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Vedanta Q4 net profit up 89% on rally in metal prices, cost efficiency

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-29T14:27:02+00:00

Revenue jumped 29 per cent to ₹51,524 crore (₹39,789 crore). Ebitda in Q4 increased 59 per cent to ₹18,447 crore (₹11,618 crore) on back of higher realisation in both zinc and aluminium business besides rupee depreciation against dollar

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Force Motors FY26 revenue up 12.2% at ₹9,056 crore; Q4 profit down 36%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-29T14:17:05+00:00

Standalone net profit for the March quarter fell 36 per cent % year-on-year to ₹273.7 crore, compared with ₹429.6 crore in the year-ago period, largely due to the absence of exceptional gains recorded last year.

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ДТЕК повернув світло 600 тисячам родин після негоди

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-29T14:15:00+00:00

В компанії наголосили, що на Київщині, Одещині та Дніпропетровщині енергетики відновили 705 повітряних ліній і понад 12,5 тисячі трансформаторних пунктів.

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Українська експансія в Африці: перший "аграрний криголам" вже стартував у Гані

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-29T14:14:00+00:00

Блокадою українських поставок харчів у 2022 році Кремль "ввів" у світовий обіг термін "їжа як зброя", бо одним вони аграрку блокували, а іншим – роздавали. Нарешті Україна готова цей виклик прийняти. Епіцентром протистояння стала Африка.

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South Africa deports Mugabe’s son for unrelated offences after employee shot at family home

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-29T14:12:25+00:00

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe also fined after pleading guilty to immigration and firearms-related offencesTwo months after an employee was shot in the back at the Mugabe family home in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, a South African court has fined and ordered the deportation of Robert Mugabe’s youngest son over two unrelated charges.Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, and his cousin Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, 33, were initially both charged with attempted murder after the incident on 19 February. Continue reading...

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US supreme court rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in landmark case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-29T14:12:12+00:00

At the heart of the case was the question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districtsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting rights case.At the heart of the case, Louisiana v Callais, was a thorny question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districts to ensure that Black voters are adequately represented. The supreme court initially heard oral arguments in the case last March, but to

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It’s Not Just War That’s Making the U.A.E. Leave OPEC

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-29T14:03:14+00:00

The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC has rocked the region, underscoring how the country, at odds with Saudi Arabia, is increasingly charting its own course.

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Hot weather and hungry datacentres lift Australia’s energy demand to record highs but batteries quell prices

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-29T14:01:50+00:00

Rise in electricity demand in first quarter of 2026 was moderated by record output from rooftop solarGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore datacentres and warmer conditions helped push electricity demand to record highs in the first three months of the year, according to Australia’s Energy Market Operator, while growth in batteries kept average wholesale prices down.Electricity demand – from households, business and industry – reached record levels of 25GW in Q1 2026, an increase of 1.2% compared with the same quarter last year. Across the grid, this growth was offset

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Kevin Warsh set to clear key Senate hurdle to replace Fed chair Powell

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-29T13:59:34+00:00

A Senate committee is poised to advance Trump’s pick as doubts linger over the Fed’s independence and Powell’s futureUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailKevin Warsh, ​Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, is set to clear a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening ‌the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.The Senate banking committee is set to vote at 10am EDT (1400 GMT) to advance Warsh’s nomination to the full Rep

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les Etats-Unis débloquent « jusqu’à 100 millions de dollars » pour la restauration du sarcophage de Tchernobyl

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-29T13:59:24+00:00

Washington est prêt à mobiliser « jusqu’à 100 millions de dollars » (85,5 millions d’euros) pour réparer la structure qui protège le réacteur de Tchernobyl, en Ukraine, et appelle ses partenaires du G7 à faire de même. Le sarcophage a été endommagé en 2025 par un drone russe.

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DP World scales up inland transport to support India-UAE trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-29T13:58:40+00:00

Shipping lines are operating services to ports like Khor Fakkan, Fujairah, Sohar and Salalah as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked

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Broker’s call: IndiGo (Buy)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-29T13:57:03+00:00

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Mystery Palestinian flag continues to fly high over Dublin as removal deemed too risky

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-29T13:49:33+00:00

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for flag, which appeared on 120-metre Spire in SeptemberWhat goes up must come down – unless it’s a Palestinian flag at the top of Dublin’s tallest monument that no one knows how to remove.The flag appeared on the 120-metre Spire on O’Connell Street last September and for seven months it has defied every proposed measure to take it down. Who installed it and how remains a mystery. Continue reading...

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