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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex falls over 600 points, Nifty drops below 24,300; Tata stocks tumble

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T06:38:37+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Live: Indian equities traded lower on Wednesday as rising crude prices, weak global cues and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on sentiment. Sensex fell 580 points and Nifty dropped 187 points by 11.42 a.m., while Tata stocks declined sharply following N Chandrasekaran’s reported resignation.

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Brandine e acqua, la vita sospesa dei passeggeri

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-12T06:27:38+00:00

C’è chi aspetta la tregua del vulcano, chi va a caccia di pullman, treni e navi per salvare le ferie. Volontari al lavoro per aiutare i turisti

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Что известно о массированной ночной атаке БПЛА на Кубань

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-12T06:26:00+00:00

Силы ПВО всю ночь отражали беспилотную атаку на Краснодарский край. По словам губернатора Вениамина Кондратьева, на регион летели нескольких сотен БПЛА. Под удар попали Новороссийск, Анапа, Геленджик и Темрюкский район. Обломки устройств рухнули на 21 жилой дом, в том числе многоквартирные, и на четыре предприятия. Есть погибшие и пострадавшие. «Ведомости» собрали, что известно об атаке к этому часу.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex falls 580 points, Nifty drops 187 points; Tata stocks tumble

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T06:20:05+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Live: Indian equities traded lower on Wednesday as rising crude prices, weak global cues and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on sentiment. Sensex fell 580 points and Nifty dropped 187 points by 11.42 a.m., while Tata stocks declined sharply following N Chandrasekaran’s reported resignation.

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India options trading drops 27% as new auction upends strategies

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T06:20:03+00:00

Many proprietary trading firms and high-frequency traders, which provide liquidity on expiry days, have either stayed away from the auction or reduced activity in the initial days

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Victorian microparty MPs including Georgie Purcell to face re-election struggle after group voting tickets abolished

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T06:15:49+00:00

Voters will be required to number at least five parties above the line in order of preference after bill passed upper house 33 votes to fourFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProminent MPs such as Georgie Purcell and other microparty members will face an uphill battle to retain their seats in Victoria’s upper house after parliament voted to abolish group voting tickets.Victoria’s legislative council was the only remaining upper house in Australia to use the GVT system, in which voters could only choose one party abov

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N Chandrasekaran resigns as Tata Sons chairman, not to seek third term

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T06:14:41+00:00

His resignation comes amid rifts among trustees of Tata Trusts leading to regulatory probes and also following questions over performance of group’s aviation and digital businesses. 

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Tata Group stocks fall by 4% after report Tata Sons chairman has quit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T06:13:56+00:00

India's top IT services ​exporter, Tata ‌Consultancy Services, led the losses, sliding 4.1%, ‌while Jaguar ​Land Rover-parent Tata Motors PV ⁠fell 2.8%

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Australia politics live: Japan’s ambassador to Australia downplays Albanese’s melon comments; witness paid for Reformer’s trip to Fiji to avoid inquiry, Icac told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T06:01:49+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEducation minister says funding agreement with Victoria ‘very close’The education minister, Jason Clare, says a funding deal with Victoria to get public schools funded to Gonski levels over the next decade is “very close”.We’re very close, mate. I know [Victorian premier] Ben Carroll gets this, and I’m optimistic that we’ll get this across the line. He understands how important it is that teachers are paid well, that they do the best or do the most important job in the country, but how important it is that we fi

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Paid police paternity leave to double after fathers reported being ‘ostracised’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T06:00:22+00:00

Exclusive: Pay increases to two weeks in England and Wales after Guardian revealed officers ‘mocked’ for taking time offPaid paternity leave for police in England and Wales is to double, after the Guardian revealed last year that officers were “mocked and ostracised” for taking time off to spend with their babies.The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has increased the amount of paid parental and adoption leave for officers from one week to two across all forces, with fathers’ leave upped to be in line with mothers’. Continue reading...

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Eerie silence and ‘still surviving’: what happened next after steel town’s last blast furnace shut down

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T06:00:20+00:00

Exhibition in Port Talbot is part of project exploring how communities experience endings and transitionsMargaret Heggett, 95, does not remember a time when Port Talbot was ever quiet. Born and raised in the shadow of the steelworks, with a father, brother and husband who worked there, she never imagined what the town could look or sound like without its blast furnaces.“I’m not saying it was beautiful, but there were jobs. We did know the closure was coming and we have to move with the times but it’s affected the town a lot and it’s very sad,” she said. Continue reading...

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UK extreme heat prompts Cobra emergency meeting

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T05:55:32+00:00

High temperatures continue with forecasts reaching 38C on Thursday and wildfires stretching emergency servicesThe prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused wildfires and plunged many parts of Britain into drought.Andy Burnham will meet with ministers, officials and agencies as high temperatures continue across the UK on Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures of 33C forecast, and up to 38C on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Australia politics live: Japan’s ambassador to Australia downplays Albanese’s melon comments

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T05:55:00+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEducation minister says funding agreement with Victoria ‘very close’The education minister, Jason Clare, says a funding deal with Victoria to get public schools funded to Gonski levels over the next decade is “very close”.We’re very close, mate. I know [Victorian premier] Ben Carroll gets this, and I’m optimistic that we’ll get this across the line. He understands how important it is that teachers are paid well, that they do the best or do the most important job in the country, but how important it is that we fi

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Wednesday briefing: Why the prison crisis is about much more than early release

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T05:47:27+00:00

In today’s newsletter: As ministers scramble to resolve overcrowding in prisons, experts say the crisis demands a rethink of who we lock up – and what happens when they’re set freeGood morning. On his family holiday last week, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, was reported to be taking daily calls from Ministry of Justice officials about his government’s early release scheme. A furious public outcry has gathered pace since it emerged that the plan – brought in by his predecessor, Keir Starmer, to alleviate overcrowding in prisons across England and Wales – might include two of the killers of P

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie affirme avoir intercepté 502 drones ukrainiens dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-12T05:44:25+00:00

Le ministère de la défense russe a précisé que ces attaques avaient visé les oblasts de Belgorod, Briansk, Kalouga, Koursk, Lipetsk, Oriol Krasnodar, la Crimée et la mer Noire. Le gouverneur de la région de Krasnodar a fait état de 2 morts et de 12 blessés après une attaque ukrainienne nocturne à Novorossiïsk, Anapa, Gelendjik et Temiourk.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky revendique des frappes contre une base navale russe de la mer Noire

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-12T05:44:20+00:00

Le président ukrainien s’est félicité mercredi d’« une opération sans précédent » des forces ukrainiennes « visant à frapper la base navale de Novorossiïsk », une ville du kraï de Krasnodar, au bord de la mer Noire. La Russie avait affirmé plus tôt avoir intercepté 502 drones ukrainiens dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi.

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Members of Liberal group received ‘kickbacks’ from lobbying company’s Catholic Schools NSW contract, Icac hears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T05:37:49+00:00

Lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gives evidence about allegations linked to Reformers at Independent Commission Against Corruption hearingMembers of a conservative Christian Liberal group received a “kickback” from consultancy payments made by the governing body for more than 600 schools in New South Wales, an inquiry has heard.Consultant and lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gave his third day of evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (Icac) Operation Rosny on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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