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Bank of India raises fixed deposit rates for medium- and long-term tenures

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T09:20:01+00:00

Senior Citizens will receive an additional 0.50% p.a. over the applicable rate for deposits maturing between six months and less than three years, while Super Senior Citizens will get an extra 0.65% p.a. for the same tenure band

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Amazon Now to deploy 1,000 Eicher electric trucks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T09:19:57+00:00

These vehicles will move goods between Amazon's fulfilment hubs, typically located in the outskirts of the city and Amazon Now micro-fulfilment centres located closer to customers

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Торги по продаже «Южуралзолота» не состоялись

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-18T09:17:50+00:00

Аукцион по продаже принадлежащих государству 67,2% акций золотодобывающей компании «Южуралзолото» (ЮГК) и аффилированных с ней предприятий признан несостоявшимся из-за отсутствия заявок. Это следует из протокола рассмотрения заявок претендентов, размещенного в государственной информационной системе «Торги». 

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BCCI not a public authority under RTI Act: CIC

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T09:17:10+00:00

The CIC said BCCI is a private autonomous body registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act and was not established by the Constitution, Parliament, state legislature or through a government notification

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex trades flat, Nifty at 23,601, down 0.18% amid cautious market sentiment

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T09:10:55+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Benchmark indices recovered from sharp intraday losses amid selective buying in heavyweight stocks, though elevated crude oil prices, rupee weakness and continued foreign institutional investor selling kept investor sentiment cautious in volatile trade.

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Modi allies push for bigger families despite India’s 1.4-billion population

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T09:10:38+00:00

Even though the United Nations projects India’s population will keep rising for about four decades, peaking at around 1.7 billion, some policymakers and ‌Hindu groups say the shift away from smaller families should begin now

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In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-18T09:01:55+00:00

Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.

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In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-18T09:01:55+00:00

Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.

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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-18T09:01:39+00:00

New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.

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Drones reshape war in Colombia as deaths and injuries mount

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T09:00:04+00:00

Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflictAs night fell over southern Colombia, and a group of children began their weekly Tuesday football match, a drone appeared overhead.The children looked up, and the drone dropped a grenade, its blast killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 12 more civilians. The child’s death, in southern Cauca in 2024, marked the first known time a person in the country had been killed in a weaponised drone attack. Continue reading...

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EPACK Prefab posts 34.5% revenue jump in FY26, stock falls 4%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T08:57:45+00:00

The stock traded at ₹192.41 on the NSE, down 4% from ₹200.42, with sell orders making up over 80% of the total traded quantity

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran dit avoir répondu à la dernière proposition américaine visant à sortir de l’impasse diplomatique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-18T08:55:24+00:00

« Nos préoccupations ont été transmises à la partie américaine », a déclaré le porte-parole du ministère des affaires étrangères, Esmaeil Baghaei, ajoutant que les échanges se poursuivaient avec les Etats-Unis « via le médiateur pakistanais ».

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Oil prices rise and bonds wobble as Iran war stokes inflation fears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T08:55:24+00:00

Trump warning over peace talks drives up crude price as UK gilts hit by uncertainty over Starmer leadershipBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices rose and global bonds wobbled on Monday, as fresh tensions in the Middle East fed inflation fears and bets that central banks will have to increase interest rates.Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose on Monday, after an attack on a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran dit avoir répondu à la dernière proposition américaine, sans en dévoiler la teneur, afin de sortir de l’impasse diplomatique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-18T08:55:20+00:00

« Nos préoccupations ont été transmises à la partie américaine », a déclaré le porte-parole du ministère des affaires étrangères, Esmaeil Baghaei, ajoutant que les échanges se poursuivaient avec les Etats-Unis « via le médiateur pakistanais ».

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Spain’s conservatives forced to rely on far-right Vox party after losing majority in Andalucía

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T08:48:20+00:00

People’s party wins regional election but loses absolute majority, opening door to possibly months of negotiationsSpain’s conservative People’s party (PP) won Sunday’s Andalucían regional election, but lost its absolute majority, leaving it dependent on the support or abstention of the far-right Vox party to form a new government.After the poll in Spain’s most populous region – which will serve as a barometer of wider electoral opinion ahead of next year’s general election – the socialists slumped to an all-time low and Vox picked up one additional seat. Continue reading...

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex trades flat, Nifty above 23,600 amid cautious market sentiment

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-18T08:46:44+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Benchmark indices recovered from sharp intraday losses amid selective buying in heavyweight stocks, though elevated crude oil prices, rupee weakness and continued foreign institutional investor selling kept investor sentiment cautious in volatile trade.

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