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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, July 21, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-20T15:28:06+00:00

BL Morning Report, July 21, 2026: Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Reeves and Lammy exit cabinet as Andy Burnham reshuffles top team – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:27:20+00:00

Earlier the new PM said he wants to put ‘the right values and the right standards at the heart of government’Burnham vows his arrival in power will be ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UKSix highlights from Andy Burnham’s first Downing Street speechAndy Burnham may see banners urging the government not to allow the proposed Rosebank oil field development in the North Sea as he drives to Buckingham Palace and the No 10 today.Here is a banner on Whitehall. Continue reading...

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Lotus Petal opens first SSE bond issue since CSR rule change

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-20T15:20:04+00:00

₹1-crore issue opens today with 12% subscribed on Day 1 as corporates begin using the Social Stock Exchange route for CSR

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Iran’s president says country is in ‘full-scale war’ after expansion of US attacks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:14:31+00:00

Masoud Pezeshkian warns Iran may have to endure more strikes, as diplomats say de-escalation talks are ongoingMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIran’s president has said the country is in a “full-scale war” after the US expanded its aerial campaign and Tehran struck Washington’s Gulf allies, even as diplomats say talks are ongoing to de-escalate.Iranian media reported strikes around Tabriz, believed to hold underground missile bases, as well as Bushehr, home to the country’s only operational civilian nuclear power plant. The US military said it had struck “military command centers, air d

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Colombo port to get $40 million funding from World Bank's IFC, HSBC

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-20T15:11:18+00:00

The investment will enhance the port’s competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability, solidifying its role as South Asia’s top transhipment hub and boosting Sri Lanka’s global market connectivity

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Russian attack on Odesa kills three after Ukraine targets Moscow with drones overnight – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:08:45+00:00

Moscow targets southern city after the Russian capital was hit by 400 drones in response to one of the war’s biggest attacks on Kyiv at the weekendThere is also a bit more from Reuters on the context – and the significance – of these continued strikes on ships:“Both Russia and Ukraine are major grain exporters, and ​the renewed violence on this route has ​raised concerns about supply.Ukraine, which in recent ​seasons accounted for about 6% of global wheat exports and about 11% of global corn ​exports, has lost about a ‌third of its capacity ​to export grain via ​its Black Sea ports due to Russ

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GB News will not be investigated over ‘no riot in Belfast’ claim

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:05:30+00:00

Media regulator to take no action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev TurnerGB News will not be investigated by the media regulator after a presenter insisted there was no riot in Belfast last month, despite cars and houses being set alight, attacks on police and families fleeing their homes.Ofcom received more than 400 complaints following the comments by Bev Turner, presenter of the broadcaster’s Late Show Live, who said there “weren’t riots” and that no houses had been burnt in the violent disorder. Continue reading...

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Coca-Cola names JPMorgan, Citi as bankers for India bottling unit IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-20T15:05:20+00:00

The planned 2027 listing of Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings marks Coca-Cola’s latest step to monetise part of its India business amid strong investor interest in the country’s equity markets

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Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:00:45+00:00

Resorts in NSW and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areasGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlpine ski resorts in New South Wales and Victoria saw climate records shattered at the weekend with maximum temperatures up to 12C above average.Ski areas of Mount Hotham and Falls Creek set July records for their hottest daytime and night-time temperatures and Thredbo also set a new hottest July day, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

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Manufacturing union says Australia’s tax system is ‘rigged’ in bold manifesto ahead of Labor conference

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:00:44+00:00

AMWU calls for wealth and inheritance taxes, free education and more revenue from gas companies as it outlines ‘working-class agenda’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA new tax rate for the highest income earners, introducing wealth and inheritance taxes and extracting more revenue from gas companies form part of a new leftwing manifesto circulating ahead of the Labor party’s national conference.The extra tax revenue could help raise the jobseeker rate, make education – including university – free, and nationalise aged care under what the Australian Manufacturing Worke

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Pauline Hanson shares Seven pitch for Spotlight special that says program would highlight ‘uncontrolled immigration’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:00:44+00:00

One Nation leader posts network’s proposal to travel to UK to explore what Australia faces ‘if we don’t take back control of who comes to our country’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Seven producer urged Pauline Hanson to travel to Britain to meet Nigel Farage and film a Spotlight special highlighting so-called “uncontrolled immigration”, according to a pitch posted to social media by the One Nation leader.The pitch also suggested that Seven might cover some of the travel costs for the One Nation leader and her team and that the program wanted the Reform UK leader t

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At-home STI test pulled from Australian shelves after failing to detect infections

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T15:00:43+00:00

Exclusive: TGA finds Touch Biotechnology test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea ‘is not reliable’ and has affected an unspecified number of peopleGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s only approved home test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea has been pulled from shelves after it failed to detect infections for an unspecified number of patients.Touch Biotechnology has been handed a six‑month suspension by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) after a review of the company’s self‑testing kit found “the device is not reliable … and poses a high risk for false negative

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Andy Burnham begins reshuffle; Lammy, Kyle exit cabinet – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T14:58:41+00:00

Earlier the new PM said he wants to put ‘the right values and the right standards at the heart of government’Burnham vows his arrival in power will be ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UKSix highlights from Andy Burnham’s first Downing Street speechAndy Burnham may see banners urging the government not to allow the proposed Rosebank oil field development in the North Sea as he drives to Buckingham Palace and the No 10 today.Here is a banner on Whitehall. Continue reading...

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India invites applications for UK car import quotas under CETA

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-20T14:54:32+00:00

Applications for the first round of 2026 UK vehicle import quotas under the India-UK CETA are open from July 21 to August 4, offering concessional customs duties on eligible imports

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Hamas names new leader as Kuwait says it is under fire from Iran – Middle East crisis live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-20T14:48:42+00:00

Palestinian militant ⁠group names Khalil al-Hayya as new overall leader as Kuwait army says it is confronting missile and drone attacks from TehranUS expands Iran offensive as diplomats claim talks ongoingThe price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz.Brent crude for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June.CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal survei

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