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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dived 9.41%, or 2,172.99 points, to 20,926.79. Hong Kong stocks plunged more than nine per cent on Tuesday (Oct 8), their biggest fall in 16 years, after China…
3 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 2:04 PM IST Meet Uthaya Kumar, a former scientist at ISRO, who quit his job to launch his own cab service business. Uthaya was born in Kanyakumari,…
Its ownership in the company falls to 7.54% from 8.58%, a filing to Japan’s finance ministry shows SAUDI Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it sold down its stake in…
In an election that was criticised by rights groups, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won a second term with more than 90% of the vote, the electoral commission has said. Only two…
4 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 1:06 PM IST The health insurance industry sells a variety of products: From those assisting in basic hospitalisation covers to comprehensive plans…
LORIENT, France — Naval Group subsidiary Sirehna has launched an unmanned surface vessel that incorporates lessons learned from Ukraine’s deployment of robotic boats against Russian…
PDP candidate Iltija Mufti shows victory sign after casting her vote at Bejbehara polling station during the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, in Anantnag district of…
A video of an altercation at a toll plaza in Bangladesh has been shared hundreds of times in Pakistan alongside a false claim it shows supporters of ex-prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan…
Israeli military has described its ground operation in Lebanon as "localised, limited and targeted". Image: Bloomberg 5 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 11:13 AM IST Hezbollah fired…
Russia, which controls now just under a fifth of Ukrainian territory, has been advancing towards Toretsk since August (Photo: Shutterstock) 2 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 10:08 AM…
A koala made an unexpected visit to a train station in Australia, prompting a brief police operation, government agency Transport for New South Wales (NSW) reported on Tuesday. Footage…
China said on Tuesday it was "fully confident" of hitting its growth target this year but held off more stimulus, disappointing markets and fuelling concern about a lack of detail on a…
THE global slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales has hit LG Energy Solution, with the Korean battery maker’s third-quarter profit falling almost 40 per cent. Operating profit for three…
An estimated 80 per cent of Chinese traveling during Golden Week chose to drive, with roughly 1.53 billion trips taken | Bloomberg Image 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 9:11 AM IST…
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken October 7, 2024 It circulated online after a devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said (archived link). The…
Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina with other BJP members | (Photo: PTI) 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 8:09 AM IST Ahead of the counting of votes in Jammu and…
GOLD prices were flat in early Asian hours on Tuesday (Oct 8) as market participants awaited minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s last meeting and more economic data for further clarity on…
AUSTRALIA’S central bank discussed scenarios in which the cash rate may need to be raised or cut in the future at the September policy meeting, having left interest rates steady at 4.35…
Screenshot of the false post taken on September 29, 2024 The clip was shared with similar claims elsewhere on X and Facebook. Five years after the government of Prime Minister Narendra…
HONG Kong banks borrowed the largest amount of short-term cash in almost five years from authorities, a move pointing to a sudden demand for liquidity. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority –…
Junior doctors protesting over the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital | (Photo: PTI) 2 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 7:07 AM IST In a move to support…
SAMSUNG Electronics posted profit and revenue that fell short of market expectations, stoking uncertainty about the outlook of its pivotal chip division. The world’s biggest maker of…
SAMSUNG Electronics estimated on Tuesday (Oct 8) that its third-quarter operating profit jumped nearly four-fold but missed analysts’ estimates, prompting a rare apology from the tech…
Memorials and vigils were held across Germany on Monday as the world marked the first anniversary of the unprecedented terrorist attacks on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.…
