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Currency printing press office declared ‘prohibited place’

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-20T12:51:22+00:00

MHA’s February 18 notification supersedes its earlier February 15, 2022 notification, declaring HQ of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd in New Delhi as a prohibited place

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Israeli forces harass Al Jazeera reporter, journalists

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-20T12:39:45+00:00

Israeli forces blocked Al Jazeera and other networks as they filmed Palestinians waiting to go to the Al Aqsa Mosque.

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Breaking Habit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-20T12:27:12+00:00

Hero’s Destini 110 aims to disrupt scooter-buying muscle memory

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Ciao Bella

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-20T12:26:04+00:00

Toyota’s first-ever BEV in India is built for the world, says the firm. How does it hold up in its home country?

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Osaka stunned by anonymous gift of $3.6m in gold to fix ageing water pipes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T12:24:33+00:00

Concern over safety of Japanese city’s waterworks grew after sinkhole swallowed truck and killed driver last yearOsaka has received a hefty gift of gold bars worth 560m yen ($3.6m) from an anonymous donor and a request for its specific use: to fix the Japanese city’s dilapidated water pipes.The gold bars, weighing a total of 21kg (46lb), were given to the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau in November by the donor who wants to help improve ageing water pipes, Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama told reporters on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Osaka stunned by anonymous gift of gold bars to fix ageing water pipes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T12:24:33+00:00

Mayor says Japanese city will respect donor’s specification that £2.7m gift must be used to repair dilapidated systemOsaka has received a hefty gift of gold bars worth 560m yen (£2.7m) from an anonymous donor and a request for its specific use: to fix the Japanese city’s dilapidated water pipes.The gold bars, weighing a total of 21kg (46lb), were given to the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau in November by the donor who wants to help improve ageing water pipes, the mayor, Hideyuki Yokoyama, told reporters on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T12:00:53+00:00

After tech billionaire Peter Thiel and others donated to Jace Yarbrough’s campaign, Donald Trump endorsed himA rookie congressional candidate in a nine-way Texas primary has received the imprimatur of wealthy hard-right donors including tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Claremont Institute board chair Thomas Klingenstein and Charles Haywood, who once expressed a desire to be a “warlord”, according to new Federal Election Commission filings showing early donations to his campaign.In a recent candidate forum, Jace Yarbrough unapologetically staked out a series of extremist positions, saying that cri

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Aston Martin issues another profit warning and sells F1 naming rights for £50m

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T12:00:33+00:00

Struggling British carmaker says earnings for 2025 will be worse than City forecasts as US tariffs hit salesAston Martin has again warned its profits will be lower than expected and sold its permanent naming rights to its Formula One team, as the struggling British carmaker battles to stabilise its finances.The luxury carmaker, majority owned by the Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, said its earnings for 2025 would be worse than City forecasts, its fifth profit warning since September 2024. Continue reading...

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Hinkley Point C nuclear plant delayed to 2030 as costs climb to £35bn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T11:57:35+00:00

French utility company EDF says operations in Somerset will start a year later as delay costs firm €2.5bnBritain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation at the Hinkley Point C site will face further delay, at a cost of €2.5bn to the French utility company EDF.EDF said the first reactor at the site in Somerset will begin operations a year later than planned in 2030 – almost 13 years after construction work began – after a series of delays to the project. Continue reading...

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Migranti, Piantedosi su Sea Watch: “Impugneremo le sentenze”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-20T11:53:30+00:00

Dopo la decisione del tribunale di Palermo sul risarcimento dell’ong tedesca, il ministro interviene: “Con questo governo progressiva riduzione degli arrivi irregolari”

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