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India has imposed a three-year safeguard duty on select steel products to protect domestic manufacturers from a surge in low-priced imports, mainly from China. The duty will taper annually and follows

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has passed away at the age of 80 in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. Her death comes at a politically sensitive moment

As 2025 winds down, one of India’s largest wealth managers is laying out its roadmap for the year ahead.

Iran has witnessed its biggest protests in three years after the rial plunged to a historic low against the US dollar, deepening an already severe cost-of-living crisis.

Analysts believe that weakening of AI trade, sustained earnings and return of FIIs can drive the BSE Sensex past the 100,000-mark this year.

Stock market outlook 2026: Analysts decode if Sensex can hit 100,000-mark this year.

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CGA data showed the Centre's fiscal deficit rose to Rs 9.77 trillion, or 62.3 per cent of FY26 Budget estimates, in April-November as capex surged and net tax revenue slipped

But a robust IPO market leads to emergence of 9 new promoter billionaires

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Reportedly, WhatsApp is testing call support and new notification controls on WhatsApp Web, allowing users to manage voice and video call alerts directly from the browser

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Bookings for Air India Express 'PayDay Sale' are open until 1st January 2026.

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The forecast comes after the national capital woke up to dense fog and smog on Monday morning, which disrupted air traffic, slowed vehicular movement and pushed air quality into the 'severe' category

Smog, Delhi Pollution, Delhi Air Quality, Pollution

Coal India's output fell to 453.5 million tonnes in April-November FY26, the first comparable-period decline in at least six years, hurt by monsoon disruption and land issues

coal mines

The domestic aviation industry is estimated to post around Rs 17,000-18,000 crore net loss in the current fiscal year on account of a likely lower passenger traffic, among other factors, ratings agency ICRA said on Monday.
Earlier, the industry was projected to post a loss of Rs 9,500-10,500 crore during 2025-26.
ICRA has also revised downward its forecast for domestic air passenger traffic growth to 0-3 per cent in FY26 on account of multiple factors, including Air India Boeing 787-8 plane crash in June this year and thousands of flights cancellations by IndiGo earlier this month, among others.
ICRA has revised its forecast for domestic air passenger traffic growth to 0-3 per cent in FY26 against its earlier projection of 4-6 per cent, the ratings agency said.
This revision reflects a slower-than-expected traffic growth in April-November period of FY26, which was impacted by cross-border escalations that led to flight disruptions and cancellations during the year, along with the (

Aviation IndiGo, Airports in India, Airline IndiGo

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LG expands its xboom lineup with four new speakers featuring AI-based tuning, longer battery life and designs aimed at home, outdoor and portable use, set to debut at CES 2026

The xboom Stage 501 features a wedge-style design with dual woofers, AI-assisted karaoke modes and up to 25 hours of battery life

Older adults who are frail and have depression could be at a higher risk of dementia, with the factors combined contributing to 17 per cent of the overall risk, according to a study.
The findings, published in the journal General Psychiatry, suggests that while frailty and depression each increase dementia risk on their own, having both the conditions could make one more than three times as likely to develop dementia, compared with those in good health.
According to researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China, frailty and depression should be routinely assessed in older people, as improving their physical and mental health could help reduce dementia risk.
The previously published research has primarily focused on the individual associations between physical frailty or depression and dementia risk, they added.
Data from more than two lakh people from the US and UK, including the UK Biobank dataset, were analysed.
During a 13-year follow-up, 9,088 participants wer

senior citizens, elderly

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lashed out at rival Kerala blocs--the LDF and the UDF for playing a "fixed match" in the state and said it was going to come to an end post the BJP's maiden win in the city civic body.
Th saffron party emerging victorious in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation was an "epoch-making" victory, he said in a letter to city Mayor V V Rajesh.
He lauded Rajesh and the BJP leaders for the party coming to power in the state capital in the recently held local body elections.
In the letter dated December 30, the PM said history was made in Thiruvananthapuram after the mayor and Deputy Mayor G S Asha Nath took oath.
He said the party's success in Thiruvananthapuram was an indication that the people of Kerala, especially youngsters and women, were ready for a new dawn.
According to him, the BJP-led NDA is emerging as the people's option, rooted in nationalism without exclusion, development without corruption and governance without appeasement.
"The fixed match o

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