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Stock Market Live 20 February: Sensex vaults 500 points to 83,036, Nifty50 above 25,600

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-20T09:41:16+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Live Updates: Markets staged a broad-based recovery by midday on Thursday, with the Sensex was climbing 538.40 points or 0.65 per cent to 83,036.54 and Nifty was up 170.80 points or 0.67 per cent to 25,625.15 at 3 pm, reversing much of the previous session’s steep decline that had wiped out approximately ₹6.79 lakh crore in investor wealth.

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Tracking the rapid US military build-up near Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-20T09:38:18+00:00

As tensions between the US and Iran rise, we examine the military assets Washington has deployed to the Middle East.

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Art and antiques help lift retail sales in Great Britain to biggest monthly rise since 2024

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T09:35:22+00:00

January increase of 1.8% beats forecasts and was also driven by shoppers snapping up jewellery onlineBusiness live – latest updatesRetail sales in Great Britain rose 1.8% in January, the largest monthly increase in almost two years, according to official data, as heavy discounting and post-Christmas sales drew consumers back to bigger ticket purchases.The rise easily beat forecasts of a 0.2% rise and was partly driven by sales of artwork and antiques sales in January, alongside continued strong sales from online jewellers, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It was the biggest month

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10 detained for staging protest at AI Impact Summit expo hall

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-20T09:31:36+00:00

The protesters marched inside the venue holding white T-shirts with images of PM Modi and US President Donald Trump printed on them along with slogans such as “Epstein Files”, “PM is compromised”

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Trump’s Board of Peace faces its first test on Gaza

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-20T09:29:07+00:00

Members of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace expressed optimism about peace and rebuilding in Gaza at its inaugural session.

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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-20T09:00:29+00:00

Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’A Labour minister who claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda, the Guardian can reveal.Josh Simons, who was running the thinktank Labour Together at the time, was also involved in telling security officials that another journalist was “living with” the daughter of a former adviser to J

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Налоговики Москвы отчитались об итогах борьбы с «низкозарплатными» организациями

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-20T08:56:09+00:00

Управление Федеральной налоговой службы (УФНС) по г. Москве представило доклад с итогами своей работы в 2025 г. и о основных задачах на текущий год. Основное направление было связано с обелением теневой занятости, рассказала начальник управления Марина Третьякова (ее слова передает представитель УФНС). Она подчеркнула, что НДФЛ традиционно составляет половину налоговых доходов Москвы и за прошедший год поступления от него выросли еще на 9% – до 2,4 трлн руб.

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