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Markets

Why the Nifty Looks Calm While a Third of Its Stocks Are in a Bear Market

Eighteen of the Nifty 50's own 50 stocks have fallen over 20 percent from their highs, a Rs 31.35 lakh crore erosion the calm benchmark barely shows. Domestic SIP money is what holds the index up, and reads that same index as the market.

September 28, 2026

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Geopolitics

Dhaka and Islamabad Are Friendly Again, Except Over Moscow

A Russian cargo flight carrying nuclear fuel for Bangladesh's Rooppur plant has been grounded since Pakistan withheld airspace clearance on 24 September 2026, unexplained, even as the two countries restore flights and trade after 14 years apart.

September 28, 2026

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Health

India Built Its TB Elimination Plan on Protection That Fades in a Year

A new 24-country study finds TB preventive treatment protects for eight to thirteen years in low- and medium-burden countries. In high-burden settings like India, exactly where the national programme is leaning hardest on it, protection starts fading within a year.

September 28, 2026

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Business

India's Government Worries More About AI Jobs Than Its Public Does

Indians are far less worried about AI destroying jobs than people in richer nations, a new Pew survey finds. New Delhi's own budget behaves like it doesn't fully share that calm.

September 28, 2026

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Business

Tata Sons Has Double the Assets RBI's Listing Rule Allows

The RBI rejected Tata Sons' request to skip a public listing. Seventeen days later, Tata Trusts proposed folding two units into Tata Sons instead, a structural move aimed at the definition that put it there.

September 28, 2026

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Business

Maharashtra Declared Drought in 265 Talukas It Has Not Yet Measured

The government's resolution covers 265 of Maharashtra's 358 talukas on a rainfall-deficiency formula. The only quantified crop-damage estimate on record so far belongs to one region, Marathwada.

September 27, 2026

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