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Business

RBI Removed the Minister but Not the System That Elected Him

The RBI removed Maharashtra's Cooperation Minister from a district cooperative bank board for overstaying his term. Seven colleagues quietly resigned over the same complaint; he alone needed a direct order.

September 20, 2026

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Markets

NSE Paid Rs 1,491 Crore to Settle a Case It Never Admitted To

SEBI's consent mechanism let NSE close a decade-old colocation case for about Rs 1,492 crore without confirming or denying guilt, right as its own IPO opened for bids.

September 19, 2026

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Geopolitics

A Hallucinating AI Nearly Triggered a US Military Strike on China

An AI chatbot invented a Chinese ship's cargo, and armed US forces were minutes from boarding it. The failure wasn't the near-miss: it was the missing verification gate, and India is building the same gap into its own border defenses.

September 19, 2026

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Business

India's Software Exports Hit a Record While Product Sales Slipped

RBI's FY2025-26 survey shows software exports at a record $239.3 billion. The one sub-category that shrank was Software Product Development, and the US client share is doing the rest of the work.

September 19, 2026

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Markets

Saudi Arabia Quadrupled Its Oil Flow Through Hormuz After the Attack

Attackers disabled three pumping stations on Saudi Arabia's main pipeline and Aramco warned European refiners of zero October crude. Brent fell anyway, for a third straight day.

September 19, 2026

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Geopolitics

India Outspends Pakistan Sevenfold, Yet Still Ordered More Submarines

India's navy costs nearly eight times what Pakistan's does, and an Arabian Sea collision this month set off the usual blame match over a 1991 pact. The number worth watching is not the tonnage that collided: it is how fast each navy is filling its submarine fleet.

September 19, 2026

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