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UltraTech Cement to raise ₹5,000 crore via bond issuances

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T07:45:25+00:00

In March 2025, UltraTech Cement raised ₹2,000 crore by issuing 3-year and 5-year bonds, with ₹1,000 crore raised under each tranche at an annual coupon of 7.34%

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Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:43:25+00:00

CAA says airport can recoup £320m through higher airline charges, which are usually passed on to travellersHeathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the airport was given permission to recover early costs from developing its expansion plan.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced it had permitted Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to recoup £320m spent on its proposal to build a third runway since the start of last year. Continue reading...

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Datacentre projects could face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:42:01+00:00

Energy regulator’s plan would mean upfront fees or financial security via letters of credit, bonds or cash depositsDatacentre projects in Britain will be forced to put down significant upfront fees to secure an energy connection under proposals to ease an electricity grid logjam.Ofgem, the sector watchdog, said there are 315 datacentres currently queueing to connect up, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost 30GW above the entire country’s peak energy demand of 45GW. Continue reading...

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Petrol back above $2 a litre in some areas – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:36:19+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSpecially designed Airbus completes marathon 24-hour flight before joining Qantas fleetA specially modified Airbus A350 plane touched down in France Tuesday after a record 24-hour test flight from Australia, ahead of it joining Qantas’s fleet next year, Agency France-Presse reports. Continue reading...

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Что известно о деле Дурова: чат-бот знакомств в Telegram и международный розыск

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-29T07:30:12+00:00

Основателю Telegram Павлу Дурову было предъявлено обвинение в рамках уголовного дела о содействии терроризму. Он объявляется в международный розыск, сообщил Центр общественных связей (ЦОС) ФСБ России. Официальный представитель Следственного комитета (СК) России Светлана Петренко сообщила о возбуждении уголовных дел по фактам вовлечения молодежи в диверсионно-террористическую деятельность с помощью чат-бота «Дайвинчик / Leo – знакомства, общение и новые друзья» в Telegram.

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Q1 Results Today Live: Adani Ports profit jumps, Colgate Q1 PAT up 7%, Craftsman Automation logs ₹94 cr profit, Thangamayil Jewellery shares tank 10% after results, Adani Enterprises, Asian Paints, Eicher Motors, Waaree Energies, Prestige Estates, Dabur, Vedanta Oil, ACME Solar to announce Q1 results

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T07:22:29+00:00

Q1 Results Today, 29th July 2026 Live Updates: Stay tuned for more from businessline

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Rescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – live updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:17:14+00:00

Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake ‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missingEmergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake left widespread devastation, with buildings collapsed, roads severely damaged and emergency teams digging through rubble.At least 13 people have been killed and many reported missing after the earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu with a magni

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India’s youth have broken Modi’s spell

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:15:14+00:00

At Jantar Mantar, satire and defiance punctured the prime minister’s aura of invulnerability.

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Бізнесмен Сєяр Куршутов подав позов проти Сергія Стерненка про захист ділової репутації

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-29T07:14:00+00:00

Правоохоронні органи офіційно підтвердили, що бізнесмен не має статусу підозрюваного в жодному кримінальному провадженні. Тепер він добивається спростування недостовірної інформації в судовому порядку.

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Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC roots

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-29T07:00:26+00:00

PM’s vocational model also takes inspiration from former education secretary Kenneth Baker’s visionAndy Burnham’s plans to put academic and technical education routes on an equal footing in England have been welcomed by many, but none were more enthusiastic than the former Conservative minister Kenneth Baker.“I’m very impressed with what he has said,” the 91-year-old former education secretary, home secretary and Conservative party chair told the Guardian. “It’s a very significant announcement. I’m going to try to persuade the Conservative party to support this.” Continue reading...

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La Tunisie, pays des rêves échoués : « J’ai voulu photographier les jeunes qui ont fait leurs débuts dans la vie avec la révolution »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-29T07:00:11+00:00

« Jeunesse en milieux hostiles » (3/7) Le photographe tunisien Zied Ben Romdhane documente l’évolution de son pays depuis la chute de Ben Ali et le « printemps arabe », fin 2010. Il témoigne du malaise profond d’une génération qui n’a connu que la confusion politique et le manque de perspectives économiques. Privés d’espoir, au bord de cette mer écrasée de soleil, ces jeunes n’aspirent qu’au départ.

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Thangamayil Jewellery net profit up nearly 2X YoY at ₹85 crore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T06:47:08+00:00

Gold jewellery sales went up by 65% to ₹2,273 crore in Q1FY27.  Non gold (Silver, Diamonds, other products) sales rose 88% to ₹244 crore

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex jumps 840 points, Nifty tops 24,230 as IT and FMCG stocks power rally

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-29T06:43:28+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Live: Indian equities traded firmly higher at noon, buoyed by stronger-than-expected industrial production, renewed foreign fund inflows and broad-based buying in IT and consumer stocks, while investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision amid rising crude prices and mixed global market cues.

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