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Kane says Ballon d'Or win 'feels like a dream' as tributes pour in

Kane says Ballon d'Or win 'feels like a dream' as tributes pour in

Harry Kane said Tuesday that his Ballon d'Or triumph "feels like a dream" as tributes poured in for the first English winner of the award in a generation.

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Critical coal inventories affect nearly half of India’s domestic power plants

Critical coal inventories affect nearly half of India’s domestic power plants

Nearly half of domestic coal-based (DCB) power plants have critically low coal stocks, highlighting supply-side pressures against a backdrop of sustained electricity demand.

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Ather Energy shares climb 14% after quarterly profit and expansion plan

Ather Energy shares climb 14% after quarterly profit and expansion plan

Shares of Ather Energy climbed nearly 14% to ₹1,575 apiece on Monday after the electric two-wheeler maker recorded a consolidated net profit for the September quarter, against a loss a year earlier, and announced plans to expand annual production capacity by 2. 25 lakh units to meet rising demand.

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FCNR(B) deposit drive puts sharper margin pressure on private banks

FCNR(B) deposit drive puts sharper margin pressure on private banks

The aggressive mobilisation of Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank [FCNR(B)] deposits increasingly weighed on bank margins during the September quarter, with private lenders bearing a disproportionate impact owing to their larger participation in the RBI’s FCNR(B) drive.

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Gold ETF flows turn negative after 13 weeks as bullion loses 4%

Gold ETF flows turn negative after 13 weeks as bullion loses 4%

Investments in physically backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) turned net negative after 13 weeks last week, with the yellow metal losing nearly four%, data from the World Gold Council (WGC) showed.

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Noel Tata requests records of September 17 Tata Sons board meeting

Noel Tata requests records of September 17 Tata Sons board meeting

Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata requested the record of the Tata Sons board meeting on September 17, which approved N Chandrasekaran as Chairman for a third term, and has also questioned his family’s business relations with the TVS Group, headed by fellow board member Venu Srinivasan.

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Pakistan's last antique restorers give old treasures new life

Pakistan's last antique restorers give old treasures new life

Sitting outside his small shop in a warren of alleyways in the ancient Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, Ahsan Shakeel buffed an antique brass pot to a high shine, pressing it against a mechanised wheel.

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Reparations calls to dog King Charles's tough Caribbean trip

Reparations calls to dog King Charles's tough Caribbean trip

King Charles III begins a delicate tour of the Caribbean Tuesday, overshadowed by calls to apologise and pay reparations for the slave trade, which he has called the "darkest days" of British history.

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India braces for Cyclone Arnab with evacuations

India braces for Cyclone Arnab with evacuations

Indian authorities ordered evacuations in southwestern Andhra Pradesh ahead of a severe cyclone expected to make landfall by Wednesday, the national weather office said.

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Global rates and foreign outflows remain key risks for Indian markets

Global rates and foreign outflows remain key risks for Indian markets

High global interest rates, elevated oil prices and capital outflows driven partly by investments in artificial intelligence (AI) are likely to continue weighing on Indian financial markets, according to experts speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026.

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