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Problems in cross-selling by banks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:38:31+00:00

Bank staff seldom explain satisfactorily the complex features of non-bank products like insurance and mutual funds to potential buyers

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Editorial. Selling strategy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:35:15+00:00

Larger stake offer, better pricing can aid IDBI Bank sale

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Asim Munir: The world’s most unlikely peacemaker

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:35:04+00:00

Amid missile strikes and drone attacks, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir offers himself as negotiator in Middle East talks

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J&K Bank gets ₹200 cr demand order for GST liability

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:34:47+00:00

The demand order pertains to the period beginning from February 23, 2020 till March 2024 for transactions under the Banks Transfer Price Mechanism (TPM), according to the private sector bank’s regulatory filing.

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Israeli strike hits Tyre during Al Jazeera report

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:34:43+00:00

An Al Jazeera journalist's report was disrupted by an Israeli missile striking a waterfront building in Lebanon’s Tyre.

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India’s tech sector shifts focus to lateral hiring amid demand for skills

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:21:46+00:00

After enforcing opposing strategies for the past quarters, India’s tech giants and mid-sized firms have arrived at a common strategy of lateral hiring in the first three months of calendar 2026.

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National security cases involving hostile states up 50%, top police officer says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:19:42+00:00

Comments come as investigation continues into Iran-linked group’s claim it attacked ambulances run by Jewish charityThe number of national security cases involving hostile states carrying out operations such as spying and sabotage in the UK has increased by half in six months, the head of counter-terrorism policing has said.As the security services continue to investigate the potential involvement of an Iran-linked group in Monday’s attack on community ambulances run by a Jewish charity, the assistant Metropolitan police commissioner Laurence Taylor warned of a worrying trend. Continue reading

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UK national security cases involving hostile states up 50%, police say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:19:42+00:00

Investigation continues into Iran-linked group’s claim it attacked Jewish charity’s ambulances in north LondonThe number of national security cases involving hostile states carrying out operations such as spying and sabotage in the UK has increased by half in six months, the head of counter-terrorism policing has said.As the security services continue to investigate the potential involvement of an Iran-linked group in Monday’s attack on community ambulances run by a Jewish charity, the assistant Metropolitan police commissioner Laurence Taylor warned of a worrying trend. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-24T15:14:54+00:00

Au moins cinq personnes ont été tuées, et des dizaines, blessées, en Ukraine par des frappes nocturnes, sur Poltava (Centre), Zaporijia et Kherson (Sud). Dans son discours télévisé quotidien, mardi soir, Volodymyr Zelensky avait averti de la possibilité d’une « frappe massive » pendant la nuit.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie a lancé « plus de 400 drones » contre l’Ukraine mardi, selon l’armée de l’air ukrainienne, qui fait été de l’une des pires attaques en plein jour

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-24T15:14:52+00:00

« A une telle échelle, c’est quasiment une première. Je ne me souviens pas qu’il y ait eu des frappes en plein jour avec un nombre aussi important de drones » en quatre ans d’invasion russe, a indiqué le porte-parole de l’armée de l’air ukrainienne, Iouriï Ignat.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : « Plus de 400 drones russes » lancés contre l’Ukraine mardi, soit la pire attaque en plein jour depuis le début du conflit, selon l’armée de l’air ukrainienne

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-24T15:14:52+00:00

« A une telle échelle, c’est quasiment une première. Je ne me souviens pas qu’il y ait eu des frappes en plein jour avec un nombre aussi important de drones » en quatre ans d’invasion russe, a indiqué le porte-parole de l’armée de l’air ukrainienne, Iouriï Ignat.

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ED detects ₹36,000 cr in cybercrime proceeds across 257 cases: Govt

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:14:23+00:00

In a written reply to a parliamentary question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the agency has traced ₹35,925.58 crore linked to cyber offences under the provisions of the PMLA

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Trump calls voting by mail ‘cheating’ just days after voting by mail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:09:49+00:00

President called practice ‘mail-in cheating’ at Monday event after voting in Florida House race via mail US politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump has described voting by mail as “cheating” at an event in Memphis, Tennessee, just days after casting a mail‑in ballot himself.“Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all,” the US president said on Monday, in remarks to a roundtable on his administration’s crime taskforce. Continue reading...

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BEL signs MoU with RRP Group to boost indigenous defence technologies

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:08:45+00:00

The RRP Group of companies -- RRP Electronics Ltd and RRP Defense Limited -- which inked the MoU specialise in semiconductor manufacturing and aerospace and defence systems.

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India must aim to become a global aviation hub

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:08:01+00:00

The present war opens up an opportunity for India to model its airports and airlines along the lines of Dubai and Singapore

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TSA workers try to survive second shutdown and ICE influx: ‘We need to be paid’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:07:36+00:00

Workers are ‘in the middle of chaos from political games’ as Senate Republicans try to negotiate with Democrats to reopen DHSSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxWorkers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are reeling from the White House’s deployment of immigration law enforcement into airports as TSA workers enter their sixth week without pay as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown continues.Over 400 TSA workers have quit since the shutdown began in February, with major US airports reporting high call-out rates among wor

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Three of the Lives Lost in One Day of Israeli Strikes in Lebanon

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:04:55+00:00

A 4-year-old, a professor and an aid worker are among those killed in separate airstrikes as Israel pummels towns and cities, saying it is targeting Hezbollah operatives.

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Gen Anil Chauhan tells industry to stick to delivery timelines

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:03:25+00:00

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan encouraged the domestic industry to actively leverage emerging export opportunities arising from the evolving geopolitical scenario

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India awaits delivery of 2.30 lakh tonnes of LPG

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T15:01:53+00:00

Pine Gas (about 45,000 tonnes LPG) is bound for New Mangalore with ETA on March 27th morning, while Jag Vasant (about 47,612.59 tonnes LPG) is bound for Kandla with ETA on March 26th morning

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Jay-Z on refusing to settle sexual assault lawsuit: ‘I can’t do it, I would die’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T15:01:35+00:00

The rapper discussed his 2024 sexual assault lawsuit and the Kendrick-Drake beef in a new GQ cover storyJay-Z has spoken out about his recent sexual assault lawsuit in a new interview.The suit alleged that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a a 13-year-old girl at a party in 2000. Combs and Jay-Z denied all allegations after the lawsuit was filed in late 2024, and the case was voluntarily dismissed in February 2025. Continue reading...

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