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Stock Market Live: Sensex crashes 1,900 pts, Nifty slides below 22,500 amid sell-off

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-23T07:43:47+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE:Indian equity markets trade sharply lower on Monday. At 1.10 pm, Sensex dragged by 1,916 pts or 2.57 per cent to 72,616, and Nifty 50 depreciated 625 pts or 2.71 per cent to 22,489. Weak global cues, FII outflows, and rupee pressure persist, while key supports near 22,900 remain critical amid high volatility.

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Rupee nears 94/$ mark in sharp decline

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-23T07:43:21+00:00

Soaring energy prices, re-routing of trade routes and FPIs pulling out of the domestic equity markets is weakening the rupee

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Sharp partners with Amber Enterprises for producing ACs in India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-23T07:34:29+00:00

Under the partnership, Sharp’s air conditioners will be manufactured at Amber's facilities in Dehradun and Sri City, with production scheduled to begin in March 2026

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L’aéroport LaGuardia, à New York, fermé à la suite d’une collision mortelle entre un avion et un véhicule de secours sur une piste d’atterrissage

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-23T07:24:42+00:00

Plusieurs médias américains, dont NBC, CNN et ABC, ont annoncé le décès du pilote et d’un copilote. La chaîne ABC a précisé que 13 personnes étaient hospitalisées, dont 11 passagers et les 2 personnes qui étaient dans le véhicule.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Vladimir Poutine prône le renforcement du « partenariat stratégique » avec la Corée du Nord

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-23T07:23:42+00:00

Assurant que « cela correspond[ait] sans aucun doute aux intérêts fondamentaux » des deux pays, le président russe a également fait l’éloge d’une « contribution personnelle » de Kim Jong-un au « renforcement des liens amicaux » entre Moscou et Pyongyang, liés par un accord de défense mutuelle signé en 2024.

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South Korean shares tumble, won hits 17-year low on West Asia conflict

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-23T07:22:24+00:00

The benchmark KOSPI closed down 375.45 points, or 6.49%, at 5,405.75, marking its ‌lowest level since March 9 and the biggest daily percentage loss since ‌March ⁠4

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Kim Jong Un reappointed as president of North Korea

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-23T07:08:41+00:00

North Korea’s news agencies reported that Kim Jon Un was reappointed to his role as president of State Affairs.

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Middle East crisis live: Starmer and Trump discuss ‘essential’ need to open strait of Hormuz as Israel warns war will continue for weeks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-23T07:02:21+00:00

The British PM spoke with the US president overnight about the need to stabilise global energy markets after oil prices surged due to the warIran vows to destroy Middle East water and energy facilities if US attacks power plantsBritish prime minister Keir Starmer is set to chair an emergency meeting on the economic fallout from the war in Iran on Monday, with chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey also attending, the UK government has said.Financial markets face another turbulent week after Iran said it would strike its Gulf neighbours’ energy and

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Small swings, high drama: why UK polls are less volatile than they seem – in charts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-23T07:00:43+00:00

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequencesCabinet reshuffles, party infighting, policy reversals, byelections, defections and apparently huge swings in support – the UK’s political news cycle feels especially relentless at the moment.But if you look closely at the polls since last year’s local elections, remarkably little has changed. Continue reading...

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‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-23T07:00:43+00:00

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectationsLocal elections are often regarded as a referendum on the sitting government, with many previous administrations taking a bloody nose from the electorate but successfully fighting back by the next general election.Senior Labour figures have taken to reeling off a list of midterm results – 1999, 2003, 2012 – to prove that point. “As we get closer to the general election, it will be less about people’s view of the parties generally and more about the actual choice in front of

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Crise énergétique : en Europe, les leçons incomplètes de la guerre en Ukraine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-23T07:00:10+00:00

La Commission européenne a appelé les Vingt-Sept à moins remplir leurs stocks de gaz pour l’hiver, alors que, depuis 2022, plusieurs pays de l’UE ont réduit leur consommation de ce combustible. Pour l’électricité, les progrès sont moins évidents.

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Как запрет России и Ирану продавать нефть на Кубу душит энергетику острова

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-23T06:55:15+00:00

Управление по контролю за иностранными активами (OFAC) минфина США разрешило Тегерану продавать сырую нефть и нефтепродукты, загруженные в танкеры по состоянию на 20 марта 2026 г. Как следует из текста документа, разрешаются «все операции», которые включают как продажу, так и обслуживание таких судов в портах, включая аварийное, предоставление лоцманских услуг, страхование, заправку и др. Срок разрешения на операции с иранской нефтью – до полудня 19 апреля.

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Pilot and co-pilot killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia New York

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-23T06:53:13+00:00

Dozens of others injured and airport closed after plane collided with fire truck reportedly operated by police officersThe pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that closed the airport.NBC News, which reported the deaths, said dozens of others were injured in the incident. Continue reading...

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Monday briefing: What a new Guardian podcast reveals about the US justice system

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-23T06:50:42+00:00

In today’s newsletter: Off Duty revisits the conviction of Alexander Villa, raising troubling questions about how it was builtGood morning. On the evening of 29 December 2011, Clifton Lewis – an off-duty Chicago police officer working as a security guard at a minimart on the city’s west side – was shot dead during a robbery. The killing prompted a huge manhunt and an intensive investigation by the Chicago police department. Years later, prosecutors said they had their man, and in 2019 Alexander Villa was convicted of Lewis’s murder and sentenced to life in prison.But the case against Lewis has

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Arabie saoudite, les Emirats arabes unis et Bahreïn visés dans la nuit

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-23T06:47:26+00:00

La région de Riyad, capitale saoudienne, a été visée par deux missiles balistiques. Aux Emirats arabes unis, autre pays régulièrement visé par l’Iran, le ministère de la défense a annoncé faire face « des menaces de missiles et de drones » lancés par Téhéran. Une alerte a également été déclenchée à Bahreïn.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : les gardiens de la révolution annoncent des représailles si des centrales électriques sont ciblées après la menace de Donald Trump

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-23T06:47:24+00:00

Samedi, le président américain a averti que les centrales électriques iraniennes seraient ciblées si Téhéran ne procédait pas à une « ouverture totale » du détroit d’Ormuz avant 00 h 44 (heure française), mardi.

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Stock Market Live: Sensex crashes 1,800 pts, Nifty slides below 22,550 amid sell-off

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-23T06:45:48+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE:Indian equity markets trade sharply lower on Monday. At 12.09 p.m., the Sensex is down 1,800 points to trade at 72,732 and Nifty falling 578 points to 22,535. Weak global cues, FII outflows, and rupee pressure persist, while key supports near 22,900 remain critical amid high volatility.

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