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Odisha govt asks universities, colleges to encourage students to use ''Shaktishree'' app

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T09:53:46+00:00

Designed as a dedicated digital support platform for students, it offers several student-centric features, including SOS assistance, safety check-ins, counselling support, grievance redressal, institutional updates and emergency support services

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Trump tightens grip on Republican Party with Massie defeat

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-20T09:49:33+00:00

The defeat of a Republican rebel by a Trump-backed challenger in Kentucky shows the strength of the president, writes Anthony Zurcher.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Markets trade marginally higher; Sensex rises 51 pts, Nifty tops 23,646

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T09:42:31+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices traded lower in cautious noon trade on Wednesday as weak global cues, rising geopolitical tensions, elevated crude oil prices and rupee volatility weighed on sentiment, while derivatives data indicated a range-bound market with key support near 23,300.

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There could be 1,000 or more victims of black-cab rapist John Worboys, says Carrie Johnson

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T09:38:00+00:00

Wife of former PM, who encountered Worboys in 2007, says parole refusal last week was ‘huge relief’Carrie Johnson, the wife of the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has said there could be “up to 1,000, if not more,” victims of the black-cab rapist, John Worboys.Johnson, who helped bring the serial sex attacker to justice, said she had been contacted by more women who believed they had been assaulted by him. Continue reading...

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Minister Adhav Arjuna invites VCK, IUML to join TVK cabinet

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T09:26:00+00:00

Stating that the Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay wants the cabinet to function as "one family", Arjuna hinted that the chief minister is also interested in having left parties in his cabinet.

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Germany urged to stop admiring Beijing and wake up to ‘China Shock 2.0’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T09:25:32+00:00

‘China has already eaten much of German industry’s lunch and is preparing to start on dinner,’ thinktank saysBusiness live – latest updatesGermany must stop admiring China’s success in the EU or it will sleepwalk into the kind of deindustrialisation the US experienced 25 years ago, a leading Brussels thinktank has said.With China’s surplus with Germany having doubled between 2024 and 2025 from $12bn (£9bn) to $25bn, creating a $94bn trade imbalance, the Centre for European Reform (CER) said Europe’s largest economy risked a repeat of what happened in the US in 2001 when a sudden surge in impor

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Markets trade firm; Nifty at 23,662.80, Sensex up 118 pts at 75,319.07

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T09:24:54+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices traded lower in cautious noon trade on Wednesday as weak global cues, rising geopolitical tensions, elevated crude oil prices and rupee volatility weighed on sentiment, while derivatives data indicated a range-bound market with key support near 23,300.

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Heavy Rain and Floods in China Kill at Least 22

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-20T09:14:55+00:00

China’s most intense storm this year set off damaging flash floods in seven provinces, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

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В Україні з’явився фонд для підтримки жінок, які чекають рідних із фронту

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-20T09:11:00+00:00

В Україні з'явився фонд, який займається психологічною допомогою дружинам військових, матерям захисників і дітям / фото ua.depositphotos.comВ Україні з’явився благодійний фонд, який фокусується на підтримці...

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Minister defends relaxing some Russian oil sanctions with Starmer set to face PMQs grilling – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T09:09:01+00:00

Dan Tomlinson says move is ‘time-limited’ as Tories attack ‘insane’ decision and call for more drilling in North SeaBusiness leaders have joined the Conservatives (see 8.55am) in attacking the government’s proposal for supermarkets to voluntarily impose price caps on some food items.In an interview on the Today programme, Stuart Rose, a former chair at Marks & Spencer and at Asda, said:I think the whole idea is the stuff of nonsense and it will never fly.This smacks of state control, it’s idiotic, it’s dangerous and it’ll never work.Rather than introduce 1970s style price controls and tryi

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У мережі завірусилось китайське прислівʼя про "сплячих жінок": що воно означає насправді

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-20T09:07:19+00:00

Популярне китайське прислів’я про "сплячих жінок" пояснюють як символ прихованої сили, самосвідомості та здатності людей змінювати суспільство через рішучі дії.

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HDFC AMC reports cyber security threat

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T09:07:12+00:00

The company promptly activated the necessary protocols for containment and incident response, and has engaged a specialist firm to assess the potential impact

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Cresce il nichilismo estremista online, ecco l’identikit del giovane suprematista

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-20T09:04:11+00:00

La ricerca della Fondazione Icsa approfondisce le tematiche del terrorismo e dell’eversione: “Sono quasi sempre minori, nativi digitali, con difficoltà relazionali, vulnerabilità psicologica e vita sociale marginalizzata”

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