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Carney’s Liberal Majority Reshapes Fortunes to the Left and the Right

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-18T10:00:03+00:00

Mark Carney’s brand of centrist politics and his invitation to floor crossers with conservative convictions into the Liberal Party’s ranks have reshaped the country’s political economy.

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Govt hikes DA by 2% to 60% for central employees, pensioners

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T09:52:35+00:00

The decision follows an earlier 3% hike in October 2025 and is expected to benefit millions of employees and pensioners.

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India adds 55,200 startups in FY26; job creation tops 23.36 lakh

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T09:43:30+00:00

Backed by initiatives like Startup India, Fund of Funds, and Seed Fund Scheme, the sector saw a 51.6% rise in registrations and a 36.1% increase in job creation

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PM Modi to address the nation tonight at 8.30 pm

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T09:39:53+00:00

Modi is expected to delve into the issue of implementation of women’s quota and the happenings in Parliament, where opposition parties on Friday voted against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill

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G20 satellite expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO chief Narayanan

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T09:38:28+00:00

“Right now we are also working on a G20 satellite for G-20 countries, India is taking the lead role, and we are going to have the launch by the 2027 timeframe”

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Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:34:05+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald said No 10 ‘wanted a scalp’ but removal of Robbins from Foreign Office felt ‘wrong’Keir Starmer faces ‘judgment day’Five unanswered questionsSir Olly Robbins was “basically thrown under the bus” as a result of the “biggest diplomatic crisis” in over 40 years, according to Lord Simon McDonald.Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday, Lord McDonald, an ex-permanent secretary in the Foreign Office, described Robbins as a “scalp” that the government needed after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson had been appointed as ambassador to the US despite failing hi

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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:15:59+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels ‘wrong’The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary of the government department until 2020, has spoken out in defence of Sir Oliver Robbins, saying the civil servant was “thrown under a bus” by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, when he was dismissed from his role on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Yes Bank posts higher Q4 profit on loan growth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T09:08:49+00:00

The private lender's loans grew 10.7% year-on-year during the quarter.

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Who Is the New Leader of Hungary?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:02:21+00:00

Our reporter Andrew Higgins describes why Hungary’s voters chose Peter Magyar over Viktor Orban in a landslide, ending Orban’s 16 years in power.

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Why China is taking a behind-the-scenes role in the Iran war

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:00:20+00:00

As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.

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Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:00:10+00:00

Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural historyJacqueline Springer is standing in the middle of the V&A’s new exhibition space looking wistfully at a pair of drainpipe trousers, a tailored suit jacket and a porkpie hat, which create the unmistakable silhouette of Pauline Black, lead singer of the 2 Tone group the Selector.Springer is the curator of the V&A East’s inaugural exhibition, The Music is Black, a landmark survey of Black British music, which opens this weekend. It starts with the early drumbeats in Africa and takes us r

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Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T09:00:09+00:00

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bankThe bosses of the central banks and treasuries of the UK, US and EU are to take part in a war game in Washington on Saturday to test how they would handle the collapse of a globally significant bank.Amid growing unease over the risks to global financial stability, the most senior officials from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England – including its governor, Andrew Bailey – are expected to take part. Continue reading...

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Allemagne : la coalition de Friedrich Merz fracturée par un violent conflit interne

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-18T09:00:08+00:00

Longtemps larvée, l’hostilité entre le social-démocrate Lars Klingbeil (SPD) et la chrétienne-démocrate Katherina Reiche (CDU) a récemment éclaté au grand jour sur la question des prix du carburant, obligeant le chancelier à calmer le jeu.

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