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Sensex, Nifty open lower as Middle East war pushes Brent crude toward $100

India, Sept. 9 -- Indian equity markets opened lower on Wednesday as escalating tensions in the Middle East pushed crude oil prices closer to $100 a barrel and weighed on investor sentiment. The BSE ... Read More


Precious Metals Preview: COMEX gold extends downside as elevated oil prices renew case for Federal rate hike

Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- COMEX gold extends downside on Tuesday morning in Asia as rising oil prices intensified inflation concerns and strengthened expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike. The better-... Read More


Global backing grows for Nepal's climate aid appeal

Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- Nepal has stepped up diplomatic efforts to secure financial support from the UN-backed Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) established to address loss and damage caused... Read More


Smokescreen in India over Ganga Treaty extension alarming: Farakka Committee

Dhaka, Sept. 9 -- The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has said that Indian leaders making centre-state negotiations on Ganges water a condition for extending the 30-year treaty with Bangladesh i... Read More


Middle East conflict: Fuel retailers lose Rs.5 on petrol, Rs.23 on diesel as crude tops $100

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- State-owned fuel retailers are losing Rs.5 per litre on petrol and Rs.23 a litre on diesel as fresh hostilities in West Asia pushed international oil prices above USD 100 per bar... Read More


Pakistani forces accused of enforced disappearances as Balochistan families remain without answers

Balochistan, Sept. 9 -- Two more people have allegedly been subjected to enforced disappearance in Balochistan, while five previously reported missing individuals have returned home, highlighting cont... Read More


Bank unions to go ahead with 11 September strike as talks with govt fail

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Bank unions will go ahead with their planned nationwide strike on 11 September, after talks with the government over key demands, including service conditions, failed to break th... Read More


Trump claims Iran war will end "Immediately" after US midterm elections

Washington, Sept. 9 -- US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday (local time) that the war with Iran will end "immediately" after the upcoming US midterm elections, accusing Tehran of holding out... Read More


"India ready for challenge": Sunita Williams hails future of human spaceflight, says new technologies vital for deep-space missions

Bengaluru, Sept. 9 -- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams on Wednesday said India is "ready for the challenge" of building future space stations, while stressing that advanced technologies, autonomous syst... Read More


Vietnamese and Philippine business leaders Don Lam and Jose Ma Concepcion III honoured with 11th ASEAN Entrepreneur Award at World Knowledge Forum in Seoul

Seoul, Sept. 9 -- Two prominent Southeast Asian business leaders, Vietnam's Don Lam, Co-founder and CEO of VinaCapital Group, and Philippine entrepreneur Jose Ma Concepcion III, Chairman of the ASEAN ... Read More