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Signature Global pre-sales drop 23% to ₹66.8 billion in nine months

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-12T09:09:06+00:00

Signature Global (India) Limited reported pre-sales of ₹66.8 billion for the nine months ending December 2025, down 23% from ₹86.7 billion in the same period last year

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UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-12T09:08:52+00:00

Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifiesBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares to outline possible action against the platform over the mass production of sexualised images of woman and children.Peter Kyle, the business secretary, said the government would fully support any action taken by Ofcom, the media regulator, against X – including the possibility that the platform could be blocked in the UK. Continue reading...

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Des exercices militaires controversés au nom des BRICS en Afrique du Sud

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-12T09:03:04+00:00

Les marines chinoises, russes, iraniennes, émirati et sud-africaine participent à ces entraînements organisés à l’initiative de Pékin. Ces manœuvres, les premières sous l’égide de l’organisation des BRICS élargis, envoient un message d’unité face à la puissance américaine.

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Aurionpro wins ₹150 crore contract for Bhopal, Indore metro fare systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-12T08:43:35+00:00

The project aims to deploy standardized AFC systems to enhance commuter convenience, operational efficiency, and interoperability across the upcoming metro networks in Madhya Pradesh

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US will have Greenland ‘one way or the other’, says Trump – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-12T08:41:43+00:00

US president repeats his desire for the territory as he mocks its defences as ‘two dog sleds’ and shrugs off impact on NatoUS president Donald Trump has repeated overnight that the US would take Greenland “one way or the other,” as he mocked its defence as “two dog sleds,” and stressed that otherwise Russia and China would move to claim the territory.Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said that he was open to making a deal on Greenland in principle, but insisted “one way or the other, we are going to have Greenland.”“If it affects Nato, it affects Nato. But you know, they need

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EN DIRECT, Iran : l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei compare Donald Trump aux « tyrans et [aux] arrogants de ce monde » et affirme qu’il « sera renversé »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-12T08:40:19+00:00

Le président américain a déclaré dimanche que le régime iranien était prêt à « négocier » après ses menaces d’opération militaire, ajoutant qu’« une rencontre est en cours de préparation ». Il a cependant prévenu que les Etats-Unis pourraient « devoir agir avant une rencontre ».

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EN DIRECT, Iran : l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei compare Donald Trump aux « tyrans et aux arrogants de ce monde » et affirme qu’il « sera renversé »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-12T08:40:17+00:00

Le président américain a déclaré dimanche que le régime iranien était prêt à « négocier » après ses menaces d’opération militaire, ajoutant qu’« une rencontre est en cours de préparation ». Il a cependant prévenu que les Etats-Unis pourraient « devoir agir avant une rencontre ».

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EN DIRECT, Iran : des contre-manifestations en soutien au gouvernement organisées dans plusieurs villes du pays

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-12T08:40:17+00:00

La chaîne iranienne Press TV rapporte une « participation massive » à des rassemblements à travers le pays en faveur du régime, notamment dans les provinces d’Azerbaïdjan du nord-ouest du pays et dans la ville d’Arak. A Téhéran, une marche a rassemblé des « dizaines de milliers » de participants, selon la chaîne qatarie Al-Jazira.

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EN DIRECT, Iran : des contre-manifestations en soutien au gouvernement organisées dans plusieurs villes du pays

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-12T08:40:17+00:00

La chaîne iranienne Press TV rapporte une « participation massive » à des rassemblements à travers le pays en faveur du régime, notamment dans les provinces d’Azerbaïdjan du nord-ouest du pays et dans la ville d’Arak. A Téhéran, une marche a rassemblé des « dizaines de milliers » de participants, selon la chaîne qatarie Al-Jazira.

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Trump says Tehran wants to talk as U.S. weighs military options

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-01-12T08:37:00+00:00

U.S.-based human rights groups monitoring the protests in Iran estimate hundreds of demonstrators have been killed amid a communications blackout.

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Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-12T08:35:26+00:00

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actorThe biggest backlash brewing concerns Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, lauded by critics and embraced – especially in the US – by audiences as one of 2025’s key cultural landmarks. The thriller did win two Globes – for cinematic and box office achievement and original score – but both wound up not really counting. The first is the Globes’s consolation prize (it was won by Barbie in 2023 and Wicked last year); the second wasn’t even broadcast on

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Ban on ‘globalise the intifada’ risks importing ‘repressive models’ from UK, NSW inquiry after Bondi attack told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-12T08:33:02+00:00

Australian National Imams Council say criminalising slogan will unduly impact Muslim Australians including Palestinian and Arab communitiesBanning phrases such as “globalise the intifada” is “likely to disproportionately affect Muslim Australians, including Palestinian and Arab communities,” a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has been told.The submission by the Australian National Imams Council [Anic] has been echoed by activist group the Palestine Action Group [PAG], who said a ban on the chant risks “importing repressive models from overseas, particularly the United Kingdom”, where poli

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Israel launches air strikes against Lebanon

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-01-12T08:32:28+00:00

Video shows Israel carrying out back-to-back strikes on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hatta.

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Alembic Pharmaceuticals gets USFDA tentative nod for generic cancer treatment drug

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-12T08:20:23+00:00

The tentative approval granted by the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) is for its supplemental abbreviated new drug application (sANDA) Bosutinib tablets of strength 400 mg, Alembic said in a regulatory filing

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