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Nikhil Kamath’s WTF acquires creative agency BTG Studios

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T16:14:27+00:00

Under the deal, BTG’s founders and team will retain full operational and creative control while gaining access to capital, distribution and WTF’s network

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Lebanon latest: Teacher killed by Israeli airstrike

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-06T16:10:09+00:00

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett brings you the latest from Lebanon, where Israeli strikes continue despite a ‘ceasefire’.

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Intellect Design Arena signals strategy around ‘AI-first banking’

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T16:04:54+00:00

In the company’s annual report for FY25-26, Intellect Design Arena said that financial institutions are increasingly embedding AI across enterprise operations

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Zelenskyy calls for ‘strong decisions’ at Nato summit as Russia kills 21 in overnight strikes on Kyiv – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T16:04:29+00:00

Ukraine’s president makes plea ahead of summit this week in Ankara where he is due to meet Trump on the sidelines Meanwhile, the UK has just sanctioned Russian actors involved in researching, developing and producing the novichok nerve agent and the lethal toxic Epibatidine, used in the Salisbury attack and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.Among those sanctions are SC Signal, a Russian state scientific research institute, as well as three individuals researching novichok and Epibatidine.“Russia’s repeated use of chemical weapons is a sickening violation of international law and a direct threat

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Cuban zoo celebrates birth of Bengal tigers amid energy crisis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T15:58:26+00:00

Arrival of endangered cats, including rare white cub, revitalises team straining under fuel and medicine shortagesFor the Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal ⁠tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban national zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by shortages ⁠of fuel, medicine and ⁠days-long power outages.The ​birth of these endangered big cats – including an exceedingly rare white tiger – has revitalised a team of zoo workers, he said. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in Iran – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T15:58:04+00:00

Millions join funeral procession in capital of Tehran to mourn Khamenei who was kiled in US-Israel airstrikes in FebruaryLebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country’s south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said a school principal, her mother, a foreign female domestic worker and a male Syrian worker were killed when “an Israeli drone targeted the car” they were travelling in as they returned from inspecting their family home in Nabatieh al-Fawqa. Co

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True Palate Hospitality bets on experience-led expansion

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:52:33+00:00

The company will invest in technology, logistics and talent to support expansion while ensuring a consistent customer experience

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SEBI clears IPOs of Manipal Health, RentoMojo

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:48:44+00:00

Temasek and the Dr Ranjan Pai-backed multispecialty hospitals chain Manipal Health Enterprises plans to raise ₹8,000 crore via fresh share, while existing shareholders proposed to sell 4.32 crore shares through OFS

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Space crunch pushes brands to test malls through kiosks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:44:54+00:00

Kiosks allow brands to test demand, validate locations and build brand visibility before committing to full-fledged stores

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Data, not guesswork, determines guaranteed future value for our cars: BMW

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:41:18+00:00

As Guaranteed Future Value (GFV) programmes gain traction in India’s luxury car market, BMW Group India President and CEO Hardeep Singh Brar explains how the company predicts future resale values for both ICE and electric vehicles, why it does not charge an additional EV risk premium, and how these programmes could help build India’s organised premium used-EV market

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Indian IT clocks subdued rise in diversity ratio in FY26

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:35:51+00:00

Indian IT shows modest diversity growth in FY26, with improved female representation despite AI workforce disruptions.

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Editorial. Positive energy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:35:15+00:00

Transition issues in Delhi’s welcome EV push

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Economic resilience amidst external shocks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:31:31+00:00

Measures to increase diversity, reduce vulnerabilities and protect growth have sustained the Indian economy in these volatile times

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India’s export drivers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T15:30:57+00:00
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Ціни можуть злетіти за тиждень: експерт спрогнозував, як атаки на АЗС вдарять по гаманцях

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-06T15:30:00+00:00

Знищення автозаправних станцій може спровокувати дефіцит пального, прискорити інфляцію та підвищити вартість продуктів по всій країні.

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Italy ordered to compensate woman who was told her rape allegations were ‘normal’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T15:25:45+00:00

ECHR rules that Italian prosecutor’s remarks perpetuated ‘sexist stereotypes’ and downplayed gender violenceThe European court of human rights has ordered the Italian state to pay compensation to a woman whose allegations of repeated rape by her partner were dismissed by a prosecutor as “normal” for men who struggle to overcome resistance from “tired” women.The court ruled that the remarks perpetuated “sexist stereotypes” and downplayed gender violence, resulting in the woman being subjected to further victimisation. Continue reading...

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Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T15:25:45+00:00

ECHR rules that prosecutor’s remarks perpetuated ‘sexist stereotypes’ and downplayed gender violenceThe European court of human rights has ordered the Italian state to pay compensation to a woman whose allegations of repeated rape by her partner were dismissed by a prosecutor as “normal” for men who struggle to overcome resistance from “tired” women.The court ruled that the remarks perpetuated “sexist stereotypes” and downplayed gender violence, resulting in the woman being subjected to further victimisation. Continue reading...

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