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Titan shares fall 4% after Q2 update, Citi, CLSA, HSBC retain positive view

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-07T10:19:49+00:00

Titan Company’s consumer businesses registered growth of 25% y-o-y in Q2FY27; They added 78 stores on a net basis during the quarter, taking its combined retail network to 3,758 stores

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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-07T10:14:35+00:00

Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgetsBusiness live – latest updatesThe head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.Speaking in Singapore, the IMF’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said global debt-to-GDP ratios were at their highest level since the second world war and on course to hit 100% in the coming years. Continue reading...

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Trump’s LA and San Diego comments ‘dangerous, if not treasonous’, says Newsom – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-07T10:14:24+00:00

California governor critcizes president for ‘putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs’California to ‘actively monitor’ possible threats after Trump said Iran could ‘take out’ LA and San DiegoSusan Collins, the Republican senator for Maine, pointedly distanced herself from Donald Trump in a televised debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson on Tuesday, as she sought to present an image of independence in a state that has voted against Trump three times.Proclaiming herself as not the US president’s “favorite senator”, Collins made the highly unu

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Badenoch expected to announce plan to cut inheritance tax in speech to Tory conference – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-07T10:14:22+00:00

Conservative leader to deliver keynote speech on final day of Tory conference Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, is speaking now at the conference. He described Nick Timothy as the “Bob the Builder” of the next parliament on the basis of the Tory pledge to build 50,000 prison places.“Can he fix it? Yes he can,” Philp said. He went on:I know we didn’t get everything right in government, but we now have a plan to make things better, whereas Labour is making them worse.Dangerous men released early from jail. Police numbers down by 2,000. Stop and search opposed. 92% of crime unsolved. Illega

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India faces widespread power outage risk as coal reserves run out at plants

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-07T09:57:42+00:00

As of October 4, some 69 power stations — more than two-fifths of the nation’s coal power fleet — had fuel for just four days or less, a level monitored as a minimum by plant operators

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Veegaland Developers post 79% rise in revenue in Q1 FY27

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-07T09:55:46+00:00

The company says that all ongoing projects progressed as per schedule, resulting in steady progress in their respective percentages of completion and contributing to the strong revenue growth

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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-07T09:55:17+00:00

Angered by poor classroom conditions, students at Paul Éluard High School in a suburb of the capital were among the first to blockade their campus during an ongoing round of unrest.

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Russia ‘pursuing strategy of terror’, EU’s von der Leyen says after deadly strikes on Ukraine – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-07T09:54:48+00:00

Ukraine president confirms series of attacks on Pryluky, Dnipro, Kremenchik, Zaporizhzhia and KyivFrench chemist Henri Kagan and Japanese chemist Kensō Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel prize in chemistry “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”Here’s more from the organisers:“Henri Kagan discovered a new way of manipulating chemical reactions, allowing a greater excess of one of the mirror images to be created than was previously assumed possible. His discovery has been revolutionary for chemists who develop reactions for the manufacture

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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-07T09:50:45+00:00

Postal service says cuts will focus on on head office and ‘support function roles’Business live – latest updatesRoyal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition and the continuing decline in letter deliveries.The postal service, which has been fined a total of £37m since 2023 for missing delivery targets set by Ofcom, said the job cuts would focus on head office and “support function roles” with the restructure to be completed by the end of next year. Continue reading...

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Henri Kagan e Kenso Soai hanno vinto il Nobel per la Chimica 2026

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-07T09:50:30+00:00

Il premio è accompagnato da 1,1 milioni di euro. L’anno scorso il riconoscimento era andato agli scopritori di nuovi materiali porosi, con una grande superficie interna, capaci di comportarsi “come la borsa di Harry Potter”

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Kagan e Soai Nobel per la Chimica. Hanno svelato i misteri delle molecole specchio

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-07T09:50:30+00:00

Le molecole hanno sempre due forme simmetriche: come le mani destra e sinistra. Nei viventi, misteriosamente, si ritrovano però molecole di una forma sola. Anche i farmaci devono rispettare questa simmetria, per non essere dannosi. I due scienziati hanno spiegato come sintetizzare medicinali nella forma benefica

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Copper futures trades flat

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-07T09:45:37+00:00

Buy October futures on a breakout of ₹1,432

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