israël appelle à des négociations « plus sérieuses » avec le Liban, après des bombardements qui ont fait neuf morts dans le sud du pays

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-15T16:07:01+00:00

Le président libanais, Joseph Aoun, a lui estimé que les frappes constituaient un « message clair » pour l’avenir des négociations entre Israël et le Liban, avant un nouveau cycle de pourparlers prévu en septembre. Le Hezbollah a exhorté Beyrouth à mettre fin aux négociations « humiliantes » menées avec Israël depuis avril.

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Israël appelle à des négociations « plus sérieuses » avec le Liban, après des bombardements qui ont fait au moins onze morts dans le sud du pays

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-15T16:06:57+00:00

Le président libanais, Joseph Aoun, a lui estimé que les frappes constituaient un « message clair » pour l’avenir des négociations entre Israël et le Liban, avant un nouveau cycle de pourparlers prévu en septembre. Le Hezbollah a exhorté Beyrouth à mettre fin aux négociations « humiliantes » menées avec Israël depuis avril.

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Who Am I? August 16, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:06:49+00:00

Are you an avid investor? How well do you know corporate India?

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Bullion Cues: Prices could soften

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:06:32+00:00

Traders can initiate fresh shorts

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Crude Check: Set to consolidate

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:06:21+00:00

Key levels are ₹7,400 and ₹8,000

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US Market Outlook: Indices hold higher

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:05:59+00:00

The short-term picture remains positive to see more rise

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Index Outlook: Indices stagnate

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:04:09+00:00

Supports are there to limit the downside and keep alive the positive bias

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Bandu’s Blockbusters for August 16, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:03:37+00:00

Guess the stock that will give the best return by next Friday

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Movers & Shakers: Stocks that will see action this week

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-15T16:02:00+00:00

Here is what the charts say about the shares of Bharti Airtel, Hindalco Industries and Punjab National Bank

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Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T16:01:10+00:00

1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded food-borne illness outbreaks in US historyA massive egg recall affecting nearly 1.6m dozen eggs has been elevated to the US Food and Drug Administration’s highest-risk warning as officials investigate a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people.The FDA on 12 August reclassified the recall of nearly 1.6m dozen white and brown cage-free eggs over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. Continue reading...

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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T16:00:01+00:00

Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G• ‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat poorly insulated homes let by royal estatesMore than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords, the Guardian can reveal.An analysis of a large sample of domestic lets on the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Sandringham estate found that one in five have Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings of F or G. Continue reading...

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Les images de la libération de prisonniers politiques au Venezuela

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-15T15:57:36+00:00

Le gouvernement intérimaire vénézuelien, a libéré 131 prisonniers politiques, suite à des négociations avec l’opposition, supervisées par Washington.

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Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones with message on UK wildfires

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T15:54:15+00:00

Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisationOn Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power station when her phone made a loud, piercing and very worrying sound: it was a “severe” emergency alert. “Was expecting [a] much more specific alert, not a generic message on wildfires,” the former Tory cabinet minister said on X.She wasn’t alone in being alarmed by the alarm sent to phones in England and Wales. In the aftermath, thousands of social media users expressed their shock at alert. Some share

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Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones over UK wildfires

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T15:54:15+00:00

Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisationOn Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power station when her phone made a loud, piercing and very worrying sound: it was a “severe” emergency alert. “Was expecting [a] much more specific alert, not a generic message on wildfires,” the former Conservative cabinet minister said on X.She wasn’t alone in being alarmed by the alarm sent to phones in England and Wales. In the aftermath, thousands of social media users expressed their shock at alert. So

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Alaska candidate for US Senate seat rejects Kamala Harris’s unsolicited support

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T15:07:54+00:00

Former VP sent fundraising appeal for Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign – with half of donations going to Harris’s organizationAlaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris, her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly unsolicited fundraising appeal on Peltola’s behalf.Harris, who lost Alaska – typically a Republican-voting state – by 13 points during her unsuccessful White House run, on Wednesday sent an email from her political organization to supporters of Peltola, a former US House member. Continue reading...

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Alaska candidate for US Senate rejects Kamala Harris’s unsolicited support

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T15:07:54+00:00

Former VP sent fundraising appeal for Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign – with half of donations going to Harris’s organizationAlaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris, her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly unsolicited fundraising appeal on Peltola’s behalf.Harris, who lost Alaska – typically a Republican-voting state – by 13 points during her unsuccessful White House run, on Wednesday sent an email from her political organization to supporters of Peltola, a former US House member. Continue reading...

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Italia, addio sci estivo. Anche lo Stelvio chiude le piste per mancanza di neve

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T15:06:18+00:00

L’annuncio a Ferragosto: “Colpa di ondate di caldo persistente anche ad alte quote, assenza di raffreddamento e rigelo notturno, frequenti temporali che hanno compromesso lo stato del ghiacciaio”. Nei giorni scorsi si erano fermati anche Cervino e Saas Fee

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Бутусов про загроу втрати Донбасу: Україну будуть примушувати до капітуляції, ситуацію може врятувати лише Білецький

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-15T15:04:00+00:00

Втрата Слов'янська та Краматорська призведе до нової спроби примусити Україну до капітуляції. Відповідальність за цю битву зможе взяти на себе лише командир Третього армійського корпусу Андрій Білецький....

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Бутусов про загрозу втрати Донбасу: Україну будуть примушувати до капітуляції, ситуацію може врятувати лише Білецький

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-15T15:04:00+00:00

Втрата Слов'янська та Краматорська призведе до нової спроби примусити Україну до капітуляції. Відповідальність за цю битву зможе взяти на себе лише командир Третього армійського корпусу Андрій Білецький....

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Heathrow airport roads reopen after flooding from burst water main

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T14:58:52+00:00

Heathrow says airport operating as normal after passengers told not to travel by road and use rail and tube insteadDisruptions caused by flooding from a burst water main on a ring road at Heathrow airport restricted access to Terminals 2 and 3 on Saturday morning. The leak has been contained and the affected areas are operating as normal.Water in the central terminal area prevented anyone trying to travel by road to or from Terminals 2 and 3. Passengers had to travel by rail and tube instead. Access to the carparks was also impeded, leaving people with parked cars unable to access them. Contin

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Терехов запропонував нову систему забезпечення українців доступним житлом

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-15T14:58:00+00:00

Україні потрібна нова система доступного житла, яка поєднає можливості держави, громад, банків і приватних інвесторів. Вона має передбачати створення житлових асоціацій, довгострокове іпотечне фінансування...

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