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Knack Packaging shares end with over 7% listing gains

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:54:18+00:00

According to an analyst the company is supported by healthy revenue growth, improving profitability and high return on equity; customer concentration risk and execution of the new manufacturing facility are the factors to watch

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Maharashtra to legalise bike taxis from Aug. 1; permits only for domicile holders

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:51:45+00:00

Maharashtra will allow bike taxis to operate from August 1 under a new policy that restricts permits to domicile holders who can understand Marathi, marking a major shift in the state’s approach to app-based two-wheeler ride services. The policy aims to regulate an estimated 4-4.5 lakh illegal bike taxis, create local employment and generate revenue through a ₹5 daily permit fee and a 2 per cent levy on every ride for a driver welfare fund.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Highlights: Sensex tumbles 1,677 points, Nifty slips below 23,900 after Trump’s Iran comments

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:51:38+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: Indian benchmark indices slumped over 2 per cent in late trade after US President Donald Trump declared Iran peace negotiations were effectively over, reigniting fears of escalating West Asia tensions, surging oil prices and heightened market volatility, triggering broad-based selling across sectors.

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Live Updates: Trump Lashes Out at Europe at NATO Summit

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:47:22+00:00

President Trump assailed allies for not joining the war in Iran, called Spain “hopeless” and repeated his desire to control Greenland. His criticism cast a pall over a meeting critical for NATO’s future.

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Iran Live Updates: Trump Casts Doubt on Future of Cease-Fire After Latest Strikes

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:45:15+00:00

“I think it’s over,” President Trump said, referring to the preliminary truce. Iran’s armed forces earlier said they had targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to the latest U.S. attacks.

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En Zona Norte, un condominio suma un nuevo bloque residencial

Source: Clarin · Published: 2026-07-08T10:43:57+00:00

En San Fernando, a la altura del Km 9 de la Panamericana, Furo Buenavista comenzó la construcción de su Torre 4.Son un total de 100 unidades de dos a cuatro ambientes alrededor de un parque central de 10.000 m2.

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IIT-Kanpur-incubated start-up develops unique battery technology

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:40:41+00:00

ZincGel is a zinc-bromine-based battery system designed specifically for stationary energy storage — solar farms, industrial facilities, data centres and off-grid communities

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US and Iran trade strikes around strait of Hormuz as ceasefire is violated again

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:39:49+00:00

Ceasefire appears close to unravelling after three commercial vessels are hit and two militaries target each otherMiddle East crisis live: follow latest updatesIran accused the US of violating the agreement aimed at ending the war between the two countries and Donald Trump said he thought the ceasefire was over, after the US military launched strikes around the strait of Hormuz and revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Tehran to export oil.Speaking at the Nato summit in Turkey, Trump said: “They can talk, but I think they’re wasting their time.” He added: “They’re a bunch of liars … They’re

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Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:37:48+00:00

President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens SpainMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has declared that the ceasefire with Iran is over as he arrived at the Nato summit in Ankara, launching an angry broadside in which he complained about the military alliance and repeated his demand for GreenlandThe US president, sitting alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, called Iran’s leadership scum and “sick people”, and added that he was very upset with the alliance and even threaten

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GJEPC prepares ground for FTA with UK from July 15

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:36:29+00:00

GJEPC estimates that India’s gem and jewellery exports to the UK can more than triple from $2.5 billion to $7 billion over the coming years on the back of bilateral trade

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UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:30:07+00:00

Experts warn that some marine species are at risk of ‘mass mortality events’ in ever-warming oceansUK waters are being hit with an “extreme” marine heatwave, the Met Office has said, as scientists warn the high ocean temperatures globally could result in “mass-mortality events” for some species.The forecasters said these elevated temperatures have developed rapidly because of last month’s heat dome, during which most of Europe sweltered in its worst ever heatwave that scientists said would have been impossible without the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:23:29+00:00

Exclusive: victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner call for pause on planned releasesA failure to put in place safeguards ahead of a change to the law that will result in offenders being released early will leave abuse victims at risk, ministers have been warned.In a rare coordinated intervention, the victims commissioner and the domestic abuse commissioner have written separately to ministers urging them to immediately pause planned early releases of offenders convicted of crimes against women and girls in England and Wales. Continue reading...

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex tumbles 1,677 points, Nifty slips below 23,900 after Trump’s Iran comments

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:13:33+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices slumped over 2 per cent in late trade after US President Donald Trump declared Iran peace negotiations were effectively over, reigniting fears of escalating West Asia tensions, surging oil prices and heightened market volatility, triggering broad-based selling across sectors.

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Crypto firms prepare defenses as quantum threat to encryption draws nearer

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:11:15+00:00

Quantum computers can solve complex mathematical problems much faster than today's sophisticated computers, and could be used to unscramble conventional methods ​for encrypting digital information

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Пластилиновое тепло: медиахолдинг МАЕР запустил праздничную кампанию ко Дню семьи по всей России

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-08T10:06:40+00:00

Необычные поздравления с Днем семьи, любви и верности украсили улицы российских городов от Москвы до Владивостока. В этом году медиахолдинг МАЕР представил праздничную кампанию в пластилиновой стилистике. Трогательные анимации и фотографии семей сотрудников и партнеров холдинга появились на крупнейших цифровых экранах страны.

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BioCompute enlarges funding plan for DNA storage

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T10:01:36+00:00

BioCompute's proposition is an attempt to rethink how the world's rapidly growing digital data is archived

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