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upGrad to acquire Unacademy in 100% share swap; valuation undisclosed

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T16:03:42+00:00

upGrad had called off a potential deal to acquire Unacademy at approximately $290 million, citing valuation concerns and operational challenges within the SoftBank and Temasek-backed startup

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Daniel S. Milo, philosophe : « Rapprocher de l’état de nature l’insatiabilité territoriale d’un Trump ou d’un Poutine, c’est calomnier la nature »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-15T16:00:13+00:00

Certains s’obstinent à trouver dans la nature, où régnerait la « loi du plus fort », l’inspiration ou la justification de leurs actes, explique, dans une tribune au « Monde », le philosophe. Mais c’est oublier qu’il n’y a pas d’impérialisme dans la nature, ni de capitalisme prédateur.

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En Roumanie, l’astrologie s’immisce dans les relations amoureuses

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-15T16:00:09+00:00

« Transports amoureux ». Comment se rencontre-t-on, s’aime-t-on, vit-on en couple ailleurs ? Dans ce pays du sud-est de l’Europe, le signe astrologique est un critère fréquent de choix du partenaire. Certains couples ont même recours à un astrologue pour programmer leur mariage et la naissance de leur enfant.

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Editorial. Tariff war 2.0

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:54:49+00:00

‘Section 301’ to the fore in US tariff offensive

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NHAI to raise FASTag annual pass fee by 2.5% for FY27

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:49:32+00:00

Revised rate to take effect from April 1 across national highways and expressways toll plazas

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What is slowing residential rooftop solar installations

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:45:12+00:00

Prime Minister Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has achieved only 25 per cent of target, and mostly in seven states

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UK, China and Japan among countries debating whether to send ships to strait of Hormuz

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-15T15:37:19+00:00

Response to Donald Trump’s callout for military support in the waterway has so far been vague and reluctantMiddle East crisis – live updatesCountries including the UK, Japan, China and South Korea have said they are still considering their options after the US president, Donald Trump, urged them to send warships to the strait of Hormuz to secure the vital shipping route.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called on the UK, China, France, Japan, South Korea and other countries to send ships to the waterway, the world’s busiest shipping route which is being violently blockaded by Iran.

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Tariff war 2.0

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:28:09+00:00

‘Section 301’ to the fore in US tariff offensive

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India-EU ties in focus as Jaishankar starts 2-day visit to Brussels

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:26:17+00:00

It is the first high-level visit from India to Brussels headquartered EU after the two sides firmed up a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in January

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Ізраїль та Японія відмовляються від Patriot заради дронів ЗСУ: військовий про переваги БПлА

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-15T15:24:00+00:00

Ракети дуже дорого обходяться у якості захисту від дронів, тому інші країни прагнуть отримати українські дрони-перехоплювачи, заявив Іван Тимочко.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’armée israélienne assure qu’elle poursuivra sa guerre contre l’Iran pendant au moins trois semaines

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-15T15:15:32+00:00

Effie Defrin, porte-parole de l’armée israélienne, a affirmé qu’il restait « des milliers de cibles à atteindre ». « Nous sommes prêts, en coordination avec nos alliés américains », a-t-il ajouté, soulignant que l’objectif de l’Etat hébreu restait de « fortement affaiblir le régime iranien ».

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PN3 was meant as an emergency measure

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:05:15+00:00

Press Note 3 amendment was long overdue. Chinese investments in India will create jobs and spur domestic value chains

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The US’ global misadventures

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-15T15:01:09+00:00

The American electorate seems to be remarkably apathetic to the misdeeds of its government across the world

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Row over tuition fees cut for European students threatens Starmer’s EU reset

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-15T15:00:27+00:00

British negotiators ‘blindsided’ by Brussels’ demand for a reduction that could cost universities £140m a yearBritain is in a standoff with Brussels over a demand to cut university tuition fees for European students, in a row that threatens to scupper Keir Starmer’s planned EU reset.EU officials say European students should pay “home” fees of about £9,500 a year as part of the negotiations over a youth mobility scheme, rather than the higher international rate, which can rise above £60,000. Continue reading...

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Florida’s real estate ‘gold rush’ draws the super-rich as rising costs push others out

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-15T15:00:26+00:00

The luxury property surge fuels growth in Miami, but a poll finds many residents weighing an exit over housing and living costsTo a casual observer, everything in south Florida’s real estate garden is looking rosy. There’s a “gold rush” in Miami as ultra-wealthy buyers snap up mega-mansions and luxuriously appointed condos as soon as they hit the market; and the Guardian has also reported recently on the “Mamdani effect” of elite New Yorkers arriving in the sunshine state with bulging pocketbooks in search of a high-priced escape from the city’s new mayor.Yet alongside the boom, there are rumb

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Moment Iranian missile hits Tel Aviv

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-15T14:49:15+00:00

CCTV footage released by Israeli police shows the moment an Iranian missile struck a street in Tel Aviv.

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