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The vanishing deposit base

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T15:39:13+00:00

India’s celebrated migration from fixed deposits to equity mutual funds carries systemic risks that neither policymakers nor investors have fully reckoned with

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Au Pakistan, sur les pentes du Broad Peak, les difficiles recherches pour retrouver les 10 alpinistes ensevelis, dont Nirmal Purja

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-31T15:38:23+00:00

Dix personnes ont été prises dans une avalanche, jeudi, dans la chaîne du Karakoram. Parmi elles, l’alpiniste népalais connu pour avoir gravi les 14 plus hauts sommets du monde en un temps record. Quatre corps ont été repérés. Les recherches reprendront samedi.

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Au Pakistan, sur les pentes du Broad Peak, les difficiles recherches pour retrouver les dix alpinistes ensevelis, dont Nirmal Purja

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-31T15:38:23+00:00

Dix personnes ont été prises dans une avalanche, jeudi, dans la chaîne du Karakoram. Parmi elles, l’alpiniste népalais connu pour avoir gravi les quatorze plus hauts sommets du monde en un temps record. Quatre corps ont été repérés. Les recherches reprendront samedi.

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Editorial. Digital democracy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T15:36:12+00:00

Social media platforms need to assume responsibility

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World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 11 struck by avalanche on Pakistan mountain

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T15:35:53+00:00

Rescuers say four bodies found in search for team caught in Broad Peak avalanche, after trackers showed rapid descentThe world-renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja – a former British special forces member – is among 11 climbers caught in a deadly avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.The Alpine Club of Pakistan said “seven climbers have been spotted via aerial drone footage” adding that “their identities and condition cannot yet be verified”. Continue reading...

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The promise I made to Ismail al-Ghoul

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-31T15:30:15+00:00

He asked me to keep telling Gaza’s story. Two years after Israel killed him, I have not stopped.

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August 2026 Bank Holidays: Full list of dates & state-wise closures

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T15:26:14+00:00

Bank branches will observe multiple closures in August, with the holiday schedule varying from state to state based on regional festivals and local observances

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Did 75,000 Students Cheat on a College-Entrance Exam in Mexico?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-31T15:18:35+00:00

The National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, is investigating after experts found that as many as half of all entrance exams could have involved cheating, including with A.I.

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Indian Oil posts first quarterly loss in 15 on crude price surge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T15:08:19+00:00

IOC recorded a standalone net loss of ₹2,661 crore for the quarter ‌ended June 30, against a profit of ₹5,689 crore a year ‌ago

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Baresi, il rito del cappuccino col numero 6 nel bar degli interisti

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-31T15:06:40+00:00

Ogni mattina Franco Baresi faceva colazione allo stesso locale in zona Amendola-Fiera. Ai muri, foto e sciarpe dell’Inter. I titolari: “Se ne è andato un gran signore. Era una persona per bene, prima che un campione”

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Cosa sono Ceuta e Melilla, le exclave europee contese tra Spagna e Marocco

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-31T15:04:40+00:00

Le due città non fanno parte integralmente dello spazio Schengen e sono l’unico confine terrestre tra Europa e Africa. Non è la prima volta che i migranti cercano di entrare, spesso a costo della vita

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Україна посилила удари по окупованому Криму: в DW розповіли про мету Києва і наслідки атак

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-31T15:02:00+00:00

Мешканці північного Криму через відсутність засобів зв’язку та відключення електроенергії тепер відправляють свою пошту рейсовими автобусами.

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NSW should compensate elderly woman whose public housing was inundated with sewage, ombudsman finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T15:00:18+00:00

Ombudsman finds Homes NSW acted unreasonably and recommended additional payment for distress and sufferingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn elderly public housing tenant whose home was damaged by sewage overflows will be fully compensated by the New South Wales government after it disposed of her personal belongings without her consent and failed to properly support her insurance claim.The NSW Ombudsman on Friday published its report after an investigation in which it found Homes NSW acted unreasonably in how it handled the tenant’s contaminated belongings and “fail

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These boots are the safest for US wildland firefighters. Fewer and fewer can afford them

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T15:00:17+00:00

The handcrafted leather boots are a century-old tradition – but with money tight, the cost of up to $800 is harder to justifyFor 18 years, one of the most important relationships in Luke Mayfield’s life was with his boots. As a hotshot – one of the US’s elite firefighting crews sent deep, on foot, into wildfires – Mayfield hiked a thousand miles a fire season in his boots, stood in them 16 hours a day and slept near them on assignments that lasted weeks in terrain no truck could reach.Like every wildland firefighter, he learned the rituals of their upkeep: how to grease them, how to lace them,

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Far-right politicians seize on Ceuta

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:53:56+00:00

Several migrants who crossed into Ceuta attributed their arrival to lax Moroccan border protocols. But Europe’s anti-immigrant blamed Spain’s migrant-friendly policies.

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