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IT firms post robust Q1 deal wins, face slower revenue realisation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T16:02:49+00:00

Despite robust deal wins, India’s IT firms are seeing slower revenue conversion as clients phase project execution and increasingly opt for outcome-based pricing

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Editorial. Factory reset

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:47:58+00:00

Smartphone production scheme improves on PLI

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SC seeks Centre’s response on NEET reforms

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:43:01+00:00

The hearing came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the alleged NEET paper leak controversy for the first time, announcing the creation of fast-track courts to ensure the expeditious trial of such cases amid the ongoing protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party

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No entity has registered under new TRP policy yet: I&B Ministry

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:42:18+00:00

Union Minister L Murugan says new policy defines clear standards for registration, operation, audit, and oversight of agencies providing TV rating services

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Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T15:35:22+00:00

‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election,’ party briefing notes sayReform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting.Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors included instructions to respond to questions about a Metropolitan police investigation into party donations with: “It is now clear that the establishment will try anything to stop us”, the Times revealed on

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Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T15:33:41+00:00

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future Keir Starmer’s leaving party had been planned for some time. But in years to come it might be seen as the birth of a new Labour movement.Dozens of ministers, aides and Starmer himself headed to the Grafton pub in Kentish Town on Monday night to drown their sorrows, hours after the former prime minister left Downing Street for the last time. Continue reading...

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Maruti Suzuki unveils Brezza turbo Boosterjet at ₹7.39 lakh with premium features

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:32:01+00:00

Maruti Suzuki is betting on turbo-petrol performance, enhanced safety and premium features to revive the Brezza’s fortunes in a compact SUV market that now accounts for more than 30 per cent of India’s passenger vehicle sales

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Ma vie d’exilée russe à Paris : « Devenir cliente d’une banque française quand on vient de Moscou relève de l’exploit »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-24T15:30:08+00:00

« Une Russe à Paris » (4/6). La journaliste Elizaveta Osetinskaya, réfugiée en France depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie en 2022, relate ses déboires pour ouvrir un compte bancaire alors que ces établissements doivent faire respecter les sanctions financières contre les proches du Kremlin.

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Guyanese authorities confirm death of 72 people in sinking of coastal ferry

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T15:28:37+00:00

Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 were rescued as efforts continue to salvage the ship and recover all bodiesThe confirmed death toll from the recent capsizing of a state ferry off Guyana’s coast has risen to 72, with more bodies recovered as a multinational team struggle to salvage the partially submerged vessel.Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 people were rescued. The government has estimated that 100 may have died in the accident, which would make it the worst marine tragedy on record for the South American nation. Continue reading...

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Delimitation impasse: A way out

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:21:48+00:00

Balancing Act. A formula that dilutes the population increase criterion can reduce the North-South seat imbalance

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Watch: Wildfires rage across Spain and France

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-24T15:13:46+00:00

Spain's government declares national emergency as French authorities order evacuations in tourist hot spot.

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UPI has turned into a major privacy breach

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-24T15:11:41+00:00

Payment providers should allow for showing only relevant information. A user name can be provided to an account holder

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